The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) continues to press forward with the Scope Clarification and Circumvention Case against China Zhongwang (ZW). With this effort we continue to put pressure on the Department of Commerce (DOC) to make a decision on the 5xxx alloy issue. In the background, the Third Administrative Review is winding down while the Fourth Administrative Review is underway. On November 19, a representative of AEC sat down with the DOC to discuss our filing against ZW. Evidence was laid out to their team demonstrating the impacts that the 5xxx alloy imports have had on the domestic market and the petition filed last month was reviewed. The strength of our argument lies in the fact that the so-called 5xxx alloy extrusions flooding the U.S. market are either covered by the scope of our trade orders, or are a blatant attempt to evade duties. Either way, this must stop! According to DOC rules, the Department has 45 days from the date of the filing...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has led the U.S. aluminum extrusion industry in achieving level competition by winning tariff protection that offsets unfair trade practices of extruders/importers of aluminum profiles produced in China. Our efforts have been of enormous value to domestic extruders and suppliers. Conservatively, an estimated 800 million pounds per year of extrusions are being produced in the U. S. that would have otherwise been lost to China.