Since the industry won its 5050 alloy circumvention case, extruders across the country saw a return of orders from customers that went that direction. With this case on appeal, there were legitimate concerns that all of this would be reversed. However, the Department of Commerce (DOC) won its case at the Court of International Trade (CIT), and the industry is spared another round of disruption. This is good news, indeed! This win comes on the heels of our victory in the Vietnam circumvention case. Since that preliminary decision was made, Vietnam has placed duties on Chinese imports. We believe this in response to our circumvention case as reported here . Also noteworthy: on May 1, 2019, the Department initiated anti-circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of aluminum jalousie shutters that are processed in the Dominican Republic from window frame extrusions produced in China are circumventing the Orders. The Department also self-initiated ...
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.