Next year, 2022, will be the biggest year for the AEC’s Fair Trade Case since it was launched over 10 years ago. So, my report his month is about our planning and preparation for all that we will be doing in 2022. Transshipment, administrative reviews, EAPA cases, scope challenges, and of course, our Sunset Review will all be in full force next year. Here is where we are now, as we prepare. The Fair Trade Committee is identifying the targets and scope of investigation for us to conduct in 2022. With a new budget in place, we are empowered to begin. Several of you have been quite helpful. Your inputs have helped us define exactly what it is we need to investigate. I have been working with several of you in recent weeks to collect all we know to prep the investigators. We are convinced that transshipment is taking place. Now, we need to gather the evidence. As you know, this is not an area of work I can broadcast to the world (as much as I’d...
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.