The Aluminum Extruders Council has filed its formal petition to the International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking a five-year extension for our trade orders against China. Thank you to all that contributed data for this effort! We did really well! We can boast that 85% of all U.S. extrusion volumes are represented in our filing. This is a very strong number. Moreover, the data indicates increasing distress upon our industry from imports. With the combination of a strong showing by industry and clear evidence of injury from ongoing imports, our confidence is high. So, why are we holding our breath? Because we are hoping the ITC will grant us an expedited decision and renew our orders this spring. That will save all of the headaches and expense of going through a full sunset review process. In fact, this could save the AEC as much as $400,000. It is a big deal. Since no one else has filed in opposition to our petition, we are more than hopeful we will get the quick decision w
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.