On September 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its final determinations that producers from 14 countries (China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam) have sold dumped and subsidized aluminum extrusions into the United States. Read the full announcement HERE. Overall rates vary depending on the producer and country of origin. The list of specific rates by country and producer can be found on the International Trade Administrations website HERE . This is another milestone in the trade remedy process. The final International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing occurred on October 1, 2024, in Washington D.C. and the final determination from the ITC is expected at the beginning of November 2024. The 232 Tariff Exclusion Request results continue to come to the benefit of AEC Members. To date, AEC Members have logged Objections to 399 different Exclusion Requests. So far, 19
The 232 exclusion requests, objections, rebuttals and surrebuttals process continues with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). Since the exclusion process on aluminum extrusions restarted in June, AEC members have logged more than 500 objections and over 40 surrebuttals with the DOC. While there have been a few very specific exclusion requests (i.e., hard alloy, seamless tube, etc.), objections have been limited to only one producing company. As an industry, we have mounted a stellar defense with all exclusion requests receiving three or more objections from member companies. At this point, there have yet to be any exclusion requests to make it to the final determination and we are hoping to have the first round of results to share at the Fall Management Conference . However, if we do start to receive results before mid-September, we will make sure to communicate results as they are made available. The number of 232 exclusion requests greatly decreased at the end of July and be