The US Department of Commerce (DOC) issued final affirmative determinations in the trade investigation against aluminum extrusions originating from 14 countries.
The DOC finalized antidumping duty rates ranging from 2.02pc up to 376.85pc and countervailing duty rates between 1.44pc and 168.81pc across a handful of exporting countries nearly a year after the US Aluminum Extruders Coalition (USAEC) and the United Steelworkers union petitioned the investigation.
Tariffs will be applicable to 14 different countries — China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, which represented 65pc of the combined US imports of the products included in the investigation in 2023.
Aluminum extrusions are typically formed from billets of aluminum alloy by extruders and used in applications across the construction and automotive end markets, as well as many others. The product forms specific to the investigation include aluminum and aluminum alloy bars and rods, hollow profiles, tubes and pipes, tube and pipe fittings, windows, doors as well as their thresholds, and other structural ornamental work.
The initial petition was filed on 4 October 2023, followed by the initiation of investigations by the DOC on 24 October 2023 and the affirmation of material injury in the countervailing duty investigation by the DOC was determined on 5 March 2024 as well as the antidumping duty investigation's affirmative ruling by the DOC on 2 May 2024.
The antidumping duty investigation involved China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, while the countervailing duty investigation included China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey. Many individual companies within each country were assigned specific rates by the DOC based on the firm's pricing behavior. Some companies' import levies are sharply higher than the broader country-wide rates, while others received much lower tariff rates.
Duty rates announced on 27 September mandate the cash deposit rates required by foreign extruders moving forward but will ultimately be finalized through a DOC administrative review process slated to conclude in another year.
A final vote by the International Trade Commission is scheduled for 30 October.
| Country-wide Rates | |||
| Country | Antidumping | Countervailing | Cash Deposits |
| China | 376.85% | 14.56% | 365.13% |
| Colombia | 11.62% | na | na |
| Ecuador | 18.50% | na | na |
| India | 19.53% | na | na |
| Indonesia | 9.51% | 6.69% | 9.50% |
| Italy | 13.19% | na | na |
| Malaysia | 16.51% | na | na |
| Mexico | 15.07% | 1.69% | 14.40% |
| South Korea | 3.13% | na | na |
| Taiwan | 34.30% | na | na |
| Thailand | 3.19% | na | na |
| Turkey | 12.95% | 1.44% | 12.75% |
| United Arab Emirates | 10.48% | na | na |
| Vietnam | 41.84% | na | na |
| U.S. Department of Commerce | |||
| * Cash Deposit Rate accounts for antidumping duty and countervailing duty subsidy offsets | |||
