ITA Fact Sheet on Final AD Rates for Aluminum Extrusions from China
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967).
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(See ITT's Online Archives or 03/31/11 news, 11033125, for BP summary of the ITA's final determination for the companion countervailing (CV) duty investigation.)
Final AD Margins of 32-33%, but Cash Rate Lower due to Export Subsidies
The ITA has determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold aluminum extrusions in the U.S. at dumping margins ranging between 32.79% to 33.28% (see below for reduced AD cash deposit rates due to export subsidies).
Mandatory respondents Guang Ya Aluminum Industries Co., Ltd.; Foshan Guangcheng Aluminum Co., Ltd.; Guang Ya Aluminum Industries (Hong Kong) Ltd.; Kong Ah International Company Limited; Zhaoqing New Zhongya Aluminum Co., Ltd.; Zhongya Shaped Aluminum HK Holding Ltd.; Karlton Aluminum Company Ltd.; and Xinya Aluminum & Stainless Steel Product Co., Ltd. (collectively, Guang Ya Group/New Zhongya/Xinya), have been collapsed for purposes of the final determination and collectively are assigned the single AD margin of 33.28%.
Mandatory respondent Zhaoqing Asia Aluminum Factory Co. Ltd. (ZAA) is considered to be part of the China-wide entity and the ITA has assigned a margin based on adverse facts available (AFA) of 33.28% for the final determination, pursuant to a letter from ZAA stating that it would no longer be participating in the investigation.
Twenty-nine additional Chinese producers/exporters qualified for a separate AD margin of 32.79%. All other Chinese producers/exporters are subject to the China-wide entity AD duty margin of 33.28%.
Reduced AD Cash Deposit Rates for SR Respondents, GY/NZ/Xinya, Etc.
The ITA states it will instruct CBP to collect cash deposits or bonds based on the weighted-average dumping margins above, adjusted for any export subsidies found in the final determination of the companion CV duty investigation, upon publication in the Federal Register.
The adjusted AD cash deposit rate for the separate rate respondents will be zero (32.79% minus the export subsidy rate of 42.16%).
The adjusted AD cash rate for Guang Ya Group/New Zhongya/Xinya will be 33.02% (33.28% minus the export subsidy rate of 0.26%).
The China-wide AD cash deposit rate will not be adjusted, and will be 33.28%.
(Note that for the companion CV investigation, the ITA states that cash deposits of countervailing duties on imports of aluminum extrusions will not be required unless the International Trade Commission reaches a final determination that imports of aluminum extrusions from China materially injure, or threaten material injury to, the domestic industry. This is due to the expiration of the maximum period for the collection of provisional measures in the CV investigation.)
ITC to Issue Final Injury Determination in May 2011
The ITC is currently scheduled to issue its final injury determination on or before May 12, 2011. If the ITC makes an affirmative determination that imports of aluminum extrusions from China materially injure, or threaten material injury to, the domestic industry, the ITA will issue an AD duty order.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 01/04/11 and 01/24/11 news, 11010425 and 11012426, for BP summaries of the amended preliminary AD duty determination and the adjusted AD rate for Guang Ya Group/New Zhongya/Xinya.)
(ITA Case No. A-570-967)