China Aluminum Extrusions: Clenergy's Solar Panel Mounting Systems Outside of AD/CV Scopes
Clenergy (Xiamen) Technology Co.’s solar panel mounting systems fall outside of the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967 / C-570-968), said the International Trade Administration. The mounting systems, as imported from China, are finished goods kits that are excluded from coverage by the scope language of the AD and CV duty orders, it said.
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Although domestic industry argued that the mounting systems are not finished goods kits because they lack a solar panel and are useless without that panel, the ITA found that, like picture frames, the mounting systems are designed to work with removable/replaceable components. As such, they do enter as finished goods kits, because they do not need to include solar panels to perform their function, which is to hold solar panels, the ITA said. Clenergy’s mounting systems include all necessary parts to assemble a finished good with no further fabrication, and can be assembled “as is” into a finished product, it said, so they are specifically excluded from the scope of the AD/CV duty orders.
Email ITTNews@warren-news.com for a copy of the scope ruling, which is also available on the IAACCESS database here.