China Aluminum Extrusions: Commerce Set to Create New Exemption From AD/CV Duties
The Commerce Department is set to create a new exemption for rectangular wire from antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967/C-570-968), it said in a notice announcing the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. 3M asked for the exemption, and the Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee, which originally requested AD/CVD on solar products, said it doesn't oppose its creation.
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If the exemption is finalized, the following language would be added to the scope (amended in these preliminary results to combine the exemption under consideration with one for similar merchandise already added to the scope in 2014):
"Also excluded from the scope of the orders is certain rectangular wire, imported in bulk rolls or precut strips and produced from continuously cast rolled aluminum wire rod, which is subsequently extruded to dimension to form rectangular wire with or without rounded edges. The product is made from aluminum alloy grade 1070 or 1370, with no recycled metal content allowed. The dimensions of the wire are 2.95 mm to 6.05 mm in width, and 0.65 mm to 1.25 mm in thickness. Imports of rectangular wire are provided for under HTSUS categories 7605.19.000, 7604.29.1090, or 7616.99.5190."
If the exemption is finalized, it would take effect for entries beginning April 30, 2021, Commerce said.