Commerce to Consider AD/CV Duties on Alloy 4017 Aluminum Sheet
The Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether aluminum sheet from China produced from aluminum alloy 4017 should be subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on common alloy aluminum sheet from China (A-570-073/C-570-054), the agency said in a notice released Aug. 25.
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The anti-circumvention inquiry was requested by the Aluminum Association Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet Working Group, which alleged that 4017 aluminum sheet, despite not being made from one of the alloys specified in the scope of the aluminum sheet orders, is “merchandise altered in form or appearance in minor respects, and therefore should be included within the scope of the Orders.”
Merchandise subject to the country-wide inquiry is “4017 aluminum sheet, having a thickness of 6.3 mm or less, but greater that 0.2 mm, in coils or cut-to-length, regardless of width,” Commerce said. “According to the Domestic Industry, such 4017 aluminum sheet is a not clad aluminum sheet product whose chemical content has been modified from in-scope CAAS. All 4017 aluminum sheet that meets the scope description with respect to physical characteristics (other than principle alloying element) is subject to this inquiry.”
Commerce will determine whether to suspend liquidation and require AD/CVD cash deposits at the applicable rates when it issues its preliminary determination.