Statement about the negative vote by the International Trade Commission

The following statement was issued by the U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition (USAEC) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW) about today’s negative decision by the International Trade Commission:

“The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition (USAEC) and the USW are surprised and disappointed by the split negative vote by the Commission and the surprising recusal of one of the Commissioners. The domestic industry has been and continues to be injured by unfairly traded imports and will evaluate all possible means at its disposal to address this injury.”

The USAEC, a coalition of 14 leading aluminum extruders in the United States, and the USW, the largest industrial union in the United States, filed these trade cases on October 4, 2023, to provide U.S. aluminum extruders and their workers, including thousands of USW workers, with much needed relief from unfairly traded imports. The antidumping and countervailing duty cases were designed to address the unfair trade practices of foreign producers, including the dumping and subsidizing of aluminum extrusions sold into the United States.

On September 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its final determinations that producers in 14 countries – China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam – had been selling dumped and subsidized aluminum extrusions into the United States in violation of international trade rules. The Commerce Department calculated antidumping duties at rates ranging from 2.02% up to 376.85% and countervailing duties at rates ranging from 1.44% up to 168.81%, to create a level playing field for domestic producers. The International Trade Commission’s 2-1 negative injury vote today means that the Commerce Department will not issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusion imports from those countries.