U.S. Department Of Commerce Issues Ruling On Aluminum Alloy Sheet From China

The U.S. Department of Commerce has determined imports of aluminum sheet produced from aluminum alloy 4017, also known as 4017 aluminum sheet, and produced in China and exported to the United States constitute “merchandise altered in form or appearance in such minor respects that it should be included within the scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on common alloy aluminum sheet (CAAS) from China.”

As a result, these products are now subject to suspension of liquidation.

The Commerce Department excluded aluminum can stock, which is used in the manufacture of aluminum beverage cans, lids of cans, or tabs used to open these cans, from the orders.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will now begin or continue to suspend liquidation and to require cash deposits of estimated duties equal to the AD and CVD rates in effect for CAAS from China for each unliquidated entry of 4017 aluminum sheet produced in China and exported to the United States that has been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 26, 2022.

The suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will be in effect until further notice.

Read the Department of Commerce’s notice here.