Commerce sets preliminary CVD rates on aluminum extrusions from four countries

Aluminum extrusions imported from China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey benefit from unfair subsidies, the Commerce Department has found in a preliminary determination. The department last year launched antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into aluminum extrusions from the four countries, along with antidumping probes covering 10 additional countries, following petitions by a coalition of domestic producers and the United Steelworkers. According to the petitioners, U.S. producers of extruded aluminum – used in cars, appliances, window frames and a range of other...