On October 25, 2023, the US Department of Commerce announced that it officially launched anti - dumping and counter - vailing investigations on aluminum extrusions from four countries, namely China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey, and launched anti - dumping investigations on aluminum extrusions from ten countries including Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Italy, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, the UAE, Vietnam, and the Taiwan region of China. The initiation of this investigation was based on an application submitted on October 4, 2023, by the Aluminum Extruders Council and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union.

The products covered by this investigation mainly involve multiple items under the US Customs Code, including but not limited to 7604.10.1000, 7604.10.3000, 7604.10.5000, etc. The import value of these products in 2022 reached hundreds of millions of US dollars, with the import amounts from countries such as China, Mexico, and Vietnam being particularly prominent.

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) is expected to make a preliminary determination of industry injury before November 20, 2023. If the commission determines that the import of the products under investigation has caused material injury or a threat of material injury to the US domestic industry, the US Department of Commerce will continue in - depth investigations and is expected to make a preliminary counter - vailing determination on December 28, 2023, and a preliminary anti - dumping determination on March 12, 2024.

Original text of the investigation announcement:Initiation of AD and CVD Investigations of Aluminum Extrusions from Multiple Countries