Commerce Department Opens To Public Input On Section 232 Exclusion Process
The United States Commerce Department is seeking input into ways to streamline the exclusion process for tariffs and quotas on...
Commerce Department
Aluminum Association Lauds USITC Decision On Dumping Of Aluminium Foil From Five Countries
The Aluminum Association applauded a move by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) last week to unanimously determine that some aluminium foil imports from Armenia, Brazil, Oman, Russia, and Turkey are injurious to American producers of the same. The USITC’s decision opens...
Aluminum Association Lauds United States Commerce Department’s Request For Imported Aluminium Tracking System
The Aluminum Association lauded the decision earlier this week by the United States Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) “to...
U.S. Commerce Department Grants Tariff Waiver For Specialty Japanese Aluminium
A request from California electric automaker Tesla Inc to the U.S. Commerce Department to waive 10-percent tariffs on imported aluminium...
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U.S. Commerce Department Debuts New Web Portal For Section 232 Exclusion Requests
The United States Commerce Department yesterday launched an online portal for receiving product-specific exclusion requests for aluminium and steel products currently subject to the Trump Administration’s Section 232 tariffs. The site, dubbed “Section 232 Exclusion Portal,” will supersede the Department’s site at regulations.gov for receiving request, objections, rebuttals, and other motions relevant to the aluminium […]
U.S. Commerce Department Assesses Antidumping Duties On Aluminium Wire Producers From China Of Up To 63.47 Percent
Acting on a petition by two domestic wire makers, the United States Commerce Department yesterday announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation on imported aluminium and wire from producers in the People’s Republic of China, noting that Chinese importers dumped such products on American markets at margins of between 58.51 to […]
Mexico’s Economy Secretary Asks U.S. Government For Exemption From Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
The Mexican government formally requested relief from the Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel from the United States government late last week according to the country’s economic secretary. Secretary of the Economy Graciela Marquez Colin said Monday that she made the request of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in the course of the […]
Aluminum Association Says Exclusion Process For Section 232 Aluminium Tariffs Failing Domestic Interests
A recent study of the effects of the Trump Administration’s Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel shows that the move has done vastly more harm than good for the domestic aluminium industry. An email penned by the senior director of public affairs at the Aluminum Association Matt Meenan to industry media detailed a study […]
Kodak Expects Receipt Of Section 232 Tariff Exclusions From Commerce Department Soon
The Eastman Kodak Company announced late last week that the tariff exclusion requests it lodged with the United States Commerce Department for an exception to the Trump Administration’s Section 232 blanket tariffs on imported aluminium have all been either approved or on track for approval. According to a press release published by industry media, Kodak’s […]
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
