EU confirms duties on China Al extrusions

The European Commission will impose provisional duties of up to 48pc on aluminium extrusion imports from China, the EU said this morning.

The commission launched an investigation in February into possible anti-dumping duties against aluminium extrusions from China, which already carry tariffs in Canada, the US, Vietnam and Australia. And EU national customs authorities started registering aluminium extrusions from China in advance of potential tariffs from August.

Industry body European Aluminium, whose initial complaint led to the investigation, reported last month that the commission was considering proposing anti-dumping tariffs of up to 48pc on Chinese extrusions, and those duties have now been provisionally applied while the investigation continues.

The investigation is expected to be finished by April next year, and if the duties are extended at that point they would normally be in place for five years.

The duties will be lower for "co-operating" entities, determined by the volume of imports into the EU by those individual entities and imports from China as a whole.

On this basis, Guangdong Haomei New Materials and Guangdong King Metal Light Alloy Technology will face duties of 30.4pc on aluminium extrusion imports into the EU, while Press Metal International will face duties of 38.2pc. Other "co-operating" firms will see duties of 34.9pc, while all other companies will face the 48pc duty.

by Jethro Wookey