Australia issues anti-dumping notice on Vietnamese aluminium extrusions

Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) issued an investigation notice last week regarding implementation of dumping and the countervailing duty on aluminium extrusions exported from Vietnam and Malaysia. The notice also included the adjustment of the preliminary dumping margin on Vietnamese and Malaysian aluminium products import.

In October 2016, the ADC issued a preliminary public notice confirming dumping in the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation on import of aluminium extrusions (with HS codes: 7604.10.00, 7604.21.00, 7604.29 .00, 7608.10.00, 7608.20.00, 7610.10.00, and 7610.90.00) reported by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Competition Authority.

For Vietnam, the preliminary dumping margin for co-operative respondents during the investigation will be within a range of 6.9 per cent to 17.5 per cent. The previous margin ranged between 13.9 per cent and 85.5 per cent. The dumping margin for uncooperative respondents will be 34.9 per cent, up slightly from the previous rate of 34.2 per cent.

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The ADC initiated the investigation last August after Capral Limited; an aluminium extruder in Australia filed an application regarding unfair dumping. The application alleged that subsidized aluminium products from Vietnam and Malaysia were exported to Australia at a cheaper rate affecting the domestic market and causing material injury to the Australian aluminium extrusion manufacturers.