UK's TRA initiates reconsideration of anti-dumping tariff recommendation on imported Chinese aluminium extrusions

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of International Trade, reported on Wednesday, February 22, that it began the reconsideration procedure of the recommendation of anti-dumping measures on aluminium extrusion imports from China.

The process started after the authority received a request from a UK producer, who claimed the duties imposed did not accurately reflect the level of injurious dumping.

During the original investigation, the TRA found the domestic aluminium industry was suffering and struggling to compete with the prices offered by imported extrusions. It, therefore, recommended anti-dumping duty on aluminium extruded products flooding into the UK from China. But later on, the authority excluded certain extrusions, as it found no evidence about the domestic origin of the products.

In December 2022, the Secretary of State accepted the TRA’s recommendation of excluding large aluminium extrusions from the duty. Following that, the TRA received an appeal from one domestic producer for reconsideration of the original recommendation.

Reconsiderations are an integral phenomenon of the UK’s tax regime, with different arms of the Government incorporating them as part of the standard operating procedures. Any business can appeal for reconsideration against any tax decision. The rule is the applicant has to meet some specific preconditioned criteria for its recommendation appeal to be granted.

At the end of the reconsideration process, the TRA will reach a final decision to either carry on with the tariff or make changes and notify to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade.