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China Aluminum Extrusions: Commerce Finds Deck Ladders Exempt From AD/CV Duties in Reversal of 2013 Ruling

Dock ladders imported by Asia Sourcing Corporation are exempt from antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China because they are finished goods kits, said the Commerce Department in a notice that reverses a scope ruling issued in 2013 (here). Commerce had initially ruled the three models of dock ladders did not qualify for the finished goods kits exemption because they had no non-extruded aluminum parts besides fasteners (see 13032729). However, following an order issued in June by Court of International Trade, Commerce acknowledged that plastic end caps and plastic-coated cables were not fasteners, and found the deck ladders exempt. According to Commerce’s remand results, approved by CIT at the end of August (here), Asia Sourcing did not specify the non-extruded aluminum parts in its scope ruling request, only notifying Commerce of their presence in a request for reconsideration submitted after the 2013 scope ruling was issued.

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