Aluminum Extruders Council Asks for End of Section 232 Tariffs on Aluminum
The Aluminum Extruders Council pointed to the closure of Alcoa's Intalco Works in Ferndale, Washington, as proof that Section 232 is not helping the aluminum industry, and said that since there is no longer a source of domestic billets west…
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of the Mississippi River, they have to import. But both domestic and foreign supply of aluminum billets is more expensive than it would be in other countries, so domestic extruders are at a price disadvantage. Exporters circumvent Section 232 -- which covers aluminum extrusions -- by doing further fabricating of the extrusions and classifying them under a subheading not covered in Section 232, the group said. “The truth is, no one is going to build primary aluminum production in the U.S. with or without the 232,” the group said in a June 9 press release. “It is time for the Administration to re-examine its policy in this area. We applaud their goal. We really do. However, the path they have taken has been proven to be ineffective, and ultimately counterproductive.”