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Aluminum Extrusions: Commerce Extends Deadline for Scope Comments

Comments on the scope of ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam are now due June 5, said the Commerce Department in a notice released May 22 amending the scope of its CVD investigations to align it with changes adopted in its AD preliminary determinations (see 2405070079), and also extending the comment deadline. Rebuttal comments will then be due June 12.

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“To issue a final scope determination for certain of these products, Commerce is asking parties to supplement prior submissions with production (e.g., technical, installation, or user specifications, bills of materials), marketing (e.g., brochures, website advertisements), sales (e.g., invoices, contracts, packing list), or import documentation (e.g., Customs 7501 entry forms, bills of lading), as applicable, to support product descriptions,” it said.

Commerce’s scope memorandum issued alongside its preliminary AD determination said outstanding issues remain with the scope, and that the agency will “continue to seek input to improve and address concerns regarding the administrability of the scope language.”