Aluminum Foil Makers Say U.S. Hurt by Cheap China Imports
- U.S. trade tribunal preparing final ruling on China imports
- Commerce imposed preliminary duties as high as 162 percent
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U.S. producers of aluminum foil said cheap imports from China have devastated the American industry, making it imperative for the U.S. to impose duties on Chinese shipments.
Chinese companies have produced more primary aluminum in the last seven years than the U.S. industry has manufactured in its 124-year history, said Heidi Brock, president of the The Aluminum Association. “The increased volumes of low-priced aluminum foil imports from China have devastated domestic producers,” Brock told the U.S. International Trade Commission at a hearing Thursday in Washington.