Britain adopts new tariffs on imports of Chinese aluminium extrusions to tackle dumping

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Trade Remedies Authority determined in May that Chinese manufacturers were dumping the metal products at unfair prices

New tariffs on aluminium extrusions used in the manufacture of air conditioners, cars and windows, ranging from 11.4 per cent to 35.1 per cent, to go into effect on Friday

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An employee works with aluminium ingots at a factory in Huaibei in China’s eastern Anhui province in February. Photo: AFP

Chad Brayin London

Published: 8:30pm, 16 Dec 2022

The British government will adopt new tariffs beginning on Friday for Chinese makers of aluminium extrusions used to make of air conditioners, cars and windows after accusing them of dumping the metal products at unfair prices earlier this year.

The tariffs, implemented following an inquiry by the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), will range from 11.4 per cent to 35.1 per cent, with the highest duties placed on Chinese firms which did not cooperate in the inquiry.

“The Secretary of State has today upheld our recommendation in the first case instigated by the TRA at the request of UK industry,” TRA CEO Oliver Griffiths said in a statement. “The decision to impose targeted tariffs will shield producers of aluminium extrusions in the UK from dumped products from China.”

The TRA, which was created following Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), concluded in May that Chinese exports of aluminium extrusions were being dumped in Britain at lower prices than they were being sold in China.

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The dumping threatened a group of domestic producers who had a combined annual turnover of more than of £155 million (US$189 million) and employed more than 1,000 people, the TRA said.