Ua hoʻopiʻi ka Hui Aluminum Trade Enforcement Working Group i kēia lā i nā palapala hoʻopiʻi antidumping a countervailing duty e hoʻopiʻi ana i ke kūʻai pono ʻole ʻana i nā pahu alumini mai nā ʻāina ʻelima e hōʻeha ana i ka ʻoihana kūloko. I ʻApelila o 2018, ua paʻi ka US Department of Commerce i nā kauoha antidumping a countervailing duty ma nā huahana foil like mai Kina.

ʻO nā kauoha kālepa kūpono ʻole ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ua hoʻoneʻe i nā mea hana Kina e hoʻololi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka pahu alumini i nā mākeke ʻē aʻe, a ua hopena i nā mea hana ma ia mau ʻāina e hoʻokuʻu aku i kā lākou hana ponoʻī i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

"Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka nui o ka alumini i alakaʻi ʻia e nā waihona kālā ma Kina e hōʻeha ai i ka ʻāpana holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Tom Dobbins, pelekikena & Luna Nui o ka Hui Aluminum. "ʻOiai ua hiki i nā mea hana alumini alumini hale ke hoʻopukapuka a hoʻonui ma hope o ka hana hoʻokō kālepa i manaʻo mua ʻia e kūʻē i ka lawe ʻana mai Kina i 2018, ua pōkole kēlā mau lanakila. I ka haʻalele ʻana o nā mea lawe mai Kina mai ka mākeke US, ua hoʻololi ʻia lākou e ka piʻi ʻana o nā alumini alumini i kūʻai pono ʻole ʻia e hōʻeha nei i ka ʻoihana US.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā palapala noi a ka ʻoihana e kūʻai ʻia ana nā pahu alumini mai Armenia, Brazil, Oman, Russia, a me Tureke ma nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ʻole (a i ʻole "hoʻolei") ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ʻo nā mea i lawe ʻia mai Oman a me Turkey e pōmaikaʻi mai nā kōkua aupuni hiki ke hana. ʻO nā palapala hoʻopiʻi a ka ʻoihana kūloko e ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻolei ʻia ana nā mea lawe mai nā ʻāina kumuhana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma nā palena a hiki i ka 107.61 pakeneka, a ʻo nā mea i lawe ʻia mai Oman a me Turkey e pōmaikaʻi ana mai nā papahana kōkua aupuni ʻewalu a me 25.

"Ke hilinaʻi nei ka ʻoihana alumini US i nā kaulahao hoʻolako honua ikaika a ua hana mākou i kēia hana ma hope o ka noʻonoʻo nui ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo a me nā ʻikepili ma ka honua," wahi a Dobbins. "ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana o nā mea hana foil home i loko o kahi ʻano o ka hoʻomau ʻana i nā mea kūʻai kūʻai pono ʻole."

Ua waiho ʻia nā palapala noi me ka US Department of Commerce a me ka US International Trade Commission (USITC). ʻO ka alumini alumini he huahana alumini palahalaha i hoʻohanaʻia i nāʻano likeʻole, e like me ka meaʻai a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me nāʻoihanaʻoihana e like me ka insulation thermal, nā kaula, a me nā mea uila.

Ua hoʻopiʻi ka ʻoihana kūloko i kāna mau noi no ke kōkua ʻana i ka pane ʻana i ka nui a me ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nui o nā kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa mai nā ʻāina kumuhana i hōʻeha i nā mea hana US. Ma waena o 2017 a me 2019, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā mea lawe mai nā ʻāina kumuhana ʻelima e 110 pakeneka i ʻoi aku ma mua o 210 miliona paona. ʻOiai ua manaʻo nā mea hana hale e pōmaikaʻi mai ka paʻi ʻana ma ʻApelila 2018 o nā kauoha antidumping a countervailing duty no ka lawe ʻana mai o ka alumini foil mai Kina - a ua ʻimi i nā hoʻopukapuka kālā nui e hoʻonui i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻolako i kēia huahana i ka mākeke US - nā hoʻokomo haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. mai nā ʻāina kumuhana i hopu i kahi hapa nui o ka māhele mākeke i paʻa mua ʻia e nā lawe ʻia mai Kina.

"Ua piʻi aku ka lawe ʻana mai o nā alumini alumini kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa mai nā ʻāina kumuhana i ka mākeke US, e hōʻino ana i nā kumukūʻai ma ka mākeke US a me ka hopena o ka hōʻeha hou ʻana i nā mea hana US ma hope o ke kau ʻana i nā hana e hoʻoponopono ai i nā mea kūʻai pono ʻole mai Kina i ʻApelila 2018. ,” wahi a John M. Herrmann, o Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, ka loio kalepa o na mea hoopii. "Ke nānā nei ka ʻoihana kūloko i ka manawa kūpono e hōʻike i kāna hihia i ke Keʻena Kālepa a me ka US International Trade Commission no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻoluʻolu mai nā hoʻokomo pono ʻole ʻia a hoʻihoʻi i ka hoʻokūkū kūpono ma ka mākeke US."

ʻO ka pepa alumini i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā palapala noi kālepa kūpono ʻole, ʻo ia nā mea lawe mai a pau mai Armenia, Brazil, Oman, Russia, a me Tureke o ka alumini foil i emi iho ma lalo o 0.2 mm ka mānoanoa (emi iho ma mua o 0.0078 inches) i nā mele i ʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma mua o 25 paona. ʻaʻole i kākoʻo ʻia. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia nā palapala hoʻopiʻi kālepa kūpono ʻole i kālai ʻia i ka capacitor foil a i ʻole alumini foil i ʻoki ʻia e like me ke ʻano.

ʻO nā mea noi ma kēia mau hana e John M. Herrmann, Paul C. Rosenthal, R. Alan Luberda, a me Joshua R. Morey o ke keʻena loio Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP.