{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://timryan.house.gov/press-release/congressmen-ryan-and-johnson-call-review-anti-dumping-and-countervailing-duty-cases", "Congressmen Ryan and Johnson Call for Review of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Cases on Aluminum Extrusions from China", "2014-12-18", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Tim Ryan", "R000577", "timryan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Tim Ryan and Congressman Bill Johnson today urged the U.S. Commerce Department urging the Department to \u201ceffectively apply the U.S. trade remedy laws and fully enforce the antidumping (\u201cAD\u201d) and countervailing duty (\u201cCVD\u201d) orders on aluminum extrusions from China.\u201d Joining Ryan and Johnson on the letter were Congressmen Pete Sessions (TX-32), Lynn Westmoreland (GA-3), Walter Jones (NC-3), Paul Tonko (NY-20) and Collin Peterson (MN-7), and Congresswomen Ann McLane Kuster (NH-2) and Diane Black (TN-6). \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\n\u201cOnce again we are faced with the prospect of the Chinese taking advantage of American workers by importing aluminum products to the United States that have been subsidized by the Chinese government and once again I stand in opposition to allowing this to happen,\u201d said Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-D). \u201cThe U.S. Commerce Department needs to ensure that not one more worker should lose their job or one more factory should close because of unfair Chinese imports.\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s vital that we continue to protect American industries from unfair trade practices \u2013 Pennex Aluminum Company in Leetonia is just one of the companies that has been harmed by China\u2019s imbalanced trade policies in the past.\u00a0 This letter asks the Commerce Department to fully enforce U.S. Trade Remedy Laws to protect hard-working Americans in Eastern Ohio, and across the country, from trade manipulation by Chinese aluminum producers.\u00a0 I\u2019m proud to have joined Congressman Ryan in authoring this bipartisan letter,\u201d said Congressman Bill Johnson (OH-R).\nAluminum extrusions are extruded metal profiles in nearly every shape and size used in virtually every type of industry in the United States.\u00a0 Aluminum extrusions are incorporated into everything from computers, cars, appliances, doors, windows, and large scale commercial buildings.\nIn May 2011, the U.S. government imposed trade orders on Chinese products. However, the relief from this decision is currently at risk due to a number of recent determinations made by the Department of Commerce narrowing the scope of the orders and the Commerce\u2019s continued reliance on the London Metals Exchange (\u201cLME\u201d) benchmark to calculate subsidies. This benchmark does not accurately reflect the actual price to obtain primary aluminum.\nAmerica\u2019s aluminum extrusions industry, with $4.6 billion in sales in 2010, employs approximately 30,000 direct workers and hundreds of thousands of indirect workers, all of which benefit the economy of the United States and our communities.\u00a0 The preservation of these jobs, which are vital to the stability and growth of this industry and important for American manufacturing, are endangered if the unfair trade practices of Chinese aluminum producers are not fully addressed.\u00a0\n###\nText of letter follows:\nDecember 11, 2014\nMr. Paul Piquado\n\tAssistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance\n\tU.S. Department of Commerce\n\t14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW\n\tWashington, DC\u00a0 20230\nDear Assistant Secretary Piquado:\u00a0\nOn behalf of our constituents in the domestic aluminum extrusions industry, we are writing to encourage the Department of Commerce (\u201cDepartment\u201d) to effectively apply the U.S. trade remedy laws and fully enforce the antidumping (\u201cAD\u201d) and countervailing duty (\u201cCVD\u201d) orders on aluminum extrusions from China.\u00a0\nAs the Department is aware, it was only a few years ago that the U.S. aluminum extrusions industry was on the verge of collapse. Dumped and subsidized aluminum extrusions from China were surging into the U.S. market at a rapid pace.\u00a0 At its peak, Chinese producers of aluminum extrusions held 19 percent of what was a $5.4 billion dollar U.S. market, more than any other source of foreign imports combined. This wave of low priced imports crippled domestic production, reduced capacity, and caused mill closures and significant job loss.\u00a0\nIn response, the domestic industry petitioned the U.S. Government for relief under the U.S. trade remedy laws.\u00a0 The Department properly concluded that Chinese producers were selling their aluminum extrusions in the U.S. market at dumping and subsidy margins of 33 percent and up to 374 percent, respectively.\u00a0 This dumping and subsidization was found to be injuring U.S. producers and their workers.\u00a0 As a result, in May 2011, the Department imposed trade orders on these Chinese products.\u00a0\nOur constituents now inform us that this relief is at risk due to a number of recent determinations made by the Department regarding whether certain aluminum extrusions are covered under the scope of the AD and CVD orders. It is our understanding that the agency is increasingly and inappropriately narrowing the scope of the orders by excluding aluminum extrusions with incidental non-extruded parts from coverage.\u00a0 This is contrary to the plain language of the scope, which clearly covers all aluminum extrusions whether fabricated and/or incorporated as parts into a subassembly with non-extruded parts.\u00a0 We are concerned that any interpretation otherwise defeats the very purpose of the orders and threatens renewed harm to the domestic industry and its workers and threatens to allow what should otherwise be a limited exception to become the rule.\nWe have also been informed that in calculating the subsidy for the provision of primary aluminum for less than adequate remuneration, the Department inappropriately relied on a London Metals Exchange (\u201cLME\u201d) benchmark in its preliminary determination in the current administrative review of the CVD order.\u00a0 Specifically, we understand that the Department\u2019s regulations require that its benchmark reflect the price that a Chinese company would pay if it purchased primary aluminum on the global market.\u00a0 However, the LME cash price selected by the Department does not reflect the full \u201call-in\u201d price a purchaser would pay without the addition of regional premiums to take physical possession of the product. We also understand that the LME cash settlement price is largely based on distorted pricing for Chinese aluminum.\u00a0 For these reasons, we are concerned that the Department\u2019s continued reliance on an LME benchmark will, contrary to its statutory mandate, prevent the agency from calculating an accurate subsidy margin.\nIn closing, we appreciate the Department\u2019s attention to these critical issues and are confident that the agency will take our concerns under serious consideration.\u00a0 Successfully addressing these issues is vital to ensuring the continued health and viability of the domestic aluminum extrusions industry and its workers.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCongressman Tim Ryan\n\tCongressman Bill Johnson\n\tCongressman Pete Sessions\n\tCongresswoman Diane Black\n\tCongressman Lynn Westmoreland\n\tCongressman Walter Jones\n\tCongressman Paul Tonko\n\tCongressman Collin Peterson\n\tCongresswoman Ann Mclane Kuster", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://timryan.house.gov/press-release/congressmen-ryan-and-johnson-call-review-anti-dumping-and-countervailing-duty-cases"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8193918038159609, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}