Hulett triumphs in US anti-dumping case

ALAN PEAT AFTER A brave and highly costly action, SA’s Hulett Aluminium has won its case against an anti-dumping action instituted by US aluminium producers. The definition of dumping, according to SA’s Trade Law Centre (tralac), is the exporting of goods at a price below the home-market or a third-country price or below the cost of production. But, in the US action, the Department of State has announced that the US International Trade Commission (USITC) has concluded the investigation into aluminium imports from SA - with a majority finding that there is no evidence of injury to US producers. This result comes despite the US Commerce Department indicating that there was a dumping margin of 3.51% by SA. A percentage, said tralac, that is determined by comparing how much the dumped price of the product exceeds the fair-value price of the product. “The final report by the USITC was delivered on November 5, and indicated that there was insufficient evidence to support the claim that aluminium plate which was imported from SA injured or threatened domestic US producers who produce similar products,” said tralac.