European Aluminum Trade Group Launches Two Cases Against EU Decision Suspending Antidumping Duties

Aluminum industry trade group European Aluminum, filed two lawsuits with the European Union General Court to challenge the nine-month suspension of the antidumping duties on aluminum flat-rolled products from China, the trade association said in a Dec. 20 press release. The group called the suspension "unjustified" and pointed to the alleged "damaging impact" such a move can have on the European industry. The first case challenges the suspension decision from the European Commission itself, while the second goes after the non-collection of the provisional antidumping duties that were already imposed at the time of the suspension.

“After a diligent 14-month anti-dumping investigation, we were alarmed that the European Commission would conclude its suspension decision in just weeks, and without verification of submitted data," said Gerd Gotz, director general of European Aluminum. "Moreover, the suspension contradicts the EU’s commitment to fair trade and the findings of the Commission’s initial anti-dumping investigation, which confirmed the existence of material injury caused by Chinese dumping. If the EU continues to allow dumped products on our market, we will lose European jobs and production of a metal that is crucial to Europe’s green transition."