Commerce Properly Found Window Wall Kits Qualify for 'Finished Goods' AD/CVD Exclusion, DOJ Says

The Commerce Department properly found that window wall system kits imported by Reflection Window + Wall are outside the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China, DOJ said in a March 1 reply brief at the Court of International Trade. Reflection's window wall systems aren't dependent on other systems and are inserted between slabs to cover an aperture from floor to ceiling, making the goods distinct from curtain wall units and thus "finished goods kits" that qualify for the finished goods kits scope exclusion (Aluminum Extrusion Fair Trade Committee v. U.S., CIT #21-00253).

The Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee filed the case in June (see 2107020027), arguing that the window wall system kits aren't finished goods kits but are assembled, attached and sealed in the field and can interlock and cover large portions of a building's exterior. DOJ countered this characterization: AEFTC merely "disagrees with how Commerce weighted the evidence, but such disagreements are insufficient to overturn Commerce's determination."