No Dumping Drama: South African Aluminum Gets a Pass
Published Date: 3/6/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that Hulamin Operations from South Africa did not sell common alloy aluminum sheets in the U.S. at unfairly low prices from April 2023 to March 2024. This means no extra duties will be charged for that period. The final decision came after some government delays, with results effective March 6, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
No antidumping duties for Hulamin
The Department of Commerce found Hulamin Operations did not sell common alloy aluminum sheet in the United States at less than normal value for April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024, so no antidumping duties will be charged for that period. Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate those entries without regard to antidumping duties, and Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after publication (publication date March 6, 2026).
Automatic assessment for unknown intermediaries
Commerce's "automatic assessment" will apply to entries of subject merchandise produced by Hulamin for which the company did not know the merchandise it sold to an intermediary was destined for the United States; in such cases, CBP will be instructed to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies). The all-others rate established in the investigation is 8.85 percent.
Cash deposit rules and continuing 8.85% rate
For shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these final results in the Federal Register (March 6, 2026), cash deposit rates will be the rates established in these final results for companies subject to this review. For all other producers or exporters not covered by these results, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 8.85 percent (the all-others rate).
Importer reimbursement certificate requirement
Importers are reminded of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period; failure to file may lead Commerce to presume reimbursement occurred and result in assessment of double antidumping duties.
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