Beijing seeks domestic aluminium foil makers participation in anti-dumping probe meeting: Source says

According to Reuters report, China’s Ministry of Commerce has asked domestic aluminium foil makers to participate in the discussion on an anti-dumping probe launched by Mexico, on Monday, September 3.

Mexico on August 28 said it initiated the probe into Chinese aluminium foil, a day after the US President Donald Trump declared to reach a deal with Mexico on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement.

In May, Mexican aluminium foil firm Almexa Aluminio had filed a complaint to Mexico’s Secretariat of Economy alleging unfair trade practices. The company was of opinion that aluminium foil coils exported from China were taking a toll on Mexican domestic industry, according to a statement published on the website of Mexico’s official government journal.

The United States also singled out Chinese aluminium foil for trade action. In February, the US Commerce Department even declared anti-dumping duties on China ranging from 48.64 percent to 106.09 percent and anti-subsidy duties ranging from 17.14 percent to 80.97 percent.

The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, which had led anti-dumping negotiations with the United States and organised an unsuccessful joint legal defence against the U.S. duties with a group of foil makers, will also attend the meeting, the source said.

China did not spare to accuse the United States either for disregarding World Trade Organization rules with its duties on Chinese aluminium foil.