U.S. International Trade Commission Schedules Expedited Review on Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide From China
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced it will carry out an expedited five-year review of the antidumping duty order on refined brown aluminum oxide from China. This action will determine if removing the order would likely cause continued or repeated harm to the U.S. industry in the near future.
The decision follows the Tariff Act of 1930. On May 9, 2025, the ITC found that responses from domestic parties were adequate, while responses from foreign parties were not. No extra reasons were found to require a full review. The Commission voted to go forward with an expedited review, as stated in section 751(c)(3) of the Act. Commissioner David S. Johanson voted to conduct a full review.
People needing more information can contact Kenneth Gatten III at the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission.
A staff report with details about the review has been added to the nonpublic record. It will be shared with people on the Administrative Protective Order service list for this review on June 4, 2025. A public version will be released after that, following the Commission’s guidelines.
Interested parties who qualify may submit written comments to the Secretary of the Commission on what decision should be reached. These comments are due by 5:15 p.m. on June 11, 2025, and cannot include new facts. People who are not parties or interested parties may send a short written statement by the same date, but these, too, must not add new facts. If the Department of Commerce extends its own review, the comment deadline will be three business days after Commerce issues its final results.
Comments with business proprietary information (BPI) must follow specific Commission rules. More information on filing can be found in the Handbook on Filing Procedures on the Commission’s website.
The Commission found that responses from Great Lakes Minerals, LLC, Imerys Niagara Falls, Inc., U.S. Electrofused Minerals, Inc., and Washington Mills were adequate. Written comments from other parties will not be accepted.
All documents filed must be served to all other parties and must include a certificate of service. The Secretary will not accept any document for filing without this certificate.
This review is conducted under the authority of Title VII of the Act and follows the Commission’s rules. The notice is published according to section 207.62.
The notice was ordered by the Commission and issued on May 20, 2025, by Lisa Barton, Secretary to the Commission.
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