Legal & Trade Compliance: Perfectus Aluminum Reaches $549.5M Settlement Over Chinese Extrusion Duties – 18 May 2026
Summary: In a massive development for trade enforcement, Perfectus Aluminum and its affiliates have agreed to pay USD 549.5 million to settle civil allegations regarding the evasion of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese aluminum extrusions. Backed by whistleblower efforts from the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), investigators proved that between 2011 and 2014, over 2.2 million extrusions were mislabeled and spot-welded to look like finished aluminum pallets to bypass import tariffs. This massive settlement signals strict federal enforcement safeguarding the domestic extrusion industry against unfair foreign pricing.
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