CIT Finds Screen Door Kits Without Screens Ineligible for AD/CV Duty Exemption

Aluminum screen door kits imported without screens are not “finished goods kits” exempt from antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China, said the Court of International Trade on April 20 as it sustained a Commerce Department scope ruling. Commerce had in 2014 ruled Circle Glass’ kits ineligible because they did not include all parts necessary to assemble a finished screen door (see 1412110058). CIT agreed, finding “Commerce reasonably explained that [Circle Glass’] ‘patio door kit,’ using only the parts available upon importation, essentially assembles into an empty frame made of extruded aluminum.”