Taipei, March 3 (CNA) The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) on Tuesday issued a final order imposing anti-dumping duties on imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from 18 countries investigated, including 17.5 percent on imports from Taiwan.

According to data published by the International Trade Administration (ITA) under the DOC, the anti-dumping duty of 17.5 percent on exports from Taiwan to the United States is lower than the 18.02 percent imposed in the DOC's initial determinations.

The highest anti-dumping rate, ranging from 49.4 percent to 242.8 percent, was issued for Germany, the largest exporter of aluminum sheet to the U.S., with US$286.6 million-worth of exports in 2019.

Bahrain, the second-largest exporter, with US$241.2 million-worth of aluminum sheet exported to the U.S., received a 4.83 percent anti- dumping duty rate and an anti-subsidy countervailing rate of up to 6.44 percent.

Other exporters that have dumped common alloy aluminum sheet in the U.S. are Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Oman, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain and Turkey are subject to anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties at various rates, according to the DOC's final determinations in anti-dumping duty investigations published by the ITA.

The duties were announced just hours after Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo won confirmation as the new U.S. commerce secretary in an 84-15 U.S. Senate vote, according to a Reuters news report.

The anti-dumping case and a companion anti-subsidy countervailing duty case were initiated under the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump in March 2020, according to the report.

Common alloy aluminum sheet is a flat-rolled product used for building everything from building facades and truck trailer bodies to street signs.