Solar panel roof mounts imported from China are subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions, a type of simple metal parts, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

Importers China Custom Manufacturing Inc., and Greentech Engineering LLC argued that the ROCK-IT 3.0 solar panel mounts qualify for an exclusion as “finished merchandise.” Pv Carport Structures

But the exclusion doesn’t apply because the mounts are parts or subassemblies for the mounting system, which is a “downstream product,” the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in an opinion written by Judge Raymond T. Chen.

The case “is governed squarely” by ...

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