PRIORITY: HIGH
DEVELOPMENT
The U.S. Department of Commerce has added Jiangsu Nice Aluminum Foil Co. and Zhejiang KMD Industrial Co. to the administrative review covering Chinese disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays and lids.
EFFECTIVE DATE
August 10, 2026
GALAXY IMPACT
Potential future countervailing-duty cash-deposit and landed-cost exposure.
CURRENT STATUS
No new duty rate was announced in this specific update.
Galaxy does not recommend a blanket customer price increase based solely on this announcement.
ALUMINUM / CBP COMPLIANCE DASHBOARD
| Area | Details |
|---|---|
| China Aluminum | Status: HIGH RISK Galaxy Position: Keep quotation validity short. |
| CVD Case | Status: C-570-171 Galaxy Position: Customs-broker verification required. |
| Manufacturer Identity | Status: CRITICAL Galaxy Position: Verify the actual manufacturer, not only the exporter. |
| Cash Deposit | Status: VERIFY Galaxy Position: Confirm the applicable rate before calculating landed cost. |
| Customer Pricing | Status: HOLD Galaxy Position: No blanket increase until actual exposure is confirmed. |
WHAT CHANGED
The U.S. Department of Commerce has expanded its administrative review of the countervailing-duty order covering disposable aluminum food-service containers from China.
The review now includes Jiangsu Nice Aluminum Foil Co. and Zhejiang KMD Industrial Co.
For importers, this reinforces an increasingly important issue:
Supplier identity can materially affect the final landed cost of imported aluminum food-service packaging.
The factory price alone is no longer sufficient to determine the true purchasing cost.
Manufacturer, exporter, HTS classification, applicable antidumping and countervailing-duty orders, cash-deposit requirements and country-of-origin documentation must all be evaluated before a purchase commitment is made.
GALAXY MARKET VIEW
MAJOR RISKS
- Manufacturer-specific CVD exposure
- Unexpected customs cash deposits
- Incorrect landed-cost calculations
- Long fixed-price customer commitments
- Incomplete manufacturer or origin documentation
OPPORTUNITIES
- Shift purchases toward verified suppliers
- Negotiate supplier compliance guarantees
- Strengthen Galaxy import controls
- Develop verified-origin aluminum programs
- Improve landed-cost visibility before issuing purchase orders
CEO ACTION PLAN
- Identify all current Chinese aluminum-container manufacturers and exporters.
- Ask the customs broker to verify C-570-171 exposure for each supplier.
- Confirm current cash-deposit rates before calculating landed cost.
- Require complete manufacturer, exporter and country-of-origin documentation before shipment.
- Avoid long-validity aluminum customer quotations until customs exposure is confirmed.
BOTTOM LINE
For aluminum food-service packaging, the lowest FOB price is no longer necessarily the lowest landed cost.
Supplier identity, customs exposure and documentation should be evaluated before the purchase order is issued.
GALAXY MARKET INTELLIGENCE
Supply Chain | Packaging | Global Sourcing | Trade Compliance
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce Administrative Review – Disposable Aluminum Containers from China
