Japanese Aluminum For Tesla Batteries Excluded From 10% Tariffs
Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada
gets a little boost as the U.S. Commerce Department has agreed to Tesla’s request to waive 10% tariffs on imported aluminum from Japan, used to made 2170 (aka 21700) lithium-ion cylindrical cells.
Tesla was arguing that the U.S. manufacturers cannot “meet the alloy composition or thickness requirements.
Domestic producers also cannot meet the annual volume requirement”.
Aluminum for Gigafactory 1 is produced by Nippon Light Metal Co Ltd
Tesla/Panasonic is the only manufacturer of 2170 type cells in heU.S.
Tesla wrote also that the production of 2170 “will increase exponentially over the next few years”.
U.S. Commerce Department
accepted the tariff exclusion for 10,000 tonnes annually for one year.
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