Thank you.
As I said before, these anti-dumping and countervailing duties have been very important for the Canadian and U.S. operations of aluminum extruders. It's allowed the extrusion industry to recover and thrive again. The extrusion industry just hit the 2006 levels again in 2018.
It is a growing industry. Manufacturing jobs are coming back to the industry. I know that of nine extruders in Ontario, six serve the automotive industry, and all are growing right now and adding both facilities and employees.
The 70% requirement for aluminum for automotive is a really big deal for us. More and more, automotive business is starting to move into Mexico, and the Chinese have been unrelenting in finding ways around the anti-dumping and countervailing duty tariffs. We know that Mexico is the back door in for that industry. There is no other reason for Mexico to insist on the reduction or elimination of that 70%. They can get aluminum in North America like everybody else.
My colleagues from Quebec will be displaced out of Mexico over time. There is absolutely zero doubt in my mind about that. The Chinese have already moved metal into Mexico. They tried to move it into the United States subsequently and were caught red-handed doing it. They were fined and so on. They then moved that metal to Vietnam and tried to move it back into the United States. These are the types of things we're up against with the elimination of that 70% North American content for aluminum.
This is the thing that will help investment in the aluminum industry in North America. Those things all fit together. Why Mexico would insist on its elimination is beyond me, other than they want to advantage themselves on subsidized and dumped metal into Mexico.