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Tribunal will first determine whether the imports are harming Canadian producers. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) launched an investigation into whether or not certain hot-rolled carbon steel heavy plate and high-strength low-alloy steel heavy plate from Chinese Taipei, Germany, South Korea, Malaysia, and Turkey are being sold at unfair prices in Canada. The investigation…

 Revisions may result in a change to duties being assessed on importations of these goods. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded, on May 25, 2020, a re-investigations of the normal values and export prices of certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and certain seamless casing originating in or exported from China, in accordance with…

Statistics Canada reports increases in rail shipments of fuel oil, crude petroleum and agricultural products. Statistics Canada announced that despite all the setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s railways carried 33.2 million tonnes of merchandise in March, up 4.7% compared with the same month in 2019. The Federal agency reports that 26.6 million…

Anti-dumping finding scheduled to expire unless CBSA and Tribunal decide to maintain it. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a review to determine if the expiry of its July 2015 finding is likely to lead to continued or resumed dumping and subsidizing of photovoltaic modules and laminates from China and, if so, would this be…

Heavy steel plate from Chinese Taipei, Germany, South Korea, Malaysia, and Turkey. Notice of initiation of investigation Oil Country Tubular Goods and Seamless Casing from China, Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, the Philippines,South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam. Re-investigation of the normal values and export prices – Notice of conclusion of re-investigations of the normal…

The border closure does not apply to freight and to certain essential travel. Canada and the United States have announced that they are extending by another month the border restrictions put in place two months ago. U.S. and Canadian officials have mutually determined that non-essential travel between the United States and Canada still poses additional risk of…

Electronic components and agricultural raw materials are the only groups showing signs of trade stability. According to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Goods Trade Barometer, world merchandise trade is falling as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts the global economy. The Barometer’s index now stands at 87.6, far below the baseline value of 100, suggesting a sharp…

Drewry – ESC survey also found low satisfaction with clarity of prices and surcharges, transit times. According to the annual shipper satisfaction survey of Consultant Drewry and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) the ability of container shipping lines to provide cargo space as needed showed a marginal improvement in 2019, but many respondents expect that…

However, engineering and design work undertaken in Canada are not regarded as dutiable assists. In most instances the value of material and even technical help provided to a foreign supplier must be added to the value for duty of the supplier’s goods when they are imported into Canada. This type of help is called an…

Memorandum D10-14-27 Tariff Classification of Front-mount Mowers Memorandum D10-14-29 Tariff Classification of Gloves Memorandum D11-4-33 Uniform Regulations – Chapter Four of the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe 2 (CSWP 2) Chinese Taipei, India, Oman, South Korea, Thailand and United Arab Emirates. Request for a re-investigation of the normal values Temporary…

Tribunal will now determine whether the expiry would likely result in injury to Canadian industry. In December 2019, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its order concerning dumping of concrete reinforcing bar from China, Korea and Turkey and the subsidizing of concrete reinforcing bar from China. The order, issued in January…

A new certification of origin will be required and there will be no transition period. The certificates of origin for good imported under the tariff preference of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will not be valid for goods imported under a tariff preference of the new Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). CUSMA is scheduled…

Roberto Azevêdo is cutting his second term short by one year, citing personal reasons. The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevêdo, announced that he would step down on August 31, cutting his second term short by one year. In a statement to WTO Members Mr. Azevêdo said: “This is a decision that…

The Agency is redirecting traffic to ports of entry where it maintains officer presence. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the temporary suspension of service at certain small vessel reporting sites, small airports of entry, ferry terminals and to the Remote Area Border Crossing program as of May 12, 2020. The suspension of service…