Tribunal finds dumping of heavy steel plate injures Canadian industry
Provisional duties could soon apply to plate from Taiwan, Germany, South Korea, Malaysia, and Turkey
After conducting a preliminary injury inquiry the Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced that it found a reasonable indication that the dumping of heavy plate from Taiwan, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Turkey has caused injury or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.
On May 27, 2020 the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an investigation into the alleged injurious dumping of the goods in question following a complaint filed by a Canadian manufacturer.
Now that the Tribunal ruled on the question of injury, the CBSA will investigate to confirm that the imports are indeed being dumped and subsidized and will make a preliminary determination by August 25, 2020.
Provisional anti-dumping duties could soon be applicable to imports of the goods under investigation. In such a case the preliminary decisions of the Tribunal and the CBSA will have to be confirmed by final decisions.
