Tribunal will not review an extension of the surtax order on certain steel goods
Safeguard measures apply to imports of heavy plate and stainless steel wire
Canada applies safeguard measures (surtax) to imports of heavy plate and stainless steel wire. The subject countries are all countries except the United States, Mexico, Chile, Israel, Korea, Colombia, Honduras, Panama, Peru and all countries benefitting from the General Preferential Tariff.
The Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods is scheduled to expire on October 24, 2021.
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal recently advised that any domestic producer of goods that are like or directly competitive with certain heavy plate and stainless steel wire that are subject to safeguard measures enacted in the Surtax Order, or any person or association acting on behalf of any such domestic producer, could file with the Tribunal a written request that an extension order be made because an order continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods. The extension requests were to be filed with the Tribunal by April 12, 2021.
The Tribunal advised this week that, having received no extension requests, it will not commence an extension inquiry.
