The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that it has launched an anti-dumping and subsidy investigation to determine whether steel strips imported from China, South Korea, Türkiye and Vietnam are being sold at unfair prices and whether Chinese products are being subsidized.
The investigation was initiated following a formal complaint filed by Canada-based JEM Strapping Systems Inc (JEM). The complaint stated that dumped and subsidized imports from the aforementioned countries lowered prices in the Canadian market, which had a serious impact on domestic producers. JEM stated that there has been a loss of market share, lower price competition, reduced sales and revenue, and employment losses.
Simultaneously with the CBSA, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) will also take an active role in the investigation. The CITT will complete its preliminary assessment of whether imports have harmed Canadian industry by July 11, 2025. By August 11, 2025, the CBSA will announce its preliminary decision on whether the products in question entered Canada at dumped prices and whether those from China are subsidized.
According to the CBSA, the products in question fall under the following Customs Tariff classification numbers:
7212.20.00.30, 7212.30.00.10, 7212.30.00.30, 7212.40.00.10, 7212.40.00.29, 7212.40.00.90, 7212.50.00.50, 7212.60.00.00, 7217.10.00.55, 7217.20.00.10, 7217.30.00.10, 7226.99.00.93, 7312.90.00.00 and 7326.20.00.00.
Canada currently imposes special import measures on 158 different product groups. These measures aim to directly protect approximately 31,000 Canadian jobs and CAD 11.6 billion worth of production.
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