On June 17, 2025, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made preliminary determinations of dumping respecting polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin originating in or exported from the China and Pakistan, and of subsidizing of PET resin originating in or exported from China.
The subject goods are usually imported under the following tariff classification numbers:
3907.61.00.00, 3907.69.00.10, 3907.69.00.80, and 3907.69.00.90
Provisional duties will now be payable on the subject goods that are released from the CBSA on or after June 17, 2025 and a Statement of Reasons will be available within 15 days.
For importations of subject goods originating in or exported from China, for which the exporter has not been issued a specific rate, the anti-dumping duty is equal to 71.4% of the export price.
For importations of subject goods for which the exporter has not been issued a specific rate, the rate of countervailing duty is equal to 57.4%, as a percentage of export price.
For importations of subject goods originating in or exported from Pakistan, for which the exporter has not been issued a specific rate, the anti-dumping duty is equal to 84.5% of the export price.