Anti-Dumping Duties

Certain Steel Piling Pipe, Notice of Expiry Review Investigation

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) initiated an expiry review of its finding made on November 30, 2012, in Inquiry No. NQ 2012-002, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of certain steel piling pipe originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (China).

As a result of the CITT’s expiry review, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has initiated an expiry review investigation to determine whether the expiry of the finding is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping and/or subsidizing of the subject goods.  The CBSA will make a determination no later than January 25, 2018, and will issue a Statement of Reasons by February 9, 2018.

This notice is available in its entirety on the Canada Border Services Agency website.

Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe, Preliminary Injury Inquiry

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has conducted a preliminary injury inquiry into whether the evidence discloses a reasonable indication that the alleged injurious dumping of carbon and alloy steel line pipe originating in or exported from the Republic of Korea has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.

The goods subject to this preliminary injury inquiry are defined as follows:

Carbon and alloy steel line pipe originating in or exported from the Republic of Korea, welded or seamless, having a nominal outside diameter from 2.375 inches (60.3 mm) up to and including 24 inches (610 mm) (with all dimensions being plus or minus allowable tolerances contained in the applicable standards), including line pipe meeting or supplied to meet any one or several of API 5L, CSA Z245.1, ISO 3183, ASTM A333, ASTM A106, ASTM A53-B or their equivalents, in all grades, whether or not meeting specifications for other end uses (e.g. single-, dual-, or multiple-certified, for use in oil and gas or other applications), and regardless of end finish (plain ends, beveled ends, threaded ends, or threaded and coupled ends), surface finish (coated or uncoated), wall thickness, or length, excluding galvanized line pipe and excluding stainless steel line pipe (containing 10.5 percent or more by weight of chromium), and excluding goods covered by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s Finding in Inquiry No. NQ‑2012-003.

The Statement of Reasons is available in its entirety on the Canadian International Trade Tribunal website.