CBSA Concludes Re-investigation of Certain Concrete Reinforcing Bar

On May 04, 2018 the Canada Border Services Agency concluded a re-investigation to update the normal values and export prices respecting certain concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (China), the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey (Rebar 1), and originating in or exported from the Republic of Belarus (Belarus), Chinese Taipei, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Spain (Rebar 2), and the amounts of subsidy of certain rebar originating in or exported from China, in accordance with the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA).

Normal Values for Future Shipments – Rebar 1 & 2
Specific normal values for future shipments of certain rebar have been determined for all exporters that submitted a complete response to the Dumping RFI, to the Supplemental RFIs and for whom the desk and/or on-site verification was considered reliable.

Changes to the Rebar 1 measures were made to include additional exporters from Turkey that have received specific normal values effective May 4, 2018.

Exporters provided with normal values from Turkey now includes the following:

  • Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.S.
  • İçdas Çelik Enerji Tersane ve Ulaşım A.Ş.
  • Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S.
  • Kroman Çelik Sanayii A.Ş.
  • Yazici Demir Celik Sanayi Turizm Ticaret Anonim Sirketi

Changes to the Rebar 2 measures were made to exporters provided with Normal Values from Belarus, Taiwan, Portugal, Spain and Hong Kong effective May 4, 2018.

Exporters provided with normal values now includes the following:

  • Republic of Belarus – OJSC Byelorussian Steel Works (BMZ). A joint response was received from BMZ and Bel Kap Steel LLC 1
  • Taiwan – Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corporation
  • Portugal – Metalurgica Galaica, S.A.
  • Spain – Celsa Atlantic, S.L. and Nervacero, S.A.

Full details of the reinvestigation are available in the Notice of Conclusion of Re-investigation.

For all other exporters of subject goods originating in or exported from Belarus, Chinese Taipei, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Spain (Rebar 2), normal values will be determined by ministerial specification. The normal values for future shipments determined by ministerial specification are calculated by advancing the export price of the goods by 108.5%, pursuant to section 29 of SIMA.

Any Questions of concerning the reinvestigations should be directed to:

SIMA Registry and Disclosure Unit
Trade and Anti-dumping Programs Directorate
Canada Border Services Agency
100 Metcalfe Street, 11th floor
Ottawa, ON K1A 0L8