The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on November 4, 2016 that it has extended the investigation with respect to the alleged injurious dumping of certain concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the Republic of 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.
Subject goods are described as hot-rolled deformed steel concrete reinforcing bar in straight lengths or coils, commonly identified as rebar, in various diameters up to and including 56.4 millimeters, in various finishes, excluding plain round bar and fabricated rebar products. Also excluded is 10 mm diameter (10M) rebar produced to meet the requirements of CSA G30 18.09 (or equivalent standards) that is coated to meet the requirements of epoxy standard ASTM A775/A 775M 04a (or equivalent standards) in lengths from 1 foot (30.48 cm) up to and including 8 feet (243.84 cm).
The goods in question are usually classified under Harmonized System classification numbers 7213.10.00.00, 7214.20.00.00, 7215.90.00.90, and 7227.90.00.90.
The Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) provides that, under normal circumstances, the preliminary stage of the investigation shall be completed within 90 days of the date of initiation. However, due to the complexity and novelty of the issues presented by this investigation, the period has been extended to 135 days. Consequently, the decision to issue a preliminary determination will be made on or before January 3, 2017.
This extension had no effect on the due dates for the Importer or Exporter responses to CBSA’s Requests for Information that were due on September 9, 2016 and September 26, 2016 respectively
Any questions concerning the initial CBSA investigation should be directed to the CBSA at: simaregistry-depotlmsi@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca or by telephone to: Robert Wright 613-954-1643.
The revised schedule is available on the CBSA website.
More information on the investigation can be found on the Canada Border Services website.