The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that Provisional Duties are now payable on certain steel heavy plate originating in or exported from Taiwan, Germany and Turkey released from Customs on or after October 9, 2020.
Subsequently to the CBSA determination, the CITT gave notice on October 13, 2020, that it had initiated an inquiry to determine whether the dumping of the above-mentioned goods have caused injury or retardation or are threatening to cause injury to domestic producers as determined under the Special Import Measures Act.
The subject goods are defined as “hot rolled carbon steel heavy plate and high strength low alloy steel heavy plate”.
The steel heavy plate is usually classified under HS numbers: 7208.51.00.10, 7208.51.00.93, 7208.51.00.94, 7208.51.00.95, 7208.52.00.10, 7208.52.00.93 & 7208.52.00.96.
Please note that these HS classifications are provided for convenience of reference only. Refer to the product definition provided in the CITT Notice of Inquiry for authoritative details regarding the subject goods as well as exclusions.
The CBSA preliminary determination details including provisional duty rates, CBSA Officer names and contact information are found on the CBSA’s website.
Further details concerning the injury inquiry as well as the inquiry schedule are found in the CITT Notice of Commencement of Inquiry.
Additional information about these investigations is contained in a Statement of Reasons, which will be available within 15 days on the CBSA’s website.
Please contact your Livingston account representative should you have any questions.