Anti-Dumping Duties

The following have been updated on the Canada Border Services Agency website.

Pup Joints -Initiation of Expiry Review Investigation - 2016-08-03

As a result of the CITT’s expiry review, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has initiated an investigation to determine, pursuant to paragraph 76.03(7)(a) of SIMA, 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 November 30, 2016, and will issue a Statement of Reasons by December 15, 2016.

The subject goods are defined as oil country tubular goods pup joints made of carbon or alloy steel, welded or seamless, heat-treated or not heat-treated, regardless of end finish, having an outside diameter from 2 ⅜ inches to 4 ½ inches (60.3 mm to 114.3 mm), in all grades, in lengths from 2 feet to 12 feet (61 cm to 366 cm), excluding casing pup joints, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China.

Copper Pipe Fittings -Expiry Review Decision – Statement of Reasons  - 2016-08-03

On July 20, 2016, pursuant to paragraph 76.03(7)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act, the Canada Border Services Agency determined that the expiry of the orders made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on February 17, 2012, in Expiry Review No. RR-2011-001:

i. is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping of certain copper pipe fittings originating in or exported from the United States of America;

ii. is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping of certain copper pipe fittings originating in or exported from the Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic of China; and

iii. is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of subsidizing of certain copper pipe fittings originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China.