In response to the exceptional threats posed by Chinese practices, the federal government intends to impose a 25 per cent surtax on imports of steel and aluminum products from China under section 53 of the Customs Tariff to protect Canada’s workers and investments in these sectors from China’s unfair trade policies and to prevent trade diversion resulting from recent actions taken by Canadian trading partners.
The initial list of goods subject to surtaxes can be found in Annex 1.
These surtaxes will apply to goods originating from China, which shall be considered as those goods eligible to be marked as a good of China in accordance with the Determination of Country of Origin for the Purpose of Marking Goods (Non-CUSMA Countries) Regulations.
The final list of goods subject to the surtaxes will be announced by October 1, 2024, with the surtaxes taking effect on October 15, 2024. The surtaxes will not apply to Chinese goods that are in transit to Canada on the day on which these surtaxes come into force.
It is the government’s intention that the surtaxes will be reviewed within a period of one year from implementation and could be extended for a further period of time and supplemented by additional measures, as appropriate.
Written comments in support for, or concern with, the proposed surtaxes, should be provided to the Department of Finance no later than September 20, 2024.
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