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On June 27, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) issued a notice that it will be conducting a re-investigation in respect of oil country tubular goods originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Türkiye and Vietnam (the "Subject Goods”).  This re-investigation falls under measure in force code OCTG2.  Detailed information, including the definition of the Subject Goods, can be found on the OCTG2 page.

Additionally, the CBSA has announced it will also update the surrogate normal values for certain seamless carbon and oil country tubular goods originating in or exported from China, under measure in force codes SC and OCTG1 respectively!

On June 20, 2024, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the “CITT”) issued a preliminary determination of injury, concluding that there was evidence that the alleged dumping and subsidizing of certain pea protein from China (the “Subject Goods”) has caused material injury to the domestic industry.

More details, including the definition of the Subject Goods and product inclusion can be found in the determination here.

On January 17, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (the “CBSA”) announced that it has initiated a re-investigation of the normal values and export prices in respect of certain gypsum board (known more colloquially as “drywall” or “wallboard”) originating in or exported from the United States (the “Subject Goods”) for use or consumption in Western Canada (i.e., BC, AB, SK, YU, and NT).

On June 20, 2024, the CBSA released a notice concluding the re-investigation with updated normal values and export prices. 

On June 24, 2024, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the “CITT”) issued a notice that it was beginning an expiry review in respect of silicon metal originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (the “Subject Goods”).  On June 25, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (the “CBSA”) similarly gave notice of the initiation of their parallel expiry review investigation.

More details on the technical definition of the Subject Goods can be found here.

On April 22, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) issued a Notice of Initiation of Investigation under the Special Import Measures Act (“SIMA”) in respect of the alleged dumping and subsidizing of certain pea protein from China.  This investigation was prompted by a joint complaint filed by two manufacturers in Manitoba. 

The goods under investigation are more specifically described as: 

High protein content (“HPC”) pea protein originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China in all physical forms regardless of packaging, with a minimum pea protein content of 65 percent on a dry weight basis calculated using a Jones factor of 6.25 (the “Subject Goods”).  

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the “CITT”) announced an Order in Expiry Review RR-2023-001 on March 20, 2024 (the “Order”), continuing its finding made on April 23, 2018, in Expiry Review NQ-2017-005, in respect of the dumping and subsidizing of all dry wheat pasta originating in or exported from the Republic of Türkiye (the “Subject Goods”).

What is an Expiry Review

Expiry Reviews are conducted jointly by the Canada Border Services Agency (the “CBSA”) and the CITT to review prior Anti-Dumping Duty (“ADD”) or Countervailing Duty (“CVD”) findings made by the CITT (the “Findings”) under the Special Import Measures Act (“SIMA”). These Expiry Reviews generally occur every 5 years following the original finding or subsequent continuation orders (“Orders”).

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the “CITT”) announced an Order in Expiry Review RR-2021-004 on October 19, 2022 (the “Order”), continuing its order made on January 4, 2017, in Expiry Review NQ-2016-002, in respect of the dumping of certain gypsum board products originating in or exported from the U.S., imported into Canada for use or consumption in the provinces of BC, AB, SK, and MB, as well as NT and YK (the “Subject Goods”). 

On March 27, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA") received a representation from Tenaris Canada ("Tenaris"), requesting a reinvestigation of normal values and subsidy amounts for oil country tubular goods ("OCTG1") and seamless casing ("SC") exported from China. Under the CBSA’s policy, other interested persons have the opportunity to respond to this representation by submitting comments to the CBSA.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) announced an Order in Expiry Review RR-2021-005 on December 29, 2022 (“Order”), continuing its order made on April 7, 2017, in expiry review RR-2016-001, in respect of the dumping of Pup Joints products from the People’s Republic of China (“Subject Goods”). 

What is an Expiry Review

Expiry Reviews are conducted jointly by the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) and the CITT to review prior Anti-Dumping Duty (“ADD”) or Countervailing Duty (“CVD”) orders made by the CITT (“Orders”) under Special Import Measures Act (“SIMA”).  These Expiry Reviews generally occur every five years following the original Orders or a subsequent renewal.

The CITT has announced an Expiry Review of its finding made on February 15^th, 2019 (NQ-2018-003) in respect of Carbon Steel Welded Pipe from Pakistan, the Philippines, Türkiye and Vietnam.

What is an Expiry Review

Expiry reviews are conducted jointly by the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) to review prior Anti-Dumping Duty (“ADD”) or Countervailing Duty (“CVD”) orders made by the CITT (“Orders”) under Special Import Measures Act (“SIMA”). They generally occur every five years following the original Order or subsequent renewal.

On November 14, 2023, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) issued a notice that it was beginning an expiry review in respect of cold-rolled steel originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (“China”), the Republic of Korea (“South Korea”), and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (“Vietnam”). On November 15^th CBSA similarly gave notice of the initiation of their parallel expiry review investigation.

The CITT more specifically described the Subject Goods as:

On October 5, 2023, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) issued its order in respect of an Expiry Review of a previous Order made on February 8, 2018, continuing the Order’s finding of dumping and subsidizing of stainless steel sinks from the People’s Republic of China (“China”).

The CITT more specifically described the Subject Goods as: