Tax & Trade Blog

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ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON VIETNAMESE GOODS

CORROSION-RESISTANT STEEL SHEETS

Canada has currently imposed eight (8) separate anti-dumping ("AD") and/or countervailing duty ("CVD") orders against products from Vietnam.  These measures effectively raise the price of targeted Vietnamese goods in the Canadian market, reducing their competitiveness in the Canadian marketplace.

Notably, one of such measures is the AD Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Sheets from Vietnam, issued under the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s (the “CITT’s”) Order NQ-2019-002 (the “Order”).  However, this Order is set to expire in November 2025, which means that there may be an opportunity to advocate for their termination under the CITT’s "Sunset Review" process.

On January 22, 2024, the CBSA issued a Notice of Retroactive Assessments in respect of certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Sheet (“COR-2”) goods imported into Canada from Türkiye (formerly Turkey) and Vietnam.

Canadian importers of these COR-2 goods may soon find themselves on the receiving end of these retroactive assessments in respect of imports into Canda between December 2021 and November 2022!

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) has announced an Expiry Review in respect of the dumping of corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel sheet products of carbon steel from China, Chinese Taipei, India and the Republic of Korea.

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 subsequent renewal.