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SIMA - Final Decisions Respecting Certain Concrete Reinforcing Bar

On December 10, 2014, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made a final determination of dumping pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), in respect of certain concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey and made a final determination of subsidizing, in respect of certain concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China.

On the same date, pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(b) of the SIMA, the President of the CBSA terminated the subsidy investigation in respect of the above mentioned goods originating in or exported from the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey.

The goods in question are usually classified under the following Harmonized System (HS) classification numbers:

7213.10.00.00 7214.20.00.00

The subject goods may also be classified under the following HS classification numbers:

7215.90.00.90 7227.90.00.90

Note that this listing of HS codes is for convenience of reference only.  Refer to the product definition for authoritative details regarding the subject goods.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal) is continuing its inquiry into the question of injury to the domestic industry and will make an order or finding by January 9, 2015. 

Provisional duties related to the subsidization of goods from the Republic of Korea and Turkey will no longer be collected, and all amounts collected during the provisional period will be refunded.  All other provisional duties will continue to apply on imports of subject goods from these three countries until the date of the Tribunal’s order or finding.

Additional information about this investigation is contained in a Statement of Reasons, which will be available within 15 days on the CBSA’s Web site:
www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/menu-eng.html.

Investigations Contacts:

 
Sean Robertson:     613-948-8581
 
Paul Pomnikow:      613-948-7809
 
Email:                     simaregistry-depotlmsi@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

 


 

MARGINS OF DUMPING AND AMOUNTS OF SUBSIDY BY EXPORTER
Exporter Margin of Dumping* Amount of Subsidy (Chinese Renminbi per Metric Tonne)

China

 

 

Shandong Shiheng Special Steel Group Co., Ltd.

17.1%

13

All Other Exporters

41.0%

469

Republic of Korea

 

 

Hyundai Steel Company

13.3%

N/A

Hyundai Corporation

41.0%

N/A

G.S. Global Corporation

41.0%

N/A

All Other Exporters

41.0%

N/A

Turkey

 

 

Habas Sınai ve Tıbbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S.

3.8%

N/A

Habas Petrol Urunleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

41.0%

N/A

All Other Exporters

41.0%

N/A

* As a percentage of export price.

NOTE: The margins of dumping reported in this table are the margins determined by the CBSA for purposes of the final determination of dumping. These margins do not reflect the amount of anti-dumping duty to be levied on future importations of dumped goods. In the event of an injury finding by the Tribunal, normal values and amounts of subsidy have been provided to the co-operating exporters for future shipments to Canada and these normal values and amounts of subsidy would come into effect the day after an injury finding. Information regarding normal values of the subject goods and amounts of subsidy should be obtained from the exporter. Imports from exporters that did not provide complete information to the CBSA during the dumping investigation and who are not listed in the table above will be subject to the all other exporters anti-dumping duty rate of 41.0%, expressed as a percentage of the export price, pursuant to a ministerial specification. Imports from exporters located in China that did not provide complete information to the CBSA during the subsidy investigation and who are not listed in the table above will also be subject to a countervailing duty rate of 469 Renminbi per metric tonne, pursuant to a ministerial specification. Please check the SIMA Self-Assessment Guide for more detailed information explaining how to determine the amount of SIMA duties owing.