Announcing the plan Wednesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development said that importers will be required to report country of melt and pour to the Canada Border Services Agency when completing their customs declarations. 

The rule takes effect 5 November. 

“Canada is implementing a predictable and transparent process for collecting melt and pour information, which will bring more reliability and resiliency to the North American steel supply chain. This is yet another step Team Canada is taking to support good jobs and strengthen our North American competitiveness,” said Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development. 

The ministry said the United States is the only other country in the world that collects country of melt and pour information for steel imports.