Canadian Duties on Steel Plate Set to Expire Next Year
03/08/2013 - Canada’s antidumping duties on imports of hot rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania are scheduled to expire on 7 January 2014, unless an expiry review is initiated before then.
Canada’s antidumping duties on imports of hot rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania are scheduled to expire on 7 January 2014, unless an expiry review has been initiated before then. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal is requesting parties interested in expiry proceedings to file notice of participation on or before 20 March 2013.
Duties were originally imposed on the steel plate in 2004 and were extended in 2009. The duties cover hot rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate not further manufacturered than hot rolled, heat-treated or not, in cut lengths in widths from 24- to 152-inches inclusive and in thicknesses from 0.187- to 4-inches inclusive.
Parties requesting or opposing the initiation of an expiry review must file their written public submissions containing relevant information, opinions and arguments with the Tribunal no later than 25 March 2013. Where there are opposing views, each party that filed a submission will be given an opportunity to respond in writing to the representations of the other parties. Parties wishing to respond to the submissions must do so no later than 10 April 2013.
Submissions shall include evidence, e.g. documents and sources that support the factual statements in the submissions, and argument concerning all relevant factors, including:
· the likelihood of continued or resumed dumping of the goods;
· the likely volume and price ranges of dumped imports if dumping were to continue or resume;
· the domestic industry's recent performance (data for the past three years and for the most recent interim period), including supporting data and statistics showing trends in production, sales, market share, domestic prices, costs and profits;
· the likelihood of injury to the domestic industry if the order were allowed to expire, having regard to the anticipated effects of a continuation or resumption of dumped imports on the industry's future performance;
· any other developments affecting, or likely to affect, the performance of the domestic industry;
· changes in circumstances, domestically or internationally, including changes in the supply of or demand for the goods, and changes in trends in, and sources of, imports into Canada; and
· any other matter that is relevant.
The Tribunal will issue a decision on 24 April 2013 on whether an expiry review is warranted. If it decides that a review is not warranted, the antidumping duty order will expire on its scheduled expiry date. If it decides to initiate a review, it will give notice.
