Canadian Tribunal Delivers Mixed Findings on OCTG from China
03/24/2010 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal finds that dumped and subsidized coupling stock OCTG from China had not caused or threatened to the domestic industry, but that dumped and subsidized casing and tubing OCTG from China had.
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has found that dumped and subsidized coupling stock oil country tubular goods from China had not caused injury or retardation to the domestic industry nor were they threatening to cause injury. As a result of this finding, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will not collect anti-dumping and countervailing duties on these goods.
The Tribunal also found that dumped and subsidized casing and tubing OCTG from China had caused injury to the domestic industry. As a result of this finding, anti-dumping duties and countervailing will be collected by the CBSA on these goods. The Tribunal excluded pup-joints, welded or seamless, heat-treated or not heat-treated, in lengths of up to 3.66 m (12 feet), from its injury finding.
Complainants in the case were Evraz Inc. NA Canada of Regina, Sask.; Lakeside Steel Corp. of Welland, Ont.; and Tenaris Canada (including Prudential Steel Inc., Tenaris Global Services [Canada] Inc. and Tenaris Algoma Tubes) of Calgary, Alta.
The Tribunal is scheduled to issue the reasons for its findings on April 7, 2010.
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal is an independent quasi-judicial body that reports to Parliament through the Minister of Finance. It hears cases on dumped and subsidized imports, safeguard complaints, complaints about federal government procurement and appeals of customs and excise tax rulings. When requested by the federal government, the Tribunal also provides advice on other economic, trade and tariff matters.
