The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an investigation on August 19, 2016, under the Special Import Measures Act respecting the alleged injurious dumping of certain concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the Republic of Belarus, Chinese Taipei, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. The investigation follows a complaint filed by ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada, g.p. (Contrecoeur, QC), AltaSteel Ltd. (Edmonton, AB) and Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (Whitby, Ontario).

The subject goods are usually classified under the following Harmonized System classification numbers:

7213.10.00.00 
7214.20.00.00 
7215.90.00.90 
7227.90.00.90

Additional information about the investigation will be available in a Statement of Reasons that will be available within 15 days on the CBSA’s website at: www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima.

This is a 19 August 2016 notice from CBSA and is available at:http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/i-e/rb22016/rb22016-ni-eng.html