Inquiry NQ-2000-008

March 8, 2001

8 March 2001

Inquiry NQ-2000-008

Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on March 5, 2001, from the Acting Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, stating that a preliminary determination had been made respecting the dumping of certain corrosion-resistant steel sheet originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, India, Malaysia, the Russian Federation, South Africa and Chinese Taipei, and the subsidizing of certain corrosion-resistant steel sheet originating in or exported from India.

For the purpose of this investigation, certain corrosion-resistant steel sheet is defined as follows:

flat-rolled steel sheet products of a thickness not exceeding 0.176 in. (4.47 mm), coated or plated with zinc or an alloy wherein zinc and iron are the predominant metals, excluding corrosion-resistant steel sheet products for use in the manufacture of passenger automobiles, buses, trucks, ambulances or hearses, or chassis thereof, or parts, accessories or parts thereof, for which the proper Harmonized System tariff item is 9959.00.00.

Pursuant to section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), the Tribunal has initiated an inquiry to determine whether the dumping and subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods have caused injury or retardation or are threatening to cause injury, and to determine such other matters as the Tribunal is required to determine under that section.

Under section 46 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, a person who provides information to the Tribunal and who wishes some or all of the information to be kept confidential must submit to the Tribunal, at the time the information is provided, a statement designating the information as confidential, together with an explanation as to why that information is designated as confidential. Furthermore, the person must submit a non-confidential summary of the information designated as confidential or a statement indicating why such a summary cannot be made.

PUBLIC HEARING

A public hearing relating to this inquiry will be held in the Tribunal Hearing Room, 18th Floor, Standard Life Centre, 333 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, commencing the 5th day of June 2001, at 9:30 a.m.

Each person or government wishing to participate in the inquiry and at the hearing as a party must file a notice of participation with the Secretary on or before March 21, 2001. Each counsel who intends to represent a party in the inquiry and at the hearing must file a notice of representation, as well as a declaration and undertaking, with the Secretary on or before March 21, 2001.

Representations concerning the public interest question referred to in subsection 45(2) of SIMA may be made to the Tribunal. Persons referred to in subsection 45(2) who wish to make representations on that question must make the request to do so to the Secretary no later than March 21, 2001. No comprehensive representations on the public interest question are required at that time. However, any person wishing to make such representations should indicate the general nature of the public interest concerns. If any such request is received, the Secretary will notify any person making such a request and the parties to the inquiry of the place and time for the making of representations and the manner in which they may be made in the event of a finding of injury.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal Rules govern these proceedings.

In order to observe and understand production processes, the Tribunal, accompanied by its staff, may conduct plant visits.

Along with the notice of commencement of inquiry, the Secretary has sent a letter to the domestic producers, importers and certain purchasers with a known interest in the inquiry providing details on the procedures and the schedule for the inquiry. It specifies, among other things, the date for filing replies to Tribunal questionnaires, the date that information on record will b


Topic(s): 
Acts, Regulations, Policies & Decisions / Special Import Measures Act (SIMA)
Information Source: 
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
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