Preliminary Injury Inquiry No.: PI-2000-007
16 March 2001
Preliminary Injury Inquiry No.: PI-2000-007
Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on March 12, 2001, from the Acting Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) stating that the Commissioner of the CCRA had initiated an investigation into a complaint respecting the alleged injurious dumping of
cold-reduced flat-rolled steel sheet products of carbon steel (including high-strength low-alloy steel) in coils or cut lengths (not painted, clad, plated or coated), in thickness from 0.014 inches to 0.142 inches (0.35 mm to 3.61 mm) inclusive, originating in or exported from Brazil, Chinese Taipei, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of South Africa, excluding the following:
· cold-rolled steel sheet products for use in the manufacture of passenger automobiles, buses, trucks, ambulances or hearses or chassis therefor, or parts thereof, accessories or parts thereof;
· full hard (i.e., not annealed or tempered) cold-rolled steel sheet products of carbon steel (including high-strength low-alloy steel) for use in the production in Canada of corrosion-resistant steel sheet; and
· cold-rolled steel sheet products of carbon steel (including high-strength low-alloy steel) for use in the production in Canada of tin plate or prepainted steel.
Pursuant to subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), the Tribunal has initiated a preliminary injury inquiry to determine whether the evidence discloses a reasonable indication that the dumping of the subject goods has caused material injury or retardation or is threatening to cause material injury, as these words are defined in SIMA.
The Tribunal's inquiry will be conducted by way of written submissions. Each person or government wishing to participate in the inquiry must file a notice of participation with the Secretary on or before March 23, 2001. Each counsel who intends to represent a party in the inquiry must file a notice of representation, as well as a declaration and undertaking, with the Secretary on or before March 23, 2001.
On March 29, 2001, the Tribunal will distribute the public information received from the Commissioner to all parties that filed notices of participation, and the confidential information to counsel who filed a declaration and undertaking with the Tribunal.
Submissions by parties opposed to the complaint must be filed on or before April 9, 2001. These submissions should include evidence, e.g. documents and sources which support the factual statements in the submissions, and argument concerning the questions of:
· whether there are goods produced in Canada, other than those identified in the Commissioner's statement of reasons for initiating the investigation, that are like goods to the allegedly dumped goods;
· whether there is more than one class of allegedly dumped goods;
· which domestic producers of like goods comprise the domestic industry; and
· whether the information before the Tribunal discloses a reasonable indication that the alleged dumping of the goods has caused material injury or retardation, or threatens to cause material injury.
The complainant may make submissions in response to the submissions of parties opposed to the complaint by April 19, 2001. At that time, other parties supporting the complaint may also make submissions to the Tribunal.
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 confid