Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2004-003

December 3, 2004

3 December 2004

Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2004-003

IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting:

THE DUMPING OF LAMINATE FLOORING ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, FRANCE, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, LUXEMBOURG AND THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND AND THE SUBSIDIZING OF LAMINATE FLOORING ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF INJURY

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, under the provisions of subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, has conducted a preliminary injury inquiry into whether the evidence discloses a reasonable indication that the dumping of laminate flooring in thickness ranging from 5.5 mm to 13.0 mm (other than laminate hardwood flooring where the hardwood component exceeds 2.0 mm in thickness) originating in or exported from Austria, Belgium, the People's Republic of China, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Luxembourg and the Republic of Poland and the subsidizing of laminate flooring in thickness ranging from 5.5 mm to 13.0 mm (other than laminate hardwood flooring where the hardwood component exceeds 2.0 mm in thickness) originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China have caused injury or retardation or are threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.

This preliminary injury inquiry is pursuant to the notification, on October 4, 2004, that the President of the Canada Border Services Agency had initiated an investigation into the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods.

Pursuant to subsection 37.1(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal hereby determines that there is evidence that discloses a reasonable indication that the dumping and subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods have caused injury to the domestic industry.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal finds that the question of whether there should be more than one class of goods merits further consideration. Therefore, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal requests the Canada Border Services Agency to collect separate information on the dumping and subsidizing of laminate flooring with a decorative layer constructed with (1) a surface layer of fibrous material (usually paper) or (2) a hardwood surface layer not exceeding 2.0 mm in thickness.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal also requests aggregated information for these two categories of products. As well, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal requests the information by both value and volume.

This document is available on the CITT web site, at:

http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/dumping/preinq/determin/pi2e003_e.asp


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Acts, Regulations, Policies & Decisions / Special Import Measures Act (SIMA)
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Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
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