The
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced preliminary dumping and subsidy margins in its investigation regarding
rebar imports from
China, South Korea and
Turkey. The CBSA decided that
rebar imports from
China, South Korea and
Turkey have been dumped and subsidized, and that there is a reasonable indication that such dumping and subsidizing has caused and is threatening to cause injury to the Canadian industry.
The CBSA has set preliminary dumping margins of 2.3 percent for
China, 8.9 percent for South Korea and 5.6 percent for
Turkey, while the preliminary subsidy margins are 4.3 percent for
China, 14.6 percent for South Korea and 18.7 percent for
Turkey.
The preliminary injury investigation initiated upon the complaint by Canadian producers Alta Steel Inc., ArcelorMittal LCNA and Gerdau Longsteel
North America covers the period between January 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014.