Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) recently updated their policy on administrative reviews under the Special Import Measures Act. These changes are substantial, and amount to an overhaul of the previous policy.
From Ad Hoc To Annual Reviews
The new changes are reflected in Memo D14-1-8, the most significant being the shift from an ad hoc review system to one of annual reviews. The purpose of the change is to ensure that any updates to normal values, export prices, and subsidy values (“SIMA values”) are more consistently maintained and updated as necessary.
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the “CITT”) announced an Order in Expiry Review RR-2021-004 on October 19, 2022 (the “Order”), continuing its order made on January 4, 2017, in Expiry Review NQ-2016-002, in respect of the dumping of certain gypsum board products originating in or exported from the U.S., imported into Canada for use or consumption in the provinces of BC, AB, SK, and MB, as well as NT and YK (the “Subject Goods”).
On October 5, 2023, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) issued its order in respect of an Expiry Review of a previous Order made on February 8, 2018, continuing the Order’s finding of dumping and subsidizing of stainless steel sinks from the People’s Republic of China (“China”).
The CITT more specifically described the Subject Goods as:
