The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on October 23, 2020, that Provisional Duties are now payable on certain decorative and other non-structural plywood originating in or exported from China which are released from Customs on or after October 23, 2020.
For a detailed product description and the applicable HS codes refer to this case in the Measures in Force.
Subsequent to the CBSA determination, the CITT gave notice on October 26, 2020, that it had 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 to domestic producers as determined under the Special Import Measures Act.
The CBSA preliminary determination details including provisional duty rates, CBSA Officer names and contact information are found on the CBSA’s website.
Further details concerning the injury inquiry as well as the inquiry schedule are found in the CITT Notice of Commencement of Inquiry.
Additional information about these investigations is contained in a Statement of Reasons, which will be available within 15 days on the CBSA’s website.
Please contact your Livingston account representative should you have any questions.