Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has launched investigation into carbon steel welded pipes from Vietnam (Photo: VNA)Ottawa (VNA) – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has launchedan investigation into whether or not carbon steel welded pipes from Vietnam,the Philippines, Pakistan, and Turkey are being sold at unfair prices in thenorthern American country.
Investigated items are identified as standard pipes, in the nominal size rangefrom 12.7 mm to 168.3 mm in outside diameter.
The investigation has been made following a complaint filed by NovamericanSteel Inc in Montreal, Quebec. The firm alleges that as a result of priceundercutting from those four countries, Canadian industry faces pricesuppression, and lost sales.
The CBSA and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) involve in theinvestigation, with the CITT beginning preliminary inquiry to determine whetherthe imports are harming Canadian producers. CITT will issue decision onSeptember 18 while the CBSA will give its preliminary decision one month later.
Currently, Canada is applying 101special import measures, covering a wide variety of industrial and consumerproducts, from steel products to refined sugar.
Last year, the steel industry employed more than 23,000 Canadians, andcontributed 4.2 billion CAD to the economy.-VNA
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