Corrosion-resistant Steel Sheet, Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI‑2018-005

Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 18:49

Determination issued Monday, September 24, 2018

IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, pursuant to subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: CORROSION-RESISTANT STEEL SHEET

PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF INJURY

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, pursuant to 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 alleged injurious dumping of corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel sheet products of carbon steel, including products alloyed with the following elements:

  • Boron (B) not more than 0.01%,
  • Niobium (Nb) not more than 0.100%,
  • Titanium (Ti) not more than 0.08%, or 
  • Vanadium (V) not more than 0.300%,

in coils or cut lengths, in thicknesses up to 0.168 in. (4.267 mm) and widths up to 72 in. (1,828.8 mm) with all dimensions being plus or minus allowable tolerances contained in the applicable standards, chemically passivated, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, the Republic of India and the Republic of Korea, and excluding:

  • unpassivated corrosion-resistant steel sheet products;
  • corrosion-resistant steel sheet products for use in the manufacture of passenger automobiles, buses, trucks, ambulances or hearses or chassis therefor, or parts thereof, or accessories or parts thereof;
  • steel products for use in the manufacture of aeronautic products;
  • steel sheet that is coated or plated with tin, lead, nickel, copper, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (“terne plate”), or both chromium and chromium oxides (“tin-free steel”);
  • stainless flat-rolled steel products;
  • corrosion-resistant steel sheet products that have been pre-painted or coated with organic (non-metallic) coatings, including lacquers or varnishes;
  • galvanized armouring tape, which is narrow flat steel tape of 3 in. or less, that has been coated by a final operation with zinc by either the hot-dip galvanizing or the electrogalvanizing process so that all surfaces, including the edges, are coated;
  • and tool steel;

has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.

Further details are available on the CITT website.