The short answer is yes. To the extent that steel safeguard duties were applied to imports of (1) concrete reinforcing bar, (2) hot-rolled steel sheet, (3) pre-painted steel, (4) energy tubular products and/or (5) wire rod, the safeguard duties were discontinued on April 28, 2019. On April 26, 2019, Canada’s Department of Finance announced
On August 19, 2016, the Canada Border Services Agency announced an antidumping investigation against concrete reinforcing bar (also known as rebar) from Republic of Belarus, Chinese Taipei, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. In 2014, provisional antidumping duties were imposed
On December 22, 2015, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) issued the long awaited decision in the Certain Rebar Public Interest Inquiry (CITT File No. PB-2014-001). On January 9, 2015, the CITT made an injury finding in NQ-2014-001 “Certain Rebar” originating in or exported from China, Korea and/or Turkey. On February 23, 2015, the