On April 22, 2025, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an anti-dumping investigation (ADI) on certain carbon steel and alloy steel wire products imported from a number of countries, including Vietnam.

Case information

- Products under investigation: Some carbon steel wire and steel alloy products mainly under HS codes 7217.10, 7217.20, 7217.30, 7217.90, 7229.20 and 7229.90 (details see attached document).

- Case code: SW 2025 IN.

- Plaintiffs: Sivaco Wire Group 2004, LP and ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada GP

- Application date: February 26, 2025.

- Investigation period: January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

- Export turnover: Based on data from Trademap, Vietnam's export turnover in the period 2021 - 2023 reached 1.6 million USD, 543 thousand USD and 860 thousand USD respectively.

- Statement of Reasons: CBSA will issue a Statement of Reasons within 15 days (expected by 7 May 2025) to provide further details of the investigation.

- Preliminary Findings: The CBSA will issue a Preliminary Finding within 90 days of initiation (expected July 21, 2025) and may impose provisional duties during this period. Additionally, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) will conduct an injury investigation into Canadian industry and issue a Preliminary Finding within 60 days of initiation (expected June 21, 2025). If the CITT determines that there is no injury as defined, the investigation will be terminated.

Provide information

The CBSA has sent Requests for Information (RIFs) to Vietnamese exporters (see attached document for details) to collect data for the investigation. The businesses received the RFI because the CBSA determined that the businesses may be exporters or producers of the goods subject to the investigation. Through the RFI, the CBSA requested that the businesses provide detailed information on sales, costs and price structures related to shipments exported to Canada during the investigation period (from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024). At the same time, the CBSA also requested data on domestic sales and costs for similar goods during the same period (called the Profit Analysis Period – PAP) to serve as a basis for determining “normal value”. The deadline for responses is 5:00 p.m. (Canadian Eastern Time) on May 29, 2025.

Recommendation

To effectively respond to the incident, the Department of Trade Defense recommends that businesses producing and exporting related products do the following:

- Closely monitor the next developments of the case; proactively research and master the regulations, procedures and processes of Canadian anti-dumping investigations and determine a suitable appeal strategy for the business;

- Provide full disclosure and cooperate fully with the Canadian Investigative Agency throughout the course of the investigation. Any failure to cooperate or insufficient cooperation may result in Canada using available evidence to the disadvantage or imposing the highest alleged tax rate on the business;

- Regularly coordinate and update information with the Department of Trade Defense to receive timely support.

For more information, please contact: Foreign Trade Remedies Handling Department, Trade Remedies Authority, Ministry of Industry and Trade, 54 Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi; Email: [email protected] , [email protected] (Specialist in charge: Nguyen Hoang Kien. Mobile: 094.261.3889).

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