Container Chassis - Canada investigates anti-circumvention measures of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duty

25/11/2024 11:25 - 554 Views

On November 25, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the initiation of an anti-circumvention investigation into imports of Container Chassis from Vietnam. The investigation is under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), based on allegations of circumvention by Vietnam of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) decision issued on February 18, 2022 in Investigation No. NQ-2021-005 regarding the imposition of anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CTC) on imports of Container Chassisfrom China. The investigation period is from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2024.

I. Related Information:

1. Initiation Date: November 25, 2024

2. Items Under Investigation: Container Chassis imported from China are mainly classified under HS code: 8716.39 and can be classified under HS codes: 8706.00, 8716.40, 8716.80 and 8716.90

4. Preliminary decision: Semi-trailers imported from Vietnam do not have any acts of evading the trade remedies measures currently applied to similar products imported from China.

5. Final decision: Semi-trailers imported from Vietnam do not have any acts of evading the trade remedies measures currently applied to similar products imported from China.

II. Case Schedule:

Date	Timeline
25/11/2024	Investigation intiation
09/04/2025	Preliminary decision: Semi-trailers imported from Vietnam do not have any acts of evading the trade remedies measures
23/05/2025	Final decision: Semi-trailers imported from Vietnam do not have any acts of evading the trade remedies measures