The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on March 14 announced the final results on re-investigation of certain carbon steel fasteners from the People’s Republic of China (China) and Chinese Taipei.

It updated both the normal values and export prices of certain carbon steel fasteners originating in or exported from China and Chinese Taipei and updated the amounts of subsidy of certain carbon steel fasteners originating in or exported from China, pursuant to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA).

Exporters who are not the manufacturer of the subject goods received normal values only to the extent that their suppliers/manufacturers provided sufficient information to permit the determination of normal values and export prices. If the exporter or its suppliers/manufacturers provided insufficient information, normal values for that exporter will be determined by advancing the export price of the goods by 170 %.

With respect to the subsidy portion of the re-investigation, which relates only to subject goods originating in or exported from China, the Government of China (GOC) did not respond to the Government Subsidy Request for Information (RFI). However, the CBSA considered the information from the manufacturers/exporters that provided a complete response to the Subsidy RFI in order to determine amounts of subsidy. For all other exporters, including those that provided insufficient information, the amount of subsidy applicable will be 1.25 Chinese Renminbi per kilogram.

Importers are cautioned that unless the exporter from whom they intend to import subject goods is listed in the normal values and amounts of subsidy tables below, normal values will be determined by advancing the export price of the subject goods by 170%, and (where applicable) the amount of subsidy applicable will be 1.25 Chinese Renminbi per kilogram, in accordance with a ministerial specification.

Specific normal values for future shipments of subject goods into Canada have been determined for the exporters listed below:

Specific amounts of subsidy for future shipments of subject goods into Canada have been determined for the exporters below:

The re-investigation was initiated on October 21, 2013 as part of the CBSA’s enforcement of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal) findings of material injury issued on January 7, 2005 in Inquiry No. NQ-2004-005 and continued by the Tribunal’s orders issued on January 6, 2010 in Expiry Review No. RR-2009-001.

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