Canada has imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy taxes on upholstered seating from China and Vietnam. (Photo congthuong.vn) The review is carried out under the request of the importer and isalso a part of the conclusion of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal(CITT) issued on September 2, 2021 for the original investigation conducted in2020.
Accordingly, the exporter needs to provide a complete response asrequested by CBSA before 5:00 pm (ET) April 29, 2024.
This is the basis for the CBSA to consider adjusting existinganti-dumping and anti-subsidy taxes for businesses of China and Vietnam. If notreceiving cooperation from the relevant parties, the CBSA may use availableevidence to make decisions.
In 2021, the CBSA made a final determination in its investigationinto the dumping and subsidising of certain upholstered seating from China and Vietnam.
Accordingly, out of eight Vietnamese enterprises that cooperatedin the investigation, only one is subject to the anti-subsidy tax of 3.7% andthe rest will avoid this tax. The anti-subsidy tax rate for non-cooperatingbusinesses is 5.5%.
Regarding the anti-dumping investigation, in the CBSA’s finalconclusion, most enterprises that co-operated in the investigation receive dutyrates ranging from 10-20%, compared to preliminary levels of 20-90%.
The duty rate for those who didn’t cooperate in the investigationis up to 179.5%. Meanwhile, Chinese enterprises are subject to anti-subsidy taxfrom 1.1 - 81.1% and anti-dumping duty of between 9.3-188%./.
VNA
