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Canada Considers Collecting Melt & Pour Info on Steel Imports

Written by Laura Miller

May 13, 2022

Canada is seeking public comment as it considers collecting and publishing country-specific information about where steel imports are melted and poured under the nation’s Steel Import Monitoring Program.

Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development announced the public consultations. Monitoring the country where a steel import was originally melted and poured “could increase supply chain transparency and help in obtaining a more fulsome picture of the origins of imported steel goods,” Ng’s office said.

All Canadians, including steel producers, manufacturers, processors, distributors, retailers and importers, industry associations and labor unions, as well as academics and experts, are invited to take part in the consultations through June 26.

Canada’s government says strengthening its steel import monitoring system is key in helping to improve its trade-remedy systems.

“Canada’s steel sector is an important part of our economy, providing thousands of Canadians with good middle-class jobs. Our government is committed to ensuring that the steel industry, and the people and communities who rely on it, are able to compete and succeed in a market that is not distorted by unfairly traded steel imports,” Ng said in a statement.

The Canadian Steel Producers Association welcomed Ng’s announcement in a Tweet, saying, “We must keep pace with our trading partners & increased transparency in the steel supply chain is important as we work to promote Canada as a reliable producer of green steel.”

By Laura Miller, Laura@SteelMarketUpdate.com

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. Since 2007, she has held various editorial and marketing positions with steel industry publications, associations, and mills. In 2021, after a five-year hiatus working across other industries, she returned to steel trade journalism, joining SMU in 2022. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at laura@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7869.

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