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Canadian agency reverses dumping decision, terminating CORE trade case

Written by Laura Miller

July 17, 2025

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has terminated a self-initiated dumping investigation of corrosion-resistant steel sheet (CORE) imported from Turkey.

The agency said this week that coated sheet imports from Turkey’s Borçelik were not dumped into the Canadian market.

It will not issue its reasoning for the decision for another couple of weeks.

But the announcement came after CBSA extended the case’s preliminary phase in February and instituted provisional AD duties of 22.9% in April. And after the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) had found “reasonable indication” that the imports had harmed the domestic industry.

CBSA initiated the investigation of Borçelik’s CORE at its own prerogative in December. Its Market Watch Unit had identified evidence of dumping using an early-monitoring system funded by the federal government.

Payment of provisional duties is no longer required, CBSA said on Wednesday. Any monies paid since the preliminary determination in April will be refunded to the respective importer.

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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