Ottawa, Ontario
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that it is initiating investigations to determine whether cast iron soil pipe originating in or exported from China is being sold at unfair prices in Canada (dumping) and/or subsidized. These practices can harm Canadian industries by undercutting prices, which undermines fair competition.
The CBSA is investigating because of a complaint filed by Canada Pipe Company ULC, d/b/a Bibby-Ste-Croix (Bibby). Bibby alleges that as a result of an increase in the volume of the dumped and subsidized imports, they have suffered material injury in the form of lost market share, price undercutting, price suppression and depression, and adverse impacts on market share, production, capacity utilization, inventory levels, financial performance and profitability, employment, wages, operations, investment and ability to raise capital.
The CBSA and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) both play a role in the investigations. The CITT will begin a preliminary inquiry to determine whether the imports are harming the Canadian producer and will issue a decision by September 9, 2025. Concurrently, the CBSA will investigate whether the imports are being sold in Canada at unfair prices and/or are being subsidized, and will make a preliminary decision by October 9, 2025.
Currently, there are 158 special import measures in force in Canada, covering a wide variety of industrial and consumer products. In 2024, these measures have directly helped to protect approximately 45,000 Canadian jobs and $18.4 billion in Canadian production.
