Ottawa, Ontario
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that it is initiating investigations to determine whether truck bodies are being sold at unfair prices in Canada (dumping) and/or are being subsidized. The investigations focus on imports from producers operating in or exporting from China. These practices can harm Canadian industries by undercutting prices, which undermines fair competition.
The CBSA's investigations follow a complaint filed by Morgan Canada Corporation and Morgan Transit Corporation (the complainants). The complainants allege 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 price undercutting, price depression, decreased bookings and lost sales, as well as adverse impacts on production, capacity utilization, market share, employment and financial performance.
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 producers and will issue a decision by December 23, 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 January 22, 2026.
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.
