Notice of conclusion of administrative review: Mattresses (MAT 2025 UP1)
Ottawa,
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has concluded an administrative review concerning the normal values, export prices and amounts of subsidy applicable to mattresses exported from China by Jiangsu Manope Hometextile Co. Ltd.
The administrative review is part of the CBSA’s enforcement of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s (CITT) finding issued on November 4, 2022, in Inquiry No. NQ-2022-001. For further information on administrative reviews, refer to Memorandum D14-1-8: Administrative Review Policy – Special Import Measures Act (SIMA).
The product definition and the applicable tariff classification numbers of the goods subject to the CITT’s order can be found on the CBSA’s Measures in Force.
Period of investigation
The period of investigation (POI) and the profitability analysis period (PAP) for the administrative review is July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024.
Administrative review process
At the initiation of the administrative review, the CBSA sent a dumping request for information (RFI) to the exporter, as well as their known importer to solicit information on the costs and selling prices of subject goods and like goods. The information was requested for purposes of updating the normal values and export prices for subject goods imported into Canada.
As the CBSA did not receive a response to its dumping RFI from Jiangsu Manope Hometextile Co. Ltd., normal values for subject goods exported to Canada by Jiangsu Manope Hometextile Co. Ltd. will be determined pursuant to a ministerial specification. Normal values will be based on the export price plus an amount equal to 146.6% of that export price, in accordance with the ministerial specification under subsection 30.4(2) of SIMA, as described above.
At the initiation of the administrative review, the CBSA sent a subsidy RFI to the exporter in order to solicit information on potential actionable subsidies and financial contributions received from the Government of China (GOC). The information was requested for purposes of updating the amounts of subsidy for subject goods imported into Canada.
At the initiation of the administrative review, the GOC was sent the CBSA's government subsidy RFI requesting information concerning the alleged subsidy programs available to exporter of subject goods.
For the purposes of the subsidy review, GOC refers to all levels of government, i.e., federal, central, provincial/state, regional, municipal, city, township, village, local, legislative, administrative or judicial, singular, collective, elected or appointed. It also includes any person, agency, enterprise, or institution acting for, on behalf of, or under the authority of, or under the authority of any law passed by, the government of that country or that provincial, state or municipal or other local or regional government.
The GOC and the exporter were also notified that in cases where either the GOC or the exporter in China fail to provide complete and accurate submissions enabling the determination of specific amounts of subsidy, countervailing duties may be assessed at the rate of 178.61 CNY per unit in accordance with a ministerial specification pursuant to subsection 30.4(2) of SIMA.
The GOC and the exporter did not respond to the subsidy RFIs. Therefore, the amount of subsidy for the subject goods produced or exported from China by Jiangsu Manope Hometextile Co. Ltd. will be determined pursuant to the ministerial specification, under subsection 30.4(2) of SIMA, as described above. For information please see the CBSA’s Measures in force.
Importer responsibility
Importers are reminded that it is their responsibility to declare their anti-dumping and countervailing duty liability. If importers are using the services of a customs broker to clear importations, the brokerage firm should be advised that the goods are subject to anti-dumping and countervailing measures and be provided with sufficient information necessary to clear the shipments. To determine their liability for anti-dumping and countervailing duty, importers should contact the exporters to obtain the applicable normal values and amounts of subsidy. For further information on this matter, refer to Memorandum D14-1-2: Disclosure of normal values, export prices, and amounts of subsidy established under the Special Import Measures Act.
The Customs Act applies, with any modifications that the circumstances require, with respect to the accounting and payment of anti-dumping and countervailing duties. As such, failure to pay the duties within the prescribed time will result in the application of the interest provisions of the Act.
Should the importer disagree with the determination made on any importation of goods, a request for re-determination may be filed. For more information on how to file a request for re-determination, please refer to the Guide for appealing a duty assessment.
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