The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) initiated an expiry review on December 1, 2025, concerning its anti-dumping order on Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG). India is one of eight countries named in the review, alongside Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, and Vietnam.
Key Aspects of the Review:
Product Covered: Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG), which are casing, tubing, and green tubes made of carbon or alloy steel.
Purpose: To determine if the expiry of the existing order (made on December 30, 2020) is likely to lead to the continuation or resumption of dumping.
Agency Roles:
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will determine the likelihood of resumed dumping no later than April 30, 2026.
If the CBSA determination is positive, the CITT will then determine if the resumed dumping is likely to result in injury to the Canadian domestic industry no later than October 7, 2026.
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India’s Context: Indian exporters, particularly those associated with the production and export of these steel goods, have been subject to previous re-investigations by the CBSA.
Policy Relevance
This expiry review is a critical regulatory matter for India, particularly its steel and metals industry. It underscores the ongoing challenges Indian exporters face in key Western markets due to persistent trade remedy actions. The Government of India, through its trade defense units (DGTR, Ministry of Commerce), must aggressively defend Indian exporters by filing robust submissions, providing comprehensive sales/cost data, and establishing that the dumping is neither likely to continue nor cause injury to the Canadian industry, thereby securing continued access to the Canadian energy sector market for this critical steel product.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders: What specific evidence and policy defense strategy should the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) prepare to prove to Canadian authorities that India’s steel exports will not resume injurious dumping?
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