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1992 Report of the Auditor General of Canada
Exhibit 19.5—Case: Carbon Steel Welded Pipe from Brazil, Luxembourg, Yugoslavia, Belgium, France, Poland and Turkey
16 September 1987 / Investigation initiated.
7 December 1987 / The Department extended the 90-day limit for making a preliminary determination to 135 days to allow for discussion of undertakings.
29 January 1988 / On the 135th day, the Department accepted undertakings given by exporters from Brazil, Luxembourg and Yugoslavia accounting for 92% of subject goods imported from the seven countries. Investigation was suspended concerning subject goods from these three countries as well as from Poland and Turkey. Due to the negligible volume of dumped imports, the investigation was terminated with respect to subject goods from Belgium and France.
18 January 1991 / The Department renewed the undertakings following a review.
January - June 1991 / Some 1,880 metric tons of subject goods contained in nine shipments from two major Brazilian exporters were imported to Canada at less than the undertaking prices, with estimated margins averaging 7%.
25 September 1991 / The Department terminated the undertakings after discovering the violations. A preliminary determination was made the same day based on 1987 data.
23 January 1992 / CITT made injury findings in the case of the subject goods from Brazil. Past injury was found on subject goods from Luxembourg, Yugoslavia, Poland and Turkey.
Note: Retroactive dumping duties could only be applied for importations from Brazil during the 90-day period preceding the termination of the undertakings. Therefore, duties were not applied to the nine shipments made from January to June 1991.