Notice of normal value review: Mattresses (MAT 2024 UP3)
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated a normal value review to establish the normal values and export prices applicable to mattresses originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (China) by Zinus Zhangzhou Inc.
The 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, respecting the dumping and subsidizing of mattresses originating in or exported from China, in accordance with the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA).
The product definition and the applicable tariff classification numbers of the goods subject to the CITT’s finding can be found on the CBSA’s Measures in force.
Should the exporter decide to participate in this review, it is required to provide a complete and accurate response to the CBSA’s dumping request for information (RFI) by December 4, 2024, by 5 p.m. ET. The exporter will be considered co-operative if the requested information is complete, submitted on time and the exporter permits verification of the data.
Please be advised that exporters who are not the manufacturers of the subject goods (i.e., trading company, vendor, etc.) should ensure that their suppliers/manufacturers have received the dumping RFI and that they also provide a complete and accurate response to the RFI by December 4, 2024, by 5 p.m. ET.
If the CBSA does not receive complete responses to the RFI by the deadline date by the exporter and their suppliers/manufacturers, the normal values and export prices for the subject goods will be determined pursuant to a ministerial specification.
The schedule for this normal value review is now available. The CBSA will close the record for this review at any time during the proceeding, without advance notice, once it has been determined that sufficient information has been received to make a decision. Therefore, interested parties are encouraged to provide any and all information that they feel is relevant to this review to the CBSA as early as possible. The CBSA will update the website to announce that the record has been closed. Interested parties will have seven days from the close of the record to file case arguments concerning the review and 14 days from the close of the record to file reply submissions in respect of the case arguments.
The normal values and export prices established for the exporter during this review will be effective for the subject goods released from the CBSA on or after the date of the conclusion of the review.
Where applicable, the normal values and export prices determined as a result of this review may be applied retroactively. All parties are cautioned that where there are increases in domestic prices and/or costs, the export price should be increased accordingly to ensure that any sale made to Canada is not only above the normal value but at or above selling prices and full costs and profit of the goods in the exporter’s domestic market. If exporters do not adjust export prices accordingly, retroactive assessments of anti-dumping duty may be warranted. Please refer to the CBSA’s Memorandum D14-1-8: Re-investigation and normal value review policy for details.
Source: Canadian Border Services Agency
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