Brampton firms accuse Chinese of flooding market with cheap aluminum

Two Brampton aluminum firms are among several companies filing complaints with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) over China's alleged involvement in the dumping and subsidizing of cheap products flowing into this country.

The CBSA announced it has launched investigations into claims that certain aluminum extrusions originating in, or exported from, China are being sold to importers in Canada at very low prices.

Likewise complainants, among them Brampton's Almag Aluminum and Can Art Aluminum Extrusion, charge goods imported into Canada are benefiting from subsidies provided by the Chinese government.

As a result of the complaints, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal will begin a preliminary inquiry to determine whether the imports are harming Canadian producers.

The tribunal will issue a decision by Oct. 17.

And while the Tribunal is examining the question of injury, the CBSA will investigate whether the imports are being dumped and/or subsidized and will make a decision by Nov. 17.

Dumping occurs when goods are sold to importers in Canada at prices that are less than the selling prices in the exporter's domestic market or at unprofitable prices.

Subsidizing occurs when goods imported into Canada benefit from foreign government financial assistance. The CBSA is responsible for the administration of the Special Import Measures Act, which "protects Canadian producers from the damaging effects of such unfair trade."

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