Agence France Presse
OTTAWA, Nov 7 -- Canada announced Tuesday it was imposing a provisional anti-dumping tariff of 1.58 US dollars per bushel on imports of US corn used for animal feed.
Canada's Customs and Revenue Agency said its initial investigations had revealed that "grain corn from the United States was dumped at prices that were on average 1.01 dollars US per bushel below profitable levels, and was subsidized by on average 0.57 US per bushel."
The agency said that tariffs would be applied to US corn imported in the Canadian states west of Ontario.
The CCRA opened its inquiry in August, in response to a complaint from the Manitoba Corn Growers Association.
The western provinces of Canada import from the United States around 15 million bushels of corn, worth an estimated 32.5 million dollars, according to Canadian statistics.
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal on October 10 made a preliminary ruling on the case, finding that "the evidence disclosed a reasonable indication that imports of grain corn have caused injury to the western growers."
However, a final decision "on the dumping and subsidizing" will be made by February 5, 2001, according to the CCRA.
Two weeks ago, Washington launched an inquiry into imports of Canadian wheat to the United States, accusing the Canadian Wheat Board of dumping the commodity on the US market.:
