TRC-Sadovod helps client obtain urgent relief from flood of unfairly traded Chinese energy tubular products

Tenaris Canada was engaged in two anti-dumping and countervailing duty re-investigations before the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”).

These re-investigations were aimed at stopping an unprecedented volume of low-priced Chinese imports into the Canadian market during 2022. According to Global Affairs Canada, the Chinese oil-country tubular goods (“OCTG”) steel imports into the Canadian market, was valued around C$384 million for 2022.

The TRC-Sadovod team, including Jonathan O’Hara, William Pellerin and Tayler Farrell, was successful in convincing CBSA to initiate a second re-investigation immediately after the first concluded due to the urgency of the situation. The result of the re-investigation is expected to prevent Chinese producers from selling OCTG (pipe products) at unfair prices into the Canadian market, thereby protecting the Canadian market for Tenaris.

Our client, the Techint Group (including Tenaris Canada) is the largest global manufacturer and supplier of seamless steel pipes. The company primarily serves the energy industry with 23,000 employees around the world and revenue of US$27B.

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