Anti-dumping and Countervailing Program

Laminate Flooring - Notice of Preliminary Determination

Ottawa, February 16, 2005

On February 16, 2005, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency made a preliminary determination of dumping respecting certain laminate flooring from Austria, Belgium, the People's Republic of China, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Republic of Poland and a preliminary determination of subsidization respecting such product from the People's Republic of China, pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the Special Import Measures Act. Provisional duty will now be payable on the subject goods that are released from customs on or after February 16, 2005. On the same date, the President terminated the dumping investigation of such product originating in or exported from Luxembourg, pursuant to paragraph 35(2)(a) of SIMA, due to the negligible volume of dumped goods.

For further factual information consult the Fact Sheet pertaining to this decision.

A Statement of Reasons that summarizes the information on which this decision was based and which describes future activities in this investigation will be available within fifteen days on our Web site at www.cbsa.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/.

Contacts:
Blair Hynes (613) 954-1641
Brian Hodgson (613) 954-7237