The Montreal-based Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada has filed a complaint based on the Special Import Measures Act with the Canada Border Services Agency requesting the agency re-investigate pricing of waterproof rubber footwear and bottoms exported or originating from the People's Republic of China and Vietnam.
“It is important to Canada to foster a fair and competitive marketplace and protect our domestic shoe industry,” association president George Hanna said in a statement today. “Rubber footwear from these countries accounts for more than $25 million in sales a year in Canada.”
The association has filed previous similar complaints including one in November 2007 with the Anti-dumping Directorate of the border services agency requesting it re-impose dumping duties on waterproof rubber footwear from China, Vietnam and Macao.
Hanna lamented at that time: “Canadian manufacturers can't compete fairly when the largest shoe manufacturers in the world sell their products well below their fair market value.”
Both complaints in Canada were filed on behalf of the country’s waterproof rubber footwear manufacturers.
The European Union, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Peru are also investigating or taking anti-dumping action over Vietnamese imported footwear. According to global market research, Vietnam and China are the largest exporters of footwear in the world.
The Anti-dumping and Countervailing Program managed by the border services agency was put in place to provide help to Canadian manufacturers who face unfair foreign competition in the Canadian market place.
The agency is also responsible for the administration of the Special Import Measures Act which helps to protect Canadian industry from injury caused by the dumping and subsidizing of imported goods.
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