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ADD/CVD Can Easily Exceed 200%. We Help Identify And Mitigate Your Exposure To Risk

New ADD/CVD measures can eliminate the majority of your profit margin on affected products overnight, and in some cases can even apply retroactively!

Our two-phase compliance assessment program identifies your historical exposure and monitors your ongoing imports against active investigations.

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Is This Program Right For You?

ADD/CVD is assessed when a product is determined to be imported at a price below comparable products in the country of export. When that happens, the CBSA imposes additional duties, often dramatically, to protect domestic producers and initiates an injury investigation. When applied, anti-dumping duty rates can fundamentally change the economics of an entire product line!

To protect revenue and comply with CBSA's anti-dumping decisions, you need a program that:

  • 1 Continuously monitors products and suppliers under investigation by CBSA.
  • 2 Identifies vendors in your supply chain where an anti-dumping decision has been rendered, mitigating the additional duties you would otherwise pay.

Mitigate Risk and Ensure ADD/CVD Compliance

Phase 1: Past Imports - Find What's Already at Risk

Phase 1 reviews your import history (typically four years back, the maximum CBSA reassessment window) to identify shipments containing products that may be subject to open ADD investigations or measures already in force. For products identified, we determine whether they fall within the defined scope of the measures.

During Phase 1, we also confirm:

  • Whether your goods are covered by any defined exclusions.
  • Whether normal values have been established for your supplier.
  • Whether ADD/CVD duties are correctly applicable to your product.
  • Where you have paid countervailing duties, that the correct amount was paid.
Phase 2: Ongoing Imports - Quarterly Monitoring

Phase 2 During each quarter, our team reviews your new import records and delivers a Quarterly ADD/CVD Assessment Report covering:

For new products in your imports:

  • Whether goods are within the scope of an ADD investigation.
  • Whether goods are covered by a defined exclusion.
  • Whether normal values have been established for your supplier.
  • Whether ADD/CVD duties are applicable.

For new investigations, CBSA initiates:

  • Support with completing any ADD/CVD questionnaires issued during the investigation.
  • Determination of whether any goods you import could fall within the investigation's scope.
  • Where goods are within scope, assessment of provisional duties and final assessments.

Reporting and Visibility

Both phases run through our reporting portal, giving you full real-time visibility into our findings and recommendations. You can review, ask questions, and provide direction on your schedule.

The Dominion Customs Solutions Commitment

You will be assigned a dedicated Compliance Solutions Department Manager as your single point of contact. We implement both phases concurrently to maximize program results and minimize ongoing risk to your operation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know if a product is subject to ADD/CVD?

CBSA maintains a public list of measures in force but interpreting whether a specific product falls within a measure's scope is technical work that requires reading the original injury findings. That is the analysis we run in Phase 1.

Can we recover ADD/CVD duties we have already paid?

Sometimes, if the duties were assessed on goods that are demonstrably outside the measure's scope, or if normal values have changed in your favor since the duty was paid. Phase 1 identifies those recovery opportunities.

How does this differ from a trade compliance benchmarking?

The Benchmarking program is broad-spectrum: looking at all dimensions of compliance.

The ADD/CVD program is specialized: focusing exclusively on ADD/CVD exposure. Many clients run both.

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