The Canadian Hog Trade Dispute


 

Publication Date: April 2005

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Agriculture, forestry and fishing; Trade

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Abstract:

On April 6, 2005, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) made a final determination that imports of live Canadian hogs are not materially injuring the U.S. hog industry. The ITC's negative determination culminates investigations requested in March 2004 by U.S. pork producers under U.S. antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) laws, and means that no import duty order will be imposed. The ITC's decision came despite an earlier U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) final determination that producers/exporters have sold live swine from Canada at less than fair value. DOC also earlier announced its final CVD determination that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to Canadian producer/exporters, ending the CVD investigation. This report will be updated if significant developments ensue.