The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce answered questions from journalists on the preliminary ruling of the anti-dumping investigation on imported canola seeds from Canada and imported chloroprene rubber from Canada and other countries.

Question: We noticed that the Ministry of Commerce website has released the preliminary ruling announcement for anti-dumping investigations on imported canola seeds from Canada and imported chlorobutyl rubber from Canada and other countries. Can you introduce the relevant details? On September 9th, 2024, the Ministry of Commerce initiated an anti-dumping investigation on imported canola seeds from Canada on its own initiative. On September 14th, 2024, in response to applications from domestic industries in China, the Ministry of Commerce initiated an anti-dumping investigation on imported chlorobutyl rubber from Canada and other countries. After initiating the investigations, the Ministry of Commerce conducted the investigations in accordance with the principles of fairness, impartiality, openness, and transparency, and strictly followed Chinese laws and regulations as well as relevant rules of the World Trade Organization. Preliminary evidence from the investigations indicated that the imported products under investigation were being dumped, causing substantial harm to related domestic industries, and that there was a causal relationship between the dumping and the harm. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Anti-dumping Regulations of the Peoples Republic of China, the Ministry of Commerce issued preliminary ruling announcements on August 12th, 2025, determining to implement temporary anti-dumping measures. It ruled that the dumping margin for the canola seeds case involving Canadian companies is 75.8%, and for the chlorobutyl rubber case involving Canadian companies the dumping margin is 26.2% to 40.5%.