Spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce responds to questions from journalists regarding the preliminary ruling of anti-dumping investigations on imported canola seeds from Canada and imported chlorinated butyl rubber from Canada and other countries.

Question: We noticed that the Ministry of Commerce website has published the preliminary ruling announcement on the anti-dumping investigation of imported rapeseed from Canada and imported chlorinated isobutylene rubber from Canada and other countries. Could you please introduce the relevant situation? On September 9, 2024, the Ministry of Commerce initiated an anti-dumping investigation on imported rapeseed from Canada through a self-initiated case. On September 14, 2024, in response to an application from domestic industries in China, the Ministry of Commerce initiated an anti-dumping investigation on imported chlorinated isobutylene rubber from Canada and other countries. After the cases were initiated, the Ministry of Commerce conducted the investigation in accordance with the principles of fairness, impartiality, transparency, and in strict compliance with relevant Chinese laws and regulations and relevant World Trade Organization rules. After the investigation, preliminary evidence showed that the imported products under investigation were being dumped, causing substantial harm to the domestic industries, and there was a causal relationship between the dumping and the substantial harm. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Anti-Dumping Regulations of the People's Republic of China, on August 12, 2025, the Ministry of Commerce issued preliminary ruling announcements for both cases, deciding to implement temporary anti-dumping measures, ruling that the dumping margin for the Canadian companies in the rapeseed case is 75.8% and in the chlorinated isobutylene rubber case is 26.2% to 40.5%.