[20060428]RS22434_美加玉米贸易争端.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS22434April 28, 2006U.S.-Canada Corn Trade DisputeRandy SchnepfSpecialist in Agricultural PolicyResources, Science, and Industry DivisionSummaryOn April 20, 2006, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) issued a finalruling of no injury in an anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) investigation ofCanadian imports of U.S. unprocessed grain corn. The CITT finding reverses an earlier(December 15, 2005) preliminary positive injury finding by the Canada Border ServicesAgency (CBSA) that had resulted in provisional duties of $1.65 per bushel applied toimported U.S. corn. Following the CITT finding, no further AD/CV duties will beimposed on U.S. corn, and all provisional duties collected following the preliminaryCBSA ruling will be refunded.U.S. trade officials, policy makers, and market participants, as well as Canadiancorn users, have expressed satisfaction with the CITT ruling. In contrast, Canadian corngrowers have voiced disappointment with the CITT ruling and have suggested that theymight pursue further trade sanctions against imports of U.S. corn. This re