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7 March 2023  
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Committee on Andi -Dumping Practices  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLE 18.5  OF THE AGREEMENT  
CANADA  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 7 March 2023 , is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Canada.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 18.5 of the WTO Anti -Dumping Agreement, Canada hereby notifies the Committee 
on Anti -Dumping Practices of amendments to the Special Import Measures Regulations , which  came 
into force on 15 February 2023.  
The Regulations Amending the Special Import Measures Regulations  (attached) add Russia and 
Belarus as "prescribed " countries for the use of non -market economy methodologies in an ti-dumping 
proceedings. These amendments are based on evidence of increasing government intervention and 
price distortions in the Russian and Belarussian economies , especially since Russia 's invasion of 
Ukraine  in early 2022 . 
With these amendments, the Canada Border Services Agency is now able to employ non -market 
economy methodologies in anti -dumping proceedings involving goods from Russia or Belarus  without 
the need to demonstrate that the governments of these countries have a monopoly or substantial 
monopoly of their export trade . 
An updated and consolidated version of the Special Import Measures Regulations  is available on the 
Departm ent of Justice Canada web site:  Special Import Measures Regulations (justice.gc.ca)  
 
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  REGULATIONS AMENDING THE SPECIAL IMPORT MEASURES REGULATIONS  
Special Import Measures Act  
SPECIAL IMPORT MEASURES REGULATIONS  
Registration  
SOR/2023 -26 February 15, 2023  
Amendment  
1 Section 17.1 of the Special Import Measures Regulations  is amended by striking 
out "and" at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the following after 
paragraph  (c): 
(d) the Russian Federation; and  
(e) the Republic of Belarus.  
Coming into Force  
2 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.  
 
 
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