Customs and excise appeal public hearings

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    Attending a hearing

    Hearings can be held in person, by videoconference, in a hybrid format or in the absence of the parties (file hearing). 

    We suggest contacting us at 613-993-3595 or citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca one week before the hearing to confirm the case’s hearing method, schedule, and how you can attend. See the table below for more information about specific hearings.

    Hearings

    AppealDate of hearingGoods in issueIssue
    EA-2025-019 and EA-2025-020October 19 and 20, 2026Various models of chairs and stoolsWhether the goods in issue are of the same description as the goods to which the Tribunal’s finding in inquiry NQ-2021-002 concerning the dumping and subsidizing of certain upholstered domestic seating for domestic purposes originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam applies and therefore fall within the scope of that finding.
    EA-2025-014November 10, 2026Carbon steel welded pipeWhether the goods in issue are of the same description as the goods to which the Tribunal’s finding in inquiry NQ-2008-001, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of carbon steel welded pipe originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China, applies.
    AP-2025-016November 12, 2026Alpha Parts Airsoft KSC M11 Steel Conversion KitsWhether the goods in issue are properly classified under tariff item 9898.00.00 as a prohibited device, as determined by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency.
    AP-2025-027November 16, 2026No-hub couplingsWhether the goods in issue are properly classified under heading 73.26 as “other articles of iron or steel”, as determined by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, or should be classified under heading 73.07 as “tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel” or under heading 40.16 as “other articles of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber”, as claimed by Bibby Ste-Croix.