The Shoe
Manufacturers Association of Canada (SMAC) has requested that the Canada Border Services Agency
(CBSA) re-investigate pricing of waterproof
rubber footwear and bottoms exported or originating from the People's Republic
of China and Vietnam.

  

“It is
important to Canada
to foster a fair and competitive marketplace and protect our domestic shoe
industry,” said George Hanna, president, SMAC. “Rubber footwear from
these countries accounts for more than 25 million dollars in sales a year in Canada.”


SMAC has filed
previous complaints regarding Vietnamese and Chinese footwear imported to Canada with
CBSA. The complaint in Canada
was filed on behalf of Canada's
waterproof rubber footwear manufacturers. Recently, the European Union, Brazil, Argentina,
Mexico and Peru began
investigating or taking anti-dumping action into Vietnamese imported footwear.
According to global market research, Vietnam
and China
are the largest exporters of footwear in the world.


SMAC said the Anti-dumping
and Countervailing Program, managed by CBSA, was put in place to provide help
to Canadian manufacturers who face unfair foreign competition in the Canadian
market place. The CBSA is responsible for the administration of the Special
Import Measures Act (SIMA), which helps to protect Canadian industry from
injury caused by the dumping and subsidizing of imported goods.