Which Chinese paperboard cups fall within Canada’s trade investigation?

On 16 October 2026, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal found a reasonable indication of injury to Canadian industry. The Canada Border Services Agency is separately investigating dumping and subsidizing. Its schedule calls for preliminary determinations or termination of the investigations on 16 November. The Tribunal's finding does not set a duty rate.

The Agency's definition covers certain containers rolled from coated paperboard, as well as blanks already cut to the shape needed to form them. A printed roll that has yet to be cut is at a different stage of manufacture. There are exclusions, including certain enhanced clay-coated paperboard products. An invoice description such as “paper packaging” reveals too little about how the item was made.

Consider a retailer ordering the same design on rolls, die-cut blanks and finished cups. It can request photographs of each item as shipped, the board specification and details of how the container is formed. Its Canadian customs declarant can then compare each item with the published definition before estimating the import cost.