In this regard, imports of steel plate from certain countries whose combined volume represents about 20% of all imports of hot-rolled steel plate into Canada during the first nine months of 2004, were priced 13% to 44% lower than the average price of Canadian producers during that period.134 Two of these countries were previously named in the Plate II finding, which was rescinded in May 2004, and have since reemerged among the lowest-priced sources of imports.
Par exemple, un article en janvier 2004 dans Recycling Today, disait que, malgré les contrôles en place, il y a eu une augmentation des expéditions de ferraille depuis la Russie et l'Ukraine127. [105] D'un autre côté, dans le contrôle de l'approvisionnement en ferraille se trouve la Chine qui est actuellement en train d'établir un régime de licences d'importation pour la ferraille.