Thank you for your question.
The U.S. market remains absolutely essential to our producers here at home. Over 50% of our production is sold in the United States. An average of $8 billion U.S. in trade goes to the U.S. every year, not counting all the U.S. steel that comes into the country. It's just as important for them. When you say that Canadian steel represents 22% of the market, it's important to specify that it's 22% of the steel imported into the United States. Canadian producers account for 6% of the total U.S. steel market.
You're also absolutely right when you mention the recent American focus on Mexican practices. Again, to quote Ms. Cobden, our trade remedy system is essential to the discussion, because what the Americans were criticizing the Mexicans for was precisely the absence of a modern control system at their border to prevent the dumping of steel from Mexico into the U.S.
We therefore recommend the same thing to the Canadian government, i.e., to keep the country's trade remedy system up to date to prevent dumping. Indeed, dumping does occur in Canada. It's estimated that 60% of tariffs and countervailing duties today target steel products entering the country. That may give you an idea.
We have to face up to this situation and continually improve our system to prevent dumping.