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On August 20, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the suspension of submissions during the normal value review process related to the anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigation on upholstered seating exported from Vietnam. The CBSA has also updated the normal value review schedule as follows: All the above timelines are based on Eastern…
On August 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of an administrative review of several export products from Vietnam that are subject to anti-dumping/countervailing duties, including: According to U.S. law, within 35 days from the date of the announcement (expected on September 18, 2024), the DOC will select the mandatory respondents in…
On August 14, 2024, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) of India initiated an anti-dumping investigation into hot rolled steel coils originating from or exported by Vietnam. The products under investigation include both alloyed and non-alloyed hot rolled steel coils that are uncoated, unplated, or uncoated, with a thickness of up to 25mm and…
On August 8, 2024, Taiwan’s Trade Remedies Authority (comprising the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)) officially announced the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation into cement and clinker originating from or imported from Vietnam. The products under investigation are cement and clinker classified under Taiwan (China) import codes 2523.29.90.00.2 and…
On August 12, 2024, the USA Department of Commerce (DOC) issued the expiry conclusion of the second expiry review of the anti-dumping duty order on wind towers classified under HS codes 7308.20.0020 and 8502.31.0000, imported from Vietnam. According to the Tariff Act of 1930, the USA Department of Commerce automatically conducts expiry reviews every five…
Recently, the Vietnam Trade Remedies Authority issued a notice of receipt of a complete and valid dossier requesting an investigation to apply anti-dumping measures on imported wood fiberboard products from China and Thailand. On July 29, 2024, the Trade Remedies Authority received a dossier from a company representing the domestic manufacturing industry, requesting an investigation…
On August 12, 2024, the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Notification No. 106/TB-PVTM regarding the issuance of an investigation questionnaire for foreign manufacturers/exporters in the anti-dumping investigation on hot rolled steel (HRC) from India and China. On March 19, 2024, the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam…
At the end of 2023, the USA solar industry witnessed a series of legal disputes as solar panel manufacturers and importers clashed with the USA Department of Commerce (DOC) and USA Customs and Border Protection (CBP) over the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules (CSPV). The main cause…