On March 21, 2024, the Foreign Trade Secretariat (SECEX) announced in the Official Gazette of the Mercosur Common Nomenclature (NCM) No. 11/2024, the commencement of an investigation into the dumping of synthetic staple fiber products made from polyester (Polyester Staple Fiber) exported to Brazil, commonly classified under HS code 5503.20.90 of the Mercosur Common Nomenclature…
According to the Tariff Act of 1930, the U.S. Department of Commerce will automatically conduct sunset reviews every 5 years for anti-dumping duty and countervailing duty orders listed by the DOC. The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) simultaneously announced this notice of the 5-year sunset review of similar duty orders and investigations currently suspended….
On April 9, 2024, the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Investigation Bureau of Vietnam’s Trade Remedies Authority officially issued a notice requesting steel companies to submit additional information related to the anti-dumping investigation on Chinese hot-rolled coil to establish grounds for initiating the investigation. On March 19, 2024, the Trade Remedies Authority received a request for investigation…
On April 2, 2024, India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) announced the initiation of an countervailing investigation concerning textured tempered coated and uncoated glass products from Vietnam. Attached to the initiation notice is the Countervailing Investigation Questionnaire regarding textured tempered coated and uncoated glass products originating from or imported from Vietnam and China. Under…
In March 2024, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) issued a questionnaire for a global safeguard investigation into Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber products with HS code 5503.20.0025. On February 28, 2024, U.S. polyester staple fiber manufacturers, including Fiber Industries LLC d/b/a Darling Fibers; Nan Ya Plastics Corp, America; and Sun Fiber LLC, submitted…
Recently, some related parties have submitted a request for exemption from the application of anti-dumping measures for long polyester fiber products to the Vietnam Trade Remedies Authority (the investigating authority). To consider the exemption request for products described above, the Vietnam Trade Remedies Authority has officially announced, requesting domestic manufacturing companies to collect and confirm…
With the purpose to determine procedures and principles related to the importation of “Solar energy cells assembled in modules or arranged in solar panel sheets” originating or exported from Croatia, Jordan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam are in line with Turkey’s law, the Turkish Ministry of Trade has officially issued a notice regarding the deposit requirement…
Recently, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) issued an official notice regarding the extension of a reinvestigation aimed at updating normal values and export prices for certain carbon steel screws from China and Taiwan. Goods directly exported from Vietnam to Canada are not subject to the trade remedy investigation. However, the investigating authority has received…
Information from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) reveals that the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced preliminary countervailing duty rates for shrimp imports from Vietnam, India, and Ecuador on March 25, 2024. Three out of the four largest shrimp suppliers to the U.S. will face preliminary countervailing duties ranging from 1.69%…
In March 2024, Formosa and Hoa Phat submitted applications to initiate an anti-dumping investigation against hot-rolled coil steel imported from China, citing that Chinese enterprises’ dumping of steel products in the Vietnamese market threatens the domestic manufacturing industry. However, while Chinese companies have not responded, seven Vietnamese steel producers have voiced opposition, stating that there…