Recently, the Vietnam Trade Remedies Administration has received warning information that solar cells exported from Vietnam to the United States may be subject to anti-circumvention duty of up to 254%. In February 2022, US solar panel manufacturer Auxin Solar Inc. petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate solar panel product manufacturers in Malaysia, Vietnam,…
As Vietnam continues to expand its international integration, increasing both the quality and quantity of international exports, the possibility that Vietnamese goods will be subject to an international trade remedy investigation will also gradually increase. According to a report from the Import-Export Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, Vietnam has had a total…
Originating from the US’s order to impose anti-dumping duties on round stainless steel wire products against Korea, on April 4, 2023, the US Department of Commerce issued a notice to extend the time to issue the final result on the investigation of anti-circumvention of trade remedies of stainless steel wire products from Vietnam. According to…
On April 25, 2023, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced that it had received an application for an anti-dumping investigation of boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale from India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The product under investigation has HS code: 9403.200075. In 2022, Vietnam exports about 32.7 million USD of products…
Sunset review is a unique mechanism in the United States for competent authorities to consider whether to continue or stop the application of an anti-dumping measure under investigation. The existence of mechanisms such as a sunset review system (or end-of-term review/final review in many countries) is to comply with the WTO’s rule that all WTO…
Because trade remedy investigations often take a long time, have far-reaching effects on many sectors and industries in the economy, the WTO has established a mechanism to issue preliminary and final conclusions in the trade remedy investigations by member countries, including the United States. Since investigations are often protracted leading to the possibility of causing…
When the investigating authority of a country has determined that the act of producing or exporting a commodity of an enterprise in its domestic market is a violation of trade remedy regulations, such as in case of dumping or subsidizing, instead of imposing official duties, the two sides can fulfill their commitments, suspend and stop…
In the field of trade remedies, there are three basic cases that the competent authorities can apply in the field of trade remedies to protect the interests of domestic producers and the stable development of the domestic industry, which is anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and applying safeguard measures. The term trade remedy is a commonly applied term…
On March 29, 2023, the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) issued a notice of receipt of a request to investigate the application of safeguard measures against steel gas cylinders imported into this country. The products under investigation are imported steel cylinders (LPG Steel Cylinders) with code AHTN 73.11. The plaintiff is Ferrotech Steel…
Recently, the Philippines has issued an order to impose temporary anti-dumping duties on cement products exported from Vietnam to this country after 2 years of investigation. In early 2021, the cement manufacturing industry in the Philippines filed a lawsuit against Vietnamese cement producers for dumping cement products in this country, causing serious damage to the…