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Category: Trade Remedies
US DOC make final determination on frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam, others
The DOC’s preliminary determination for Vietnam, notes that ‘one or more respondents did not act to the best of their ability to respond to Commerce’s requests for information’. There being only two firms investigated from Vietnam, and given that the second Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company, the other firm, received its own subsidy rate of 2.84 percent, it appears that the aforementioned statement explains Thong Thuan’s much higher subsidy rate…
Malaysia launches trade investigation into steel bars from Vietnam, others
Of note, this is the second anti dumping probe into steel bars launched this week with Australia announcing a similar investigation. This is in line with a growing number of antidumping and circumvention investigations on steel products exported from Vietnam…
Australia launches anti dumping probe into steel rebar from Vietnam, others
This latest investigation is in line with a growing number of antidumping and circumvention investigations on steel products exported from Vietnam…
US announces preliminary subsidy rates on solar panels from Vietnam, others
This comes on the back of a series of trade remedies investigations into imports from Vietnam under suspicion that they are actually mostly made in China and simply shipped through Vietnam to avoid anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports…
Vietnam-made tyres subject of South African anti–dumping investigation
This announcement is in line with a growing narrative around Chinese producers using third-countries, particularly in Southeast Asia to circumvent trade remedies. Of note, genuine Vietnamese producers and exporters often get caught up in these investigations. Whereas they can apply for separate antidumping rates, this still consumes time and resources that many local firms, on the back of broader economic challenges, may not have.
Vietnam steel pipes and tubes to face dumping duties in India
Of note, India also initiated an anti-dumping probe, at the request of the Indian Steel Association, back in August, into hot rolled coiled-steel from Vietnam. With this in mind, this latest piece of news may be an augur of things to come for Vietnam’s steel industry…
Japan’s Toyo Solar limits Vietnam solar panel production on trade investigation
Japan’s Toyo Solar is reducing its solar panel output at its Vietnam-base affiliate Vietnam Sunergy from 2.5 gigawatts this year to just 1.9 in response to a US trade investigation into solar panels from Vietnam, the company has said in a press release. The company goes on to say that it will wait for preliminary investigation results before making further moves…
Taiwan launches antidumping investigation into Vietnam cement
In the first seven months of 2024, Vietnam exported 18,227,814 tons of cement and clinker worth US$669.2 million. This was a decline of 13.3 percent over the same period in 2023. To Taiwan specifically, it exported 891,050 tons worth US$32,125,934, according to data from Vietnam’s General Department of Customs.
US critical circumstances allegations filed re: solar cells from Vietnam, Thailand
Essentially, it’s being alleged that firms in Vietnam and Thailand have increased the speed at which they export solar cells to the United States in order to avoid possible future antidumping and countervailing duties. This comes after an investigation was announced earlier this year into some solar imports from Southeast Asia.
EU standards warnings on Vietnam produce exports jump
This jump is in line with increased trade between the EU and Vietnam on the back of the European Union Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, commonly known as the EVFTA. Bu thought this agreement may have seen trade soar between the two partners it has also been somewhat challenging for Vietnam to implement. This is not just because of strict phytosanitary measures on produce entering the EU but a number of other stipulations in the agreement, particularly around workers rights.
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