Previously, on September 21, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 2171/QD-BCT investigating the application of measures to prevent evasion of trade remedies for some cane sugar products from Cambodia. , Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar.

According to the Trade Remedies Department, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, to ensure that the investigation is conducted in a comprehensive and objective manner, fully considering the information provided by the relevant parties, based on Article 82 of Decree 10 /2018/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management on trade remedies, on March 18, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 348/QD-BCT The time limit for investigating the application of anti-circumvention measures of trade remedies to some cane sugar products is 2 more months, according to which the time limit for the investigation of the case to end is May 21, 2022.

On February 9, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision 477/QD-BCT applying temporary anti-dumping duty (CBPG), anti-subsidy (CTC) to cane sugar products originating from Thailand. and on June 15, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 1578/QD-BCT applying official anti-dumping and anti-dumping measures for a number of cane sugar products imported into Vietnam originating from Thailand. .

After Vietnam initiated an anti-dumping and anti-dumping investigation, CTC with cane sugar from Thailand (from October 2020 to June 2021), the import data of the customs authority showed that the amount of sugar imported was declared as having from the 5 ASEAN countries mentioned above in the period has increased sharply compared to the previous 9 months, specifically the import volume increased from 107,600 tons to 527,200 tons. Meanwhile, the import volume of sugar originating from Thailand into Vietnam has decreased by nearly 38%, from 955,500 tons to 595,000 tons.

As soon as the amount of sugar imported from some ASEAN countries (besides Thailand) showed signs of increasing, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (Trade Remedies Department and related units) actively consulted and supported the Sugar Association. Vietnam, as well as the domestic cane sugar industry, collect information and data and develop a dossier of request for investigation against evasion of trade remedies with cane sugar products. The profile of the domestic manufacturing industry has provided some information and evidence that there are signs of trade remedy evasion across the 5 ASEAN countries mentioned above, especially the sudden increase in imports. from five ASEAN countries.

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