The Ministry of Industry and Trade Receiving Request for Exemption from Applying Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Measures in September 2021

According to the regulations on the trade remedies in the Circular No.37/2019/TT-BCT on providing detailed regulations on trade remedy, in March and September of every year, the Trade Remedies Agency of Vietnam requires the companies which meet the conditions of exemption from apply anti-dumping and countervailing measures in the cases of AD01 (Cold rolled stainless steel products), AD02 (Galvanized steel products), AD03 and AD12 (H-Shaped steel products), AD04 (Color coated steel products), AD05 (Aluminum profiles products), AD07 (Plastics and plastic products made from polymers of propylene), AD08 (Cold rolled (cold pressed) steel in coils or sheets), AD09 (MSG), AD10 (Long yarn made of polyester), AD13-AS01 (Sugar cane), AD14 (Sorbitol).

Deadline for companies submitting the dossier on requiring applying for the exemption from anti-dumping and countervailing measures is before 5:00 P.M on October 09^th, 2021.

Application dossiers for applying for the exemption from anti-dumping and countervailing measures:

i) A written request for exclusion from trade;

ii) A copy of the enterprise’s certificate of business registration or investment certificate;

iii) Description of the good for which the exclusion request is submitted, including scientific name, trade name, common name; basic physical and chemical properties; main uses; production process; applicable international and domestic standards and/or regulations; HS code according to Vietnam’s nomenclature of exports and imports;

iv) The document stating information about the volume, quantity and value of the imported good for which the exclusion request is submitted (in the last 03 years and in current year);

v) The written production process of the product of which input material is the good for which the exclusion request is submitted;

vi) The demand for consumption or use of the imported good for which the exclusion request is submitted (in the past 03 years and in the current year);

vii) The prescribed or estimated level of consumption of raw material which is the good for which the exclusion request is submitted;

viii) Documents or samples proving the difference between the good for which the exclusion request is submitted and the like or directly competitive products produced by the domestic industry;

ix) The document stating information about the production line and output of the good for which the exclusion request is submitted in the past 03 years and those in the current year;

x) Documents proving the demand for use of the quantity of good for which the exclusion request is submitted, including contracts signed with customers, written approvals for in-progress projects or other relevant documents.

Note: In case the company which has been granted an exemption for 2021 is about to use up the granted exemption volume, the company can submit an additional application for exemption at any time in 2021.

If Client needs any more information or request for legal advice or potential dispute regarding trade remedies measures including, anti-dumping, countervailing duty and safeguard measures or international trade dispute matters, our competition, anti-dumping, and countervailing duty lawyers of International trade and tax practice at ANT Lawyers, a law firm in Vietnam always follow up anti-dumping cases and their development to update clients on regular basis.