TRAV Receiving Review Application of Products of Chinese and Korean origins (case No. AD04)
On August 20th, 2020, Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) – Ministry of Industry and Trade notified on receiving the dossier for reviewing flat-rolled alloy/non-alloy steel products, varnish painted or scanned or coated with plastics or other covers from China and Korea imported into Vietnam.
Specifically, on November 24th 2019, Minister of Industry and Trade issued the Decision 3198/QĐ-BCT on imposing the official decision to some of the flat-rolled alloy/non-alloy steel products, varnish painted or scanned or coated with plastics or other covers from China and Korea.
According to Article 82.1.a Law on foreign management 2017: “After 1 year from the day on which the decision on imposition of anti-dumping measures is issued, the Minister of Industry and Trade may decide to review anti-dumping measures at the request of one or multiple interested parties and evidence provided by them.”
Regarding the right to submit request dossiers regulated in Article 58.1 Decree 10/2018/NĐ-CP: “Within 60 days before the end of one year from the date of issuance of the decision on the imposition of official anti-dumping measures and countervailing measures or the latest decision on the results of the review of anti-dumping measures, countervailing measures, the concerned parties as prescribed in Article 59 hereof may submit the dossiers for review, except for cases where the submission deadline is less than 09 months before the time limit for the Minister of Industry and Trade to decide whether to carry out the final review of anti-dumping or countervailing measures”.
Accordingly, the scope of review request of the interested parties regulated in Article 74 includes but not limited to the following contents:
-The product scope subject to anti-dumping measures;
-The anti-dumping margin imposing to some specific foreign enterprises;
-The damage of domestic industry.
After finishing the reviewing period, based on the investigating result, TRAV will propose Minister of Industry and Trade one of the following options:
-Continue to impose the anti-dumping measure in accordance with the current law; and/or
-Adjust the anti-dumping measure in accordance with the reviewing result; or
-Bring the anti-dumping measure to an end.
The performing of the procedures related to the reviewing period will not affect to the effective anti-dumping measures imposed currently.
The reviewing dossiers must be filed sufficiently and timely to TRAV before 5 p.m on October 24th 2020 (Hanoi time)