The Trade Remedies Authority receives a complete and valid dossier requesting an investigation to apply anti-dumping measures on hot-rolled steel products from the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China

 

On March 19, 2024, the Trade Remedies Authority (Investigation Authority) received the dossier from companies representing the domestic manufacturing industry (Requesting Party), requesting an investigation to apply anti-dumping measures on hot-rolled steel products from the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China.

 

On April 1, 2024, the Investigation Authority issued a notice requesting the Requesting Party to supplement the content of the above investigation request dossier.

On April 26, 2024, the Requesting Party submitted additional information and documents as notified by the Investigation Authority.

On May 13, 2024, the Investigation Authority issued a notice requesting the Requesting Party to continue to supplement a number of contents of the investigation request dossier for the second time.

On May 31, 2024, the Requesting Party submitted additional information and documents as requested by the Investigation Authority.

On June 14, 2024, the Investigation Authority confirmed that the investigation request dossier was complete and valid according to the provisions of the law on trade defense.

Next steps:

Within 45 days from the date of confirmation that the dossier is complete and valid; the Investigation Authority will appraise the dossier to submit to the Minister of Industry and Trade for consideration to conduct an investigation or not to conduct an investigation of the case.

The contents of the dossier appraisal include:

(i) Determining the legal representative status of the domestic manufacturing industry of the organization or individual submitting the dossier according to the provisions of the Law on Foreign Trade Management;

(ii) Determining evidence of dumping of imported goods causing or threatening to cause significant damage to the domestic manufacturing industry or significantly hindering the formation of the domestic manufacturing industry.

To serve the dossier appraisal, as well as to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises producing and trading goods proposed for investigation, the Investigation Agency requests domestic enterprises producing and trading goods similar to the goods proposed for investigation to provide relevant information, specifically as follows:

-Information on the type of enterprise (production, trade, etc.);

-Design capacity and output of hot-rolled steel products from 2020 to 2023;

- The company's opinion on the case (agree, disagree, no opinion);

- Any other documents/evidence that the company believes are related to the case.

The deadline for providing the above information is July 5, 2024.

All information should be sent to:

Dumping and Subsidy Investigation Department

Trade Defense Department - 23 Ngo Quyen, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Officer in charge: Tran Hoang Mai, Vu Thi Ha Phuong

Phone: 024.7303.7898 (extension: 112, 117)

Email: maitrh@moit.gov.vn ; phuongvth@moit.gov.vn.