These are frozen pangasius fillets; honey products and copper pipe products. The US Department of Commerce (DOC) is expected to issue the final conclusion of the review no later than August 31, 2025....

The Department of Trade Defense (Ministry of Industry and Trade) said that the US Department of Commerce (DOC) has just announced the initiation of an administrative review of three Vietnamese export products that are subject to anti-dumping duties.

These are frozen pangasius fillets (case code: A-552-801, review period from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024; honey products (case code: A-552-833), review period from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024 and copper pipe products (case code: A-552-831), review period from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024.

According to US law, within 35 days from the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the review (expected October 25, 2024), DOC will select enterprises as mandatory respondents in the cases based on the export volume of the enterprises from high to low according to data from the US Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) or the exporters’ responses to the Questionnaire on Volume and Value (Q&V).

Note that DOC will not aggregate exports from affiliated companies to select a mandatory respondent, unless DOC has previously determined so in a previous investigation/review within the context of that case.

According to the regulations, in case the manufacturing/exporting enterprise is listed in the review list in the initiation notice but has no export activities during the review period, the enterprise must notify DOC within 30 days from the date of publication of the initiation notice (expected October 20, 2024) for DOC to consider how to handle it.

In addition, within 90 days from the date of publication of the initiation notice, the parties can withdraw their review request (expected December 19, 2024). DOC can extend this 90-day period on a case-by-case basis.

In addition, for countries that the United States considers to be non-market economies such as Vietnam, in order to be eligible for separate tax rates, enterprises must simultaneously respond to the Q&V Questionnaire (by the required deadline) and apply for separate tax rates within 30 days from the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the review (expected October 20, 2024).

In the event that an enterprise does not apply for separate tax rates and is not selected as a mandatory respondent, the enterprise will be subject to the national tax rate (usually a high tax rate).

DOC plans to issue the Final Conclusion of the review no later than August 31, 2025.

To ensure the legitimate rights of enterprises, the Trade Remedies Authority recommends that enterprises producing/exporting related products participate in the review if necessary to change the applicable anti-dumping tax rate, properly and fully comply with the requirements of the US investigation agency, regularly monitor the developments of the case and closely coordinate with the Department throughout the process of the case to receive timely advice and support.

Source: VnEconomy