Anti-dumping measures under Vietnam laws
Vietnam joined the WTO, signed various types of trade agreements, and step by step eliminated tariff and non-tariff barriers, and accelerated the process of integration and development of Vietnam. The Foreign Trade Administration Act of 2017, which regulates trade remedies, has also terminated the effect of the Ordinance on Anti-dumping of Imported Goods in 2004.
According to the Law on Foreign Trade Management, Decree 10/2018/ND-CP, anti-dumping measures against goods imported into Vietnam is a measure applied in cases where the goods are identified dumping when imported into Vietnam causes substantial injury or threatens to cause material injury to a domestic industry or prevents the formation of a domestic manufacturing industry. A commodity is determined to be dumping when it is compared to the following conditions: the selling price in Vietnam is lower than the normal price. The usual price determination is regulated by the Law on Foreign Trade Management in three ways: the price of the like goods at exporter, the price of the like goods in the third country under normal commercial conditions or the price determined by the investigating agency by the method of self-calculation.
For the application of anti-dumping measures, the “sale price” factor is not sufficient, but must fully satisfy the conditions prescribed by law. Accordingly, the dumping measure is applied when the dumping margin is over 2%; the domestic industry suffered material injury or threatened to cause material injury; there is a fruitful relationship between the importation of goods selling prices and the domestic production. With the margin of dumping below 2%, anti-dumping measures are not applicable.
The application of anti-dumping measures is considered as a way of healthy competition of enterprises. Domestic enterprises may request the competent agencies to apply this measure when they find that they fully satisfy the conditions on quantity and volume of goods related to their selling prices and the proportion of goods that they sell on the market devaluation (at least 25%). On the basis of the conclusions of the investigation, the anti-dumping tax shall be applied for not more than 5 years or the measures for elimination of dumping at the request of the domestic enterprises if they are approved by Vietnam Competition Authority, the investigation bodies.
An anti-dumping duty shall apply retroactively prior to the decision of the Minister of Industry and Trade. Anti-dumping duty shall be retroactively applied to imported goods for a period of 90 days before the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty if the imported goods are found to be dumped.
Therefore, anti-dumping measures are a way to protect the domestic industry and at the same time create a healthy competition between foreign enterprises and Vietnamese enterprises. At the same time, respect for international commitments, trade agreements that Vietnam signed when joining the WTO.
ANT Lawyers, a law firm in Vietnam always follow up anti-dumping cases and their development to update clients on regular basis.
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