According to information from the Vietnamese Delegation in Geneva, on November 25, 2025, the European Commission (EC) sent a notification to the WTO Secretariat on the application of safeguard measures on some manganese and silicon-based alloying elements with HS codes 72 02 11 20, 72 02 11 80, 72 02 19 00, 72 02 21 00, 72 02 29 10, 72 02 29 90, 72 02 99 30, 72 02 30. The EC initiated an investigation into the case on December 19, 2024.

Pursuant to EC Regulation No. 2025/2351, safeguard measures will be applied in the form of tariff quotas. Accordingly, when the relevant tariff quota has been fully used, or when imports of products are not entitled to the corresponding tariff quota, the out-of-quota variable duty applied to the products will be equal to the difference between the threshold price (based on the price that does not cause injury to the domestic EU industry) and the import price without tax (CIF price) at the European Union (EU) border, if the CIF price is lower than the threshold price.

In this case, Viet Nam is on the list of developing countries with insignificant import volume and will be excluded from applying safeguard measures according to regulations of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

For further information, please contact: Foreign Trade Remedies Handling Department, Trade Remedies Authority, Ministry of Industry and Trade , 23 Ngo Quyen, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Specialist in charge: Nguyen Viet Ha, Phone: 098.969.7468/ 024. 7303.7898 (107), Email: hanv@moit.gov.vn; ngocny@moit.gov.vn.

Source: Department of Trade Defense