On September 21, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 2171/QĐ-BCT on initiation of anti-circumvention investigation on cane sugar originating from Thailand through Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar (AC02.AD13-AS01).

I. Relevant information: 

1. Initiation date: September 21, 2021 

2. Good in investigation: Cane sugar - HS codes: 1701.13.00; 1701.14.00; 1701.91.00; 1701.99.10; 1701.99.90; và 1702.90.91 originating from Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia.

3. Investigation period: From September 21, 2021 to March 22, 2022.

 

4. Plantiff: Sơn La Cane Sugar Company, Sơn Dương Cane Sugar Company, KCP Việt Nam, Cần Thơ Cane Sugar Company, 333 Cane Sugar Company, Sóc Trăng Cane Sugar Company.

 

5. Decision on applying anti-circumvention measures: 

 

On August 01 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 1514/QD-BCT on applying anti-circumvention measures on cane sugar originating from Thailand through Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar

 

Manufacturering and exporting businesses’ names	Anti - circumvention Measures
	Anti-dumping duty	Anti-subsidy duty
Kingdom of Cambodia
Every Cambodia’s manufacturering and exporting businesses	42.99%	4.65%
Republic of Indonesia
Every Indonesia’s manufacturering and exporting businesses	42.99%	4.65%
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Every Laos’s manufacturering and exporting businesses	42.99%	4.65%
Malaysia
Every Malaysia’s manufacturering and exporting businesses	42.99%	4.65%
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Every Myanmar’s manufacturering and exporting businesses	42.99%	4.65%

 

 II. Case calendar:

 

Date of time	Event
21/09/2021	Initiation of the investigation of anti-circumvention (Decision No. 2171/QĐ-BCT)
25/10/2021	Issuing a survey questionnaire for domestic manufacturers and importers (Deadline: before 5pm on December 1st 2021 (Hanoi time))
26/10/2021	Issuing a survey questionnaire for foreign manufacturers and exporters (Deadline: before 5:00 p.m. on December 1st, 2021 (Hanoi time)
01/08/2022	Issuing Decision No. 1514/QD-BCT on applying anti-circumvention measures

 

The case file (in Vietnamese) is attached below:

Tải tài liệu
Decision No. 2171/QD-BCT to initiate anti-circumvention investigation
Questionnaire for foreign manufacturers and exporters
Official letter issuing the Questionnaire for foreign manufacturers and exporters
Official letter issuing the Questionnaire for domestic manufacturers and importers
Questionnaire for domestic manufacturers
Questionnaire for importers
Decision 1514/QD-BCT on application of measures against evasion of trade remedies