Among the countries under the ADC’s probe, which also looked into zincscoated steel imported from India and Malaysia, only Vietnam gets the partialtermination.
According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), theADC concluded that Vietnamese galvanised steel producers and exporters receivedcountervailable subsidies from the Government during the investigation periodbut the subsidies never exceeded the negligible level.
Therefore, the ADC decided to terminate the anti-subsidy investigation againstall Vietnamese galvanised steel producers and exporters.
Besides, the commission will not give any recommendations aboutsubsidies for Vietnam in its final report to the Minister for Industry,Innovation and Science.
The investigation also found that two out of the three Vietnameseproducers and exporters who fully cooperated with Australian investigators hadthe dumping range lower than the minimal level. Hence, the commission hasterminated the investigation into the two companies.
The MoIT said that, the Australian commission took into accountcomplaints from concerned parties, the statement of essential facts (SEF),comments relating to the SEF and information it received from the investigationprocess to make the decision.
Parties may seek a review of the decision by lodging anapplication with the Anti-Dumping Review Panel within 30 days of publication ofthe notice.-VNA
