The authority said that on July 7 that the petitioner,Dexstar Company of the US, submitted a request to the DOC to initiate a scopereview investigation on steel wheels completed in Vietnam from componentsoriginating in China, which fall within the scope of the anti-dumping andcountervailing duty orders that the US is applying to similar products fromChina.
According to US legal regulations, interested parties in thecase are allowed to submit comments and relevant information to refute,clarify, or correct the information presented in the petitioner’s scope reviewrequest within 30 days from the date of the official initiation notice. Afterreceiving comments from interested parties, the petitioner will have 14 days torespond.
The authority advised domestic producers and exporters toget themselves understand the regulations and procedures of the investigation,while properly and fully implementing the US’s information providing requests,and coordinating with the authority throughout the case to minimise risks.
Data from the authority showed that the number of trade remedycases against Vietnamese export products has increased rapidly in recent years.As of the end of June, Vietnam had faced 231 trade defence lawsuits, including128 anti-dumping investigations.
In the first six months of this year, countries initiated four new traderemedy lawsuits against Vietnam's exports./.