Cheap imported steel, primarily from China, has been putting growing pressure on domestic producers, according to a recent report from the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA).
Cheap imported steel, primarily from China, has been putting growing pressure on domestic producers, according to a recent report from the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA).
VSA Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Sua said the amount of imported steel in July exceeded 1.72 million tonnes, a 4.8 percent increase from the previous month and 62.1 percent rise year-on-year, with a value of 792 million USD, up 10.5 percent from the same period last year.
In the first seven months of 2015, Vietnam imported 8.43 million tonnes of steel worth 4.47 billion USD, up 38.6 percent in volume and 9.3 percent in value year-on-year.
Of the figure, steel from China amounted to more than 5 million tonnes, or nearly 60 percent, up 76 percent from a year earlier.
Meanwhile, Vietnam exported just 1.42 million tonnes worth more than 1 billion USD, down 5.2 percent in volume and 11.4 percent in value.
According to Wong Chao-Tung, President and Chief Executive Officer of the China Steel Sumikin Joint Stock Company, the United States’ anti-dumping investigation into China’s steel has led China’s redundant steel to Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam.
Wong said that his company is collecting necessary information to file complaints to the Vietnam Competition Authority.
Sua said the VSA has implemented measures to create a technical barrier in order to prevent cheap steel from entering Vietnam.
He also called for local enterprises to improve the quality of their products and reduce costs to keep prices low.
According to the VSA, its member enterprises produced 8.9 million tonnes of steel in the first eight months of this yea💫r, up 17.9 percent against the same period last year, and steel consumption reached 7.4 million tonnes, a rise of 17.7 percent.-VNA
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Local producers can now submit requests to the Vietnam Competition Authority for a review of anti-dumping duties on several imported cold-rolled stainless steel products.
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