US extends duty evasion investigation into plywood from Vietnam
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the extension of the deadline for issuing its final conclusion on a trade remedy duty evasion investigation into hardwood plywood imported from Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Vietnam’s hardwood plywood exports to the US increased from 112.3 million USD in 2018 to 356.7 million USD last year. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the extension of the deadline for issuing its final conclusion on a trade remedy duty evasion investigation into hardwood plywood imported from Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Accordingly, the DOC plans to issue the conclusion on October 17.
Currently, the US is applying an anti-dumping duty of 183.36% and an anti-subsidy tax of 22.98% to 194.9% on the product from China.
US customs said Vietnam’s hardwood plywood exports to the US increased from 112.3 million USD in 2018 to 226.4 million USD in 2019, 248.5 million USD in 2020 and 356.7 million USD last year. The export turnover expanded by 57.6% in 2021 as compared to the year before the initiation of the investigation.
According to the DOC’s preliminary conclusions, plywood from Vietnam using materials from China should be subject to the same anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties applied to China. If the materials are produced in Vietnam or other countries, the products will be exempt from any duties.
The department will ask the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue suspending liquidity and require importers to pay a deposit equal to the provisional anti-avoidance tax rate for shipments from Vietnam since June 17, 2020 when the investigation was announced.
Vietnamese exporters and US importers have been allowed to participate in the self-certification mechanism to be excluded from the evasion measure.
However, the self-certification mechanism is not applied to enterprises that fail to provide information or provide incomplete or inaccurate information as requested by the DOC during the investigation.
Statistics show businesses eligible for the self-certification mechanism made up about 80% of Vietnam’s export value during the investigation period.
Relevant parties should send their written comments on the DOC's preliminary findings, and a written request for a hearing on the comments must be submitted to the department within 30 days of the announcement of the preliminary conclusions. The DOC will also verify the information before issuing a final conclusion./.
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Vietnam’s hardwood plywood exports to the US increased from 112.3 million USD in 2018 to 356.7 million USD last year. (Photo: VNA) 
