Vietnam launches anti-dumping investigation against Chinese aluminium product imports

While China’s semi-finished exports to the U.S. have lessened due to tariffs, the surplus metal, minimally transformed to exploit China’s export tax differentials, has been showing up in other Asian countries. Semi-finished aluminium export from China is creating concern among south Asian countries as well.  Vietnamese aluminium producers recently expressed their concern that cheap aluminium products imported from China would make their domestic products un-competitive.  

As a follow up of this, the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Vietnam has decided to conduct an anti-dumping investigation into aluminium, alloy or non-alloy rods, bars and products of other shapes imported from China to Vietnam.

Four local shape aluminium producers – Austdoor, Song Hong Aluminium JSC, Tung Yang Co. Ltd, and MienHua Company have appealed for the launch of such an investigation. These four companies put together, contribute about 31.54 per cent of the domestic output of the mentioned products. The ministry will also alow other companies to register as a complainant in the case before February 28, 2019.

The products under investigation have accused dumping amplitude measured at 35.58 per cent. According to the ministry, imports of these products have had negative effects on domestic production. The claim is supported by drops in inventory, profit, and capacity usage ratio in the domestic product sector.