Posted on 25 Sep 2015
The Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) under the Thailand Ministry of Commerce has initiated a dumping investigation into color-coated steel sheets imported from Vietnam, the Vietnam Competition Authority said.
The authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said earlier this month the DFT decided to launch the probe into the cold rolled steel sheets (plated or coated with an alloy of aluminum and hot dipped galvanized and painted) imported from Vietnam.
Earlier, the Thai agency said it had got a dumping investigation request from the local firm NSW BlueScope Company for an alleged dumping margin of up to 89.58%.
The DFT said it had seen signs of the steel product being dumped, causing injury for the domestic industry.
The Vietnam Competition Authority said the DFT will send the complaint and questionnaires to the parties concerned. Other interested parties may write to the Thai agency asking for getting related information and documents and participation in the case.
This is the third dumping probe launched by Thailand into products of Vietnam, with the previous two related to cold-rolled steel coil in 2012 and cold steel in 2015.
Previously, the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry conducted a probe into color-coated steel sheets imports from Vietnam with an alleged dumping margin of 13.68%.
