Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has announced a decision to apply provisional anticircumvention duties on certain hot rolled coil (HRC) steel imports from China, effective April 17.
According to preliminary investigation results, the ministry determined that there was circumvention of trade safeguard measures regarding wide-width HRC originating from China. The ministry stated that the volume of imports showing signs of circumvention is increasing rapidly, causing damage to the domestic industry and reducing the effectiveness of the antidumping measures currently in place. Following the imposition of temporary tariffs, the ministry will continue to review the situation and hold public consultations with relevant parties before making a final decision.
The mentioned product has been subject to an antidumping duty of 23.10-27.83 percent since July 4, 2025. The provisional anticircumvention duty has been set at 27.83 percent.
Previously, local steel producers Hoa Phat and Formosa Ha Tinh submitted documents requesting an investigation, alleging signs of circumvention of antidumping duties on wide-width HRC steel from China, and proposing an expansion of the scope of the duties. The documents were deemed valid in September 2025, as previously reported by SteelOrbis, before the ministry initiated the investigation on October 27, 2025.
The products concerned fall under the following Vietnamese HS codes: 7208.25.00, 7208.26.00, 7208.27.19, 7208.27.99, 7208.36.00, 7208.37.00, 7208.38.00, 7208.39.20, 7208.39.40, 7208.39.90, 7208.51.00, 7208.52.00, 7208.53.00, 7208.54.90, 7208.90.90, 7211.14.15, 7211.14.16, 7211.14.19, 7211.19.13, 7211.19.19, 7211.90.12, 7211.90.19, 7225.30.90, 7225.40.90, 7225.99.90, 7226.91.10, and 7226.91.90.
