Withdrawal of application for tax review of Vietnamese cement in the Philippines

According to the announcement of the Philippine Tax Commission (TC), the plaintiff has withdrawn the request for a mid-term review of the anti-dumping tax order on Vietnamese cement.

On March 9, 2023, the Department of Trade and Industry of the Philippines issued an official anti-dumping duty order on type 1 cement products (HS code 2523.29.90) and type 1P (HS code 2523.90.00) imported from Vietnam on the basis of the anti-dumping investigation initiated in April 2021.

The official anti-dumping tax applied by the Philippines on type 1 cement products imported from Vietnam is from 0% to 23.07%, type 1P cement is from 0% to 23.33%. On November 27, 2024, the Philippine Tariff Commission (TC) announced the initiation of a mid-term review of the above anti-dumping tax based on the "combined" requests of the domestic manufacturing industry and Vietnamese exporters.

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According to the Department of Trade Remedies, Ministry of Industry and Trade , on March 21, 2025, the Philippine Tariff Commission (TC) sent a notice that the plaintiff had withdrawn the request for mid-term review of the anti-dumping duty order on cement products on March 6, 2025.

The reason given is that the Philippines' application of safeguard measures on cement has affected the products under investigation in this case. The Plaintiff withdraws the petition to be able to focus and allocate resources to the cement safeguard investigation case. The Plaintiff still recommends the application of the current anti-dumping measures on cement to remedy the damage caused by the dumping of Vietnamese cement producers and exporters. The withdrawal of this review petition is not a declaration that there is no longer a need to apply anti-dumping measures on cement but simply a decision by the Plaintiff based on recent developments.

However, based on the Philippine legal regulations, since the case was initiated based on the combined petitions of the domestic manufacturing industry and Vietnamese exporters, the Philippine Tax Commission will continue to consider the petitions of Vietnamese manufacturers and exporters within the framework of this review without having to terminate the case to initiate a new case. Therefore, the current review case will continue to be conducted by the Philippine Tax Commission according to regulations. In this case, Vietnamese manufacturing and exporting enterprises have argued that they are no longer dumping. Therefore, anti-dumping duties are no longer necessary, thereby requesting the Philippines to lift the anti-dumping measures.

To effectively respond to the incident, the Trade Defense Department recommends the Cement Association and cement manufacturing and exporting enterprises to the Philippines as follows: Regularly monitor information about the incident, continue to send comments when necessary and at the request of the Philippine Tax Commission; cooperate closely with the Philippine Tax Commission in the next stages of the incident to avoid being judged as uncooperative; seek the support and voice of import partners in the Philippines who share interests with Vietnam to express their views; inform and closely coordinate with the Trade Defense Department to receive timely support.

Notice of the plaintiff's withdrawal of the request for mid-term review of the anti-dumping duty order on cement products, see here

Source: https://congthuong.vn/rut-don-ra-soat-thue-xi-mang-viet-nam-tai-philippines-380118.html