Commerce Confirms Vietnam Retains Non-Market Economy Status, Sustaining AD Surrogate-Country Methodology
The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued its final determination that Vietnam will continue to be treated as a non-market economy, meaning antidumping investigations involving Vietnamese exports will use surrogate-country cost data rather than Vietnamese domestic prices. The ruling preserves the higher-margin AD calculation framework applicable across all active Vietnamese AD orders.
What changed
Commerce ITA Press published an AD/CVD-related record: The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued its final determination that Vietnam will continue to be treated as a non-market economy, meaning antidumping investigations involving Vietnamese exports will use surrogate-country cost data rather than Vietnamese domestic prices. The ruling preserves the higher-margin AD calculation framework applicable across all active Vietnamese AD orders.
Procedural posture
The record is tied to case A-552-833.
Affected scope
countries: VN, US; instruments: AD/CVD
Practical impact
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