The Vietnam Sugar Association (VSSA) has filed an application with the Trade Remedies Administration to investigate potential tax evasion from five ASEAN countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, regarding imported sugar. This follows Vietnam's record sugar imports after imposing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Thai sugar. Despite Vietnam's sugar production being down by about 10%, import levels have surged, primarily from these five countries. VSSA believes there is an abnormality in these imports, suggesting evasion of anti-dumping taxes for Thai sugar, and calls for the current import controls to be strengthened.