The Vietnam Sugar Association wants to propose an investigation into tax evasion on sugar imports from 5 ASEAN countries

Published 2021년 8월 18일

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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.
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Before the information that sugar imported into Vietnam increased to a record after imposing anti-dumping duties (CBPG), anti-subsidy (CTC) on Thai sugar, discussed with the writer, Mr. The Vietnam Sugar Association (VSSA) said that the association had basically completed the application and submitted it to the Trade Remedies Administration, proposing the investigation of anti-dumping tax evasion from five ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar. , Laos and Cambodia. Mr. Le Trieu Dung, Director of the Trade Remedies Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) said that the Department had discussed, worked with and provided detailed instructions with VSSA for the association to prepare a dossier requesting to initiate an investigation. According to VSSA, the sugarcane production season ended with sugar output of nearly 690 thousand tons, down about 10% compared to the previous crop. However, data from the General Department of Customs shows that the amount of sugar ...
Source: Vietnambiz

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