Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) recentlyissued Decision No.3044/QD-BCT applying temporary safeguard measures against diammoniumphosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP) fertilisers.
The ministry will levy a temporary duty of nearly 1.9 million VND (83.5 USD)per tonne of several types of those fertilisers from August 19.
The measure will last for a maximum of 200 days. It will end after March 6,2018 or when the MoIT applies official safeguard measures.
On April 13, 2017, the Vietnam Competition Authority under the MoIT receivedrequests from DAP-Vinachem Limited Company and DAP No.2-Vinachem Joint Stock Companyfor protective measures on DAP fertilisers imported from foreign countries asimports were harming domestic production.-VNA