Binh madethe affirmation in Hanoi on April 3 while responding to reporters’questions on Vietnam’s response to the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’srecent announcement of its final decision on the ninth results of itsadministrative review (POR9) for anti-dumping duties on tra fish filletsimported from Vietnam.
“We think that issues in thetwo countries’ trade relations should be considered in a fair andobjective manner in line with the spirit of trade liberalisation as wellas the developing bilateral economic-trade ties,” he stated.
Underthe DOC’s decision, announced on March 31, Vietnamese frozen tra fishfillets exported to the US are still subjected to anti-dumping taxes,although they are lower than those announced in the preliminary POR9issued last September.
Accordingly, the anti-dumpingduties on products of two mandatory reviewed companies, Vinh Hoan andHung Vuong, are 0.03 USD per kilo and 1.2 USD per kilo respectively, andfor other companies it is 0.42 USD per kilo.-VNA