HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s cement consumption continued to register strong growth in the first half of this year, especially cement exports, according to the Ministry of Construction.
Despite the imposition of anti-dumping duties on colour-coated steel products by Indonesian authorities, Vietnamese steel producers should not worry about the possibility of losing competitiveness, according to the Viet Nam Steel Association (VSA).
Trade Remedies Authority of Viet Nam, under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), has started receiving dossiers for the first review of anti-dumping duties on some H-shaped steel products imported from China.
Skyrocketing demand, combined with unfettered mining to meet it, is creating the perfect recipe for sand shortages. Plentiful evidence strongly suggests that sand is becoming increasingly scarce in many regions.
Tariff pressure on steel exports to the United States, a market comprising over 10% of Vietnam’s steel exports, has been less extreme as local steel firms have diversified their material supplies to avoid dependence on Chinese materials, officials said.
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The General Department of Vietnam Customs reports that in the first quarter of 2018, Vietnam’s steel exports soared 38.5 percent and steel imports fell 25.4 percent compared to the same period last year.