Hanoi (VNA) – The Department ofCommercial Defence (Decom) under Brazil’s Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services has initiated a sunset review of the anti-dumping duty order onnew rubber tyres for bicycles classified under NCM 4011.50.00 from Vietnam,India, and China.

Decom initiated anti-dumping duties against theproduct in December 2014, with duties imposed on Vietnam’s rubber bicycle tyresstanding at 0.59-2.8 USD per kg. 

The department required exporters of relevantcountries to respond to questionnaires indicating the information necessary to theinvestigation on Decom’s portaldecomdigital.mdic.gov.br. They shall have a 30-day deadline forresponse, counting from the date of notification.

The deadline can be extended up to 30 daysbased on request of relevant sides, the Brazilian authority added. 

According to the Department of Trade Defenceunder Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, India will be the referencenation to calculate the product’s common value. In case Vietnam’s exporters andmanufacturers disagree with this decision, they are allowed to state theiropinions within 70 days from the beginning of the sunset review (with noextension).

Information and data submitted to Decom must betranslated into Portuguese or one of the official working languages of theWorld Trade Organisation. –VNA