The Philippine Tariff Commission announced that it would continue to impose anti-dumping duties on specific cement from Vietnam to protect the domestic cement industry, which would be effective for the rest of the original five years. Although the tariffs of some Vietnamese exporters have been adjusted, most of them remain unchanged. Although anti-dumping duties have played a role and the import volume has declined, dumping has continued and the import volume of dumped products is still considerable. If anti-dumping duties are removed, the situation may worsen, as a number of factors contribute to the recurrence of dumping and exporters who have withdrawn may re-dump.
Recently, the Philippine Tariff Commission (TC) announced that it would continue to impose anti-dumping duties on ordinary Portland cement (OPC) type 1 and blended cement type 1P from Vietnam. "In order to protect the domestic cement industry from the threat of material injury caused by dumping, it is necessary to continue to impose anti-dumping duties," the commission said in its notice issued on August 20.