Taiwan (China) initiated an anti-dumping investigation into cement and clinker originating or imported from Việt Nam, with the alleged dumping margin against Việt Nam being 16.99 per cent.
The association and its members urged the government to review the tax, which they say has placed additional burden on the already struggling industry.
Exports of cement and clinker reached an impressive figure of about 19.26 million tonnes in the first five months of this year, increasing by 50 per cent over the same period last year.
In the first eight months of the year, cement companies exported more than 23.5 million tonnes of cement and clinker, an increase of 13.7 per cent year-on-year.
The cement production industry may face increasing pressure from an anticipated excess of supply over demand, although the industry posted good sale results this year.
As stated in StoxPlus Cement Market Report 2018, Viet Nam''s cement and clinker sales volume reached 80.3 million tonnes in 2017, posting an increasing growth rate for three years in a row.
Viet Nam generated US$438 million from exporting 13.6 million tonnes of cement and clinker over the past nine months of this year, fulfilling 90 per cent of the yearly target.
Cement and clinker consumption in the country grew over 15 per cent, to
24 million tonnes, from the beginning of this year, meeting 32 per cent
of the year''s target.