Circular No. 27/2025/TT-BCT dated May 15, 2025 on amendments to Circular No. 14/2021/TT-BCT on guidelines for implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding trade remedies

CIRCULAR

AMENDMENTS TO SOME ARTICLES OF CIRCULAR NO. 14/2021/TT-BCT DATED OCTOBER 29, 2021 OF THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE ON GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND REGARDING TRADE REMEDIES

Pursuant to the Law on Foreign Trade Management dated June 12, 2017;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 40/2025/ND-CP dated February 26, 2025 on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP dated April 11, 2025 on guidelines for the Law on Foreign Trade Management regarding trade remedies;

In order to implement the Free Trade Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

At the request of the Director of the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam;

The Minister of Industry and Trade promulgates a Circular on amendments to some articles of Circular No. 14/2021/TT-BCT dated October 29, 2021 of the Minister of Industry and Trade on guidelines for implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding trade remedies.

Article 1. Amendments to some articles of Circular No. 14/2021/TT-BCT dated October 29, 2021 of the Minister of Industry and Trade on guidelines for implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding trade remedies

1. Clause 5 Article 3 shall be amended as follows:

“5. “Domestic industry” in investigation and imposition of a bilateral safeguard measure refers to the producers as a whole of the like or directly competitive products operating within the territory of Vietnam or to those of them whose collective output of the products constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of those products. The major proportion of the total domestic production shall be determined in accordance with regulations in point b clause 2 and clause 3 Article 4 of the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP .”

2. Clause 3 Article 6 shall be amended as follows:

“3. An application for investigation for imposition of a bilateral safeguard measure shall be appraised according to regulations of the 2017 Law on Foreign Trade Management, the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP and this Chapter.”

3. Article 7 shall be amended as follows:

“Article 7. Application for investigation for imposition of bilateral safeguard measure

1. An application for investigation for imposition of a bilateral safeguard measure (referred to as “application” in this Chapter) includes relevant documents and evidences specified in Article 63 of Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP .

2. The application for investigation for imposition of the bilateral safeguard measure prepared according to Article 63 of Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP must include the following additional information:

a) Description of the imported product in accordance with regulations in clause 4 Article 63 of the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP that is eligible for the most-favoured-nation customs duty rate under the Agreement and subject to the investigation for imposition of the bilateral safeguard measure. Information related to the HS code must be provided according to the special preferential import/export tariff schedules for implementation of the Agreement;

b) Information related to amounts, quantities and values of the imported product as prescribed in point a of this Clause within at least 03 consecutive years before submission of the application;

c) Information, figures and evidences about the serious injury or threat of serious injury to the domestic industry according to regulations in clause 7 Article 63 of the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP within at least 03 consecutive years before submission of the application. If the operating duration of the domestic industry is less than 03 years, the submitted data shall include the entire operating duration of the domestic industry by the time of submission of the application;

d) Specific requests for imposition of the bilateral safeguard measure, duration and level of the bilateral safeguard measure.”

4. Clause 3 Article 10 shall be amended as follows:

“3. Interested parties in an investigation are entitled to access information and documents provided by other interested parties for the investigating authority according to regulations in clause 3 Article 74 of the 2017 Law on Foreign Trade Management.”

Article 2. Implementation clause

This Circular comes into force from July 01, 2025. In case the legislative documents referred to this Circular are amended or replaced, the newest documents shall be applied.