On May 23, 2025, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) issued a preliminary conclusion on the anti-dumping investigation of hard capsule shells (HS codes 9602.00.1040 and 9602.00.5010) imported from Vietnam. 

This case was initiated by DOC together with the countervailing investigation from November 20, 2024 at the request of US manufacturing enterprises. The anti-subsidy investigation had a preliminary conclusion from March 25, 2025.

In this case, DOC has selected 01 mandatory defendant. Therefore, the dumping margin determined for the mandatory defendant will be applied to all other Vietnamese enterprises. According to the preliminary conclusion just issued, the provisional anti-dumping tax rate (after adjusting for export subsidy margin to avoid double taxation) for Vietnamese enterprises is 8.35%.

In this case, along with imported goods from Vietnam, goods from 03 other countries, China, India and Brazil, are also investigated for anti-dumping and anti-subsidy. The adjusted dumping margin and temporary subsidy margin of imported goods from specific countries are as follows:
 

DOC plans to conduct on-site inspections to verify the information provided by Vietnamese enterprises. This is one of the bases for DOC to issue the final conclusion, giving official tax rates to Vietnamese enterprises. The final conclusion of the case is expected to be issued by the end of 2025.

The Trade Remedies Authority recommends that relevant businesses prepare and cooperate well with DOC in the upcoming review.

For more information, please contact: Foreign Trade Defense Handling Department, Trade Defense Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade , 23 Ngo Quyen, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi (In charge specialist: Nguyen Viet Ha, Phone: 024.7303.7898, Email: hanv@moit.gov.vn , ngocny@moit.gov.vn , Website: http://trav.gov.vn).

Source: Vietnam.vn