Vietnam has carried out a probe into Cambodian cane sugar products following allegations of trade law circumventions while an Indonesian firm was found guilty of violating anti-dumping rules, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Cane sugar products from Laos and Myanmar were also probed after allegations regarding trade law violations surfaced.

“The ministry’s investigation agency concluded that PT Kebun Tebu Mas has engaged in circumvention of Vietnam’s anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on sugar products from Thailand,” Vietnam Plus reported on Thursday.

“The duties applicable to the Indonesian company will be in effect from March 27 until June 15, 2026, unless amended otherwise by the ministry, according to Decision 662.

“The investigation started in September 2024 following a request submitted by the Vietnam Sugar Association in November 2023.

“It was conducted based on relevant provisions of the Law on Foreign Trade Management, as well as related decrees and decisions on trade defence measures and anti-circumvention measures on sugar products imported from the aforementioned four countries.”

Earlier, regarding the same issue Indonesia had submitted its stance before an Asean enquiry panel, according to which, there is no agreed international framework within the World Trade Organisation on anti-circumvention rules and, at the regional level, anti-circumvention is also not regulated within the framework of Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA).

Source: Khmertimes