The assistance, announced on September 11, will be allocated to humanitarian partners to enable the provision of multipurpose cash assistance, shelter, and water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance, as well as non-food items in support of Government of Vietnam-led disaster assistance efforts across Vietnam.
The Department of Commerce has ended an investigation into possible duty circumvention, but the issue of trade remedy evasion through third countries remains in focus.
The Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) at the Ministry of Industry and Trade has updated a watch list of ten items at risk of origin fraud or illegal transshipment claims in the US. Notably, four out of the ten high-risk items are wooden products.
