Vietnam Sugarcane Association (VSSA) has just submitted a written proposal of urgent solutions to protect sugarcane farmers when the sugar industry integrates ATIGA on January 1, 2020 to the Prime Minister.
Specifically, according to VSSA, most of the factories have or are preparing to crush the sugarcane crop in 2019-2020, in order to ensure that farmers sell sugarcane and collect the amount of sugarcane sold to the factory, temporarily regulating all types of sugar imported after January 1, 2020 will have to be put into bonded or reserve warehouses.
And only be put into circulation, distribution and use in the domestic market when the sugarcane crushing season has ended, the sugar produced from domestic sugar has been consumed and licensed by the competent authorities. each stage, time and quantity.
At the same time, the State management agencies have completed technical barriers related to food safety assurance of imported sugar products and regulations on labeling and traceability of imported sugar products. .
Therefore, in order to ensure farmers enjoy the price of sugarcane to earn enough income, VSSA proposes to temporarily stipulate that sugar import is a conditional business for sugar mills only, provided that prices are guaranteed. Buying sugarcane for farmers is sufficient to offset costs and profits but not higher than the sugarcane prices that farmers in Indonesia and the Philippines have been receiving.
The quantity of sugar imported for each sugar factory is proportional to the amount of sugarcane purchased by the farmer.
In addition, the imported sugar must go through a bidding mechanism to license domestic consumption, similar to the import auction model based on tariff quotas applied by the State under the WTO.
VSSA thinks that the bidding management mechanism for imported sugar will help minimize underground costs, increase transparency, increase revenue for the State budget and especially control the market. and domestic supply and demand.
The activity of subsidizing and maintaining the two-price system to bring the dumping line to Thailand's international market has been going on for many years and has been organized by the world roads ISO, WTO and many other international organizations and Thailand itself. Lan confirmed.
“This type of dumping is the source of smuggled sugar that has been pouring into Vietnam for many years through Cambodia and Laos, destroying Vietnam's sugar industry. The evidence and the need for safeguard acts such as so obvious, “VSSA said.
Accordingly, the Association proposed the Government to direct the Ministry of Industry and Trade to immediately conduct anti-dumping investigations without waiting for any action to initiate the investigation. And sugar import activities will only return to normal after the end of the anti-dumping investigation and appropriate anti-dumping tax.
Vietnam Sugar Association considers that the protection of Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines is consistent with the exception under Article XX of GATT / WTO or Article 8 (General Exceptions) or Article 9 (Exceptions for reasons) security), it also means that Vietnam has the right to apply similar measures.
However, if these measures are violated, Vietnam has the right to propose discussions with related countries and during the discussion time, it will not implement ATIGA commitments with these countries, specifically Indonesia, the Philippines and different from Thailand.
“The application of the above recommendations to protect sugarcane farmers is completely consistent with the rules and practices that the ASEAN sugarcane producing countries have been applying for years and certainly will not. meet any objections in ASEAN – ATIGA, “Vietnam Sugar Association said in a document addressed to the Prime Minister.
According to Economy and Consumption
