Australia’s Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has officially terminated its investigation and decided not to impose anti-dumping duties on ammonium nitrate exported to Australia from Vietnam and Lithuania.

The decision was made on August 8, more than a year after the ADC initiated an investigation into the alleged dumping of the goods originating from Vietnam, Chile, and Lithuania on June 8, 2022, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) at the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Goods under investigation were ammonium nitrate, prilled, granular, or in other solid form, with or without additives and coatings, in packages exceeding 10 kg.

On May 30, 2023, ADC Commissioner Bradley Armstrong released a statement of essential facts related to the alleged dumping from Vietnam and Lithuania, saying that “dumped exports from Lithuania and Vietnam have not caused, and did not threaten to cause, material injury to the Australian industry producing like goods.”

In this case, Vietnamese manufacturers and exporters cooperated fully with and provided the required data and information to the ADC, significantly contributing to the positive outcome of the case, the TRAV said.

It added that Australia's trade remedy investigation activities were assessed as objective and transparent, with comprehensive consideration of information and data provided by Vietnam. This provides an opportunity for the Vietnamese product to be exported to the market again.

Information from Trademap shows that Vietnam began exporting ammonium nitrate to Australia in 2019, with 6,700 tons, which increased to 38,600 tons in 2020 and then fell to 16,200 tons in 2021.

According to TRAV, ammonium nitrate products imported from Vietnam and Lithuania account for approximately 0.2 per cent and 0.8 per cent, respectively, of the total market share in Australia.