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😲 If the US concludes that there is an act of "tax evasion", will a series of Vietnamese export industries continue to be targeted in the near future?
🇺🇸 The US Department of Commerce DOC has officially initiated an investigation against tax evasion with 22.5–24.5 inch steel wheels exported from Vietnam, with suspicions that businesses use HRS hot-rolled steel from China to complete products and then export them to the US to avoid anti-dumping and anti-subsidy taxes being imposed on Chinese goods. 
📈 What makes the US side pay special attention is the extremely strong import growth rate from Vietnam
Period Import turnover into the US
2018 7 million USD
2024 76 million USD
The first 6 months of 2025 is about 90 million USD
According to plaintiff files Accuride Corporation and Maxion Wheels USA LLC, the amount of Chinese hot-rolled steel exported to Vietnam increased by 291% after the US imposed tariffs on Chinese steel. This is considered a sign of the possibility of "transshipment" or "minimal processing" to avoid taxes. 
🌿🤔 The notable point is that the US is not only looking at the final assembly place but is looking deeply into the entire raw material supply chain. This shows that the simple "Made in Vietnam" stage may no longer be enough if the core value still depends on Chinese materials.
💥 The bigger problem is not just about steel wheels. The US is currently closely monitoring industries with sudden export growth from Vietnam such as
• Steel
• Wood
• Energy battery
• Industrial components
• Chemicals
• Mechanical equipment
As US-China tensions persist, Vietnam is increasingly placed in the position of an "intermediary factory" in the eyes of many Western trade agencies.
📌 However, Vietnamese businesses still have opportunities. In 2023, the US investigated a similar case with steel wheels, but in the end the DOC concluded that the Vietnamese enterprise did not violate and ended the investigation in 2024 because there was no evidence of importing Chinese components to avoid taxes. 
📊 That shows the survival factor will be
✅ Transparent origin records
✅ Real localization rate
✅ Clear supply chain
✅ Ability to demonstrate that the production process creates great value in Vietnam
✅ Fully cooperate with US investigation agencies
⚠️ If DOC concludes there was evasive behavior, the consequences could be very severe
• Subject to tax rates similar to Chinese goods
• Tax arrears;
• Loss of competitive advantage in the US
• Effects spread to other industries
• Increased investigation risks throughout the Vietnamese supply chain
🌍 This is a signal that the US-China trade war has entered a new phase. Not only targeting "Made in China" goods, the US is now tracing the flow of raw materials, production structures and global processing networks.
💖👉🍀 For Vietnam, this is both pressure and an opportunity to restructure industry towards more transparency, deeper localization and reducing dependence on raw materials from a single market. If we can do this, Vietnam can maintain its position as the world's new production center instead of just being a trade transit station.
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