The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on gypsum board imported from Thailand for four months.
In her order dated November 5, DTI Acting Secretary Cristina Roque said the imposition of provisional measures is necessary to prevent further material injury to the domestic industry.
The DTI’s investigation found that imported gypsum board with thicknesses of 9 millimeters (mm) and 12mm from Thailand was being dumped which caused material injury to the domestic gypsum board industry.
The duty will be in the form of a cash bond.
The computed dumping margins for gypsum board per product model/type are 5.45 percent to 34.72 percent of the export price for a thickness of 9mm and 4.65 percent to 33.81 percent of the export price for a thickness of 12 mm during the period of investigation between 2019 and September 2023.
The DTI was acting on the petition of Knauf Gypsum Philippines Inc. filed in November 2023. The agency launched an investigation in December of the same year.
Gypsum board is used for internal walls and ceilings.
Based on the DTI’s investigation, price undercutting between imports from Thailand and local was recorded at 9.25 percent to 12.37 percent.
Imports from Thailand accounted for more than half of domestic products and increased 40 percent in January to September 2023 from the same period in 2022.
In turn, domestic production fell 21 percent to 77 MT from 100 MT and capacity utilization dropped to 63 percent.
The imposition takes effect from the date of issuance of the Bureau of Customs of the relevant customs memorandum order.
The DTI’s report will be forwarded to the Tariff Commission for determination of definitive anti-dumping duty.
