General Food News -- Portland, ME -- Preliminary
results of shrimp antidumping duties released
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) published in the March
24 and March 25 federal register editions the preliminary results of
the eighth administrative review of the antidumping duty orders on
certain warmwater shrimp from India, Thailand, the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of China for the
period of review from February 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013.
The DOC has preliminarily determined that all Indian, Thai and
Vietnamese shrimp exporters participating in the administrative
review proceeding sold shrimp into the U.S. market at less than fair
value, leading to higher duty rates for those countries. However, all
interested parties have been invited by the DOC to comment on the
preliminary results.
For India, Falcon Marine Exports Limited/K.R. Enterprises was hit
with the highest preliminary determination at 3.01%, while Devi
Fisheries Limited received the lowest preliminary determination at
1.97%. All other India-based companies received a preliminary
antidumping duty determination of 2.49%.
In regard to Thailand, the DOC made an industry-wide preliminary
determination of 1.10%.
For Vietnam, the DOC hit Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company
with a preliminary antidumping duty rate of 9.75%, while the
preliminary determination for Minh Phu Group is 4.98% The
majority of the companies in Vietnam received a preliminary
antidumping duty rate of 6.37% and the country-wide determination
rate was preliminarily set at 25.76%.