Commerce announced preliminary affirmative determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) on frozen warmwater shrimp

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On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its preliminary affirmative determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from Ecuador, India, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) and its preliminary negative determination in the CVD investigation of shrimp from Indonesia. Commerce is conducting concurrent antidumping duty (AD) investigations of shrimp from Ecuador and Indonesia. Details are available on the web site.

Preliminary Subsidy Rates: 

Country Exporter/Producer Subsidy Rate
Ecuador Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A.* 13.41%
Sociedad Nacional de Galapagos C.A.** 1.69%
All Others 7.55%

*Commerce preliminarily determines that Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A. is cross-owned with the following companies: Manesil S.A.; Produmar S.A.; Tropack S.A.; and Egidiosa S.A.
** Commerce preliminarily determines that Sociedad Nacional de Galapagos C.A. is cross-owned with the following companies: Naturisa S.A.; Holding Sola & Sola Solacciones S.A.; and Empacadora Champmar S.A.

 

Country Exporter/Producer Subsidy Rate
India Devi Sea Foods Limited 4.72%
Sandhya Aqua Exports Pvt. Ltd.; Neeli Sea Foods Private Limited; Vijay Aqua Processors Private Limited; Neeli Aqua Farms 3.89%
All Others 4.36%

 

Country Exporter/Producer Subsidy Rate
Indonesia PT Bahari Makmur Sejati 0.39% (de miminimis)*
PT First Marine Seafoods** 0.71% (de minimis)*

*de minimis= less thatn 1% for developed countries, less than 2% for developing countries. ** Commerce preliminarily determines that PT First Marine Seafoods is cross-owned with PT Khom Foods

 

Country Exporter/Producer Subsidy Rate
Vietnam Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company 2.84%
Thong Thuan Company Limited 196.41*
All Others 2.84%

*Based on adverse facts available

Import Statistics 

Ecuador 2020 2021 2022
Volume (KG) 120,784,034 177,592,689 191,336,456
Value (USD) $751,319,529 $1,319,205,859 $1,435,206,138

 

India 2020 2021 2022
Volume (KG) 270,489,085 339,249,031 301,665,803
Value (USD) $2,327,252,331 $2,952,490,962 $2,735,705,599

 

Indonesia 2020 2021 2022
Volume (KG) 145,914,035 150,599,111 139,538,956
Value (USD) $1,320,948,672 $1,400,354,851 $1,400,352,373

 

Vietnam 2020 2021 2022
Volume (KG) 54,045,058 73,355,461 51,200,829
Value (USD) $599,425,277 $851,362,219 $645,170,500

 

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