According to information from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued its preliminary determination in the 20th administrative review (POR20) of the anti-dumping duty order on frozen warmwater shrimp imported from Vietnam during the period from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025.

In this administrative review, 29 Vietnamese enterprises timely submitted applications requesting separate tax rates and were approved by the DOC. Among these 29 companies, two were selected by the DOC as mandatory respondents.

According to the preliminary determination, the two mandatory respondent companies were assigned anti-dumping duty rates of 6.76% and 10.76%, respectively.

Notably, one of the two companies was found to have failed to provide sufficient descriptions for certain input chemicals, preventing the DOC from matching these chemicals with corresponding surrogate values. As a result, adverse facts available were applied to part of the company’s input costs.

For the remaining 27 companies eligible for separate rates, the DOC determined a duty rate of 7.56%, which represents the weighted-average rate of the two mandatory respondents.

In addition, the DOC is expected to rescind the review for eight companies due to the absence of reviewable shipments during the review period. Meanwhile, 132 companies that failed to demonstrate eligibility for separate rates will continue to be subject to the nationwide rate of 25.76%.

According to the current schedule, the DOC is expected to issue the final determination of this review around November 2026.

To effectively handle the case and achieve the best possible outcome, the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has recommended that the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and related enterprises fully and comprehensively cooperate with the DOC throughout the proceeding to avoid being considered non-cooperative and subjected to adverse duty rates.

At the same time, enterprises are advised to promptly submit comments and necessary rebuttal opinions so that the DOC may adjust anti-dumping duty rates in the final determination in a more favorable direction, while also discussing and proposing support measures from the Government if necessary.

Source: Tap chi Kinh te Tai chinh