The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced that it will not impose antidumping duty on pangasius products from Vietnam’s NTSF Seafoods in its preliminary review of the 17th period review (POR17) for the period from 1 August, 2019, to 31 July, 2020.
The DOC is expected to make final conclusion of the review in January 2022, according to a statement from the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam on 14 September. The authority is under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Originally, 63 pangasius companies chosen for the review, but 28 have been taken out of it for various reasons. For the remaining 35 exporters, NTSF and the Easter Sea Fishery (ESS) were selected as mandatory respondents in the review. NTSF will not be taxed but ESS will face a duty of USD 3.87 (EUR 3.27) per kilogram, as it did not fully cooperate with DOC. Another exporter on the 35-company list, Green Farms, will have a rate of USD 1.94 (EUR 1.64) per kilogram. The remaining 32 exporters in the list will continue to face the same anti-dumping duty of USD 2.39 (EUR 2.00) per kilogram as in previous reviews, according to the Vietnamese agency.
Currently, 10 pangasius exporters from Vietnam enjoy zero duties on their exports to the U.S., including leading players Vinh Hoan and Navico. In its final review of the 16th period review (POR16), the DOC decided to reverse course and grant an antidumping duty of zero percent for the period for Vinh Hoan and Navico. Previously, DOC said in its preliminary review that Vinh Hoan and Navico would face a weighted average dumping margin of USD 0.09 (EUR 0.07) per kilogram from 1 August, 2018 through 31 July, 2019.
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