The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) recently released the results of its 19th administrative review of antidumping duty orders on warmwater shrimp from India, determining multiple companies should be hit with a dumping margin.
The DOC was performing an administrative review of an antidumping duty order on frozen warmwater shrimp from India in a period spanning 1 February 2023 through 31 January 2024. The review is the latest in a string of actions by the DOC against Indian shrimp exporters, which in the past has resulted in dumping margin determinations varying from a few percent to as high as 110 percent.
The latest review also comes after the DOC posted the preliminary results of its review on 11 June 2025 and a post-preliminary analysis of that review on 15 July 2025. Soon after those initial filings, multiple groups filed case briefs regarding the results, including the initial petitioner for the duties – the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee – and Indian shrimp companies Alpha Marine Limited, the Devi Group, the Indian Exporters, and Sandhya Aqua Exports.
The ad hoc committee is a U.S. trade group that filed formal petitions to request antidumping duties on foreign shrimp suppliers as a means of protecting the U.S. domestic shrimp industry from what it asserted are unfair trade practices. Multiple companies and organizations, including Trico Shrimp Company, Versaggi Shrimp, and the Southern Shrimp Alliance, formed the committee and have filed multiple petitions with the DOC against companies importing shrimp to the U.S. from a range of countries including Ecuador, Vietnam, and India.
Some of those antidumping duties placed on Indian shrimp have been upheld by the U.S. Court of International Trade, following multiple appeals by both the companies involved and the petitioners.
The latest review by the DOC would hit Sandhya Aqua Exports with a 5.08 percent dumping margin and hit Devi Fisheries, Satya Seafoods, Usha Seafoods, and Devi Aquatech with a 2.71 percent dumping margin. Along with those companies, 99 other Indian shrimp exporters were assigned a 3.76 percent antidumping duty order, per the DOC.
“Dumping” is the practice of a company selling a product within the U.S. at a price that is lower than what that company would normally sell its product for within its own country. Per U.S. trade rules, any company the DOC finds performing this action is subject to additional duties going forward, based on calculations of what that dumping margin was.
The administrative review of shrimp antidumping was interrupted by the government shutdown in 2025, and in the DOC’s final issuance and decision memo, it said it had to delay deadlines for weeks to compensate.
The latest administrative review shifts the margins for Sandhya and Devi slightly compared to post-prelim calculations the DOC posted in July 2025. At that time, DOC found Sandhya would face a 5.32 percent margin, while Devi Fisheries would be hit with a 3.21 percent margin – slightly higher than the final result issued on 30 January.
According to the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA), the new determinations are still a significant increase from the rates Sandhya and Devi Fisheries paid during the time period that DOC reviewed. The alliance said based on its calculations, Sandhya now owes nearly USD 6 million (EUR 5 million) in additional duties to the U.S. Treasury – plus interest – for the period spanning 1 February through 31 January 2024. Devi Fisheries, meanwhile, would owe USD 2.7 million (EUR 2.3 million) plus interest.
The remaining companies not selected for an individual review will also likely owe money – though the amount may vary depending on what existing duties those companies had to pay. The DOC has issued final determinations on antidumping duties on Indian shrimp companies for other time periods in other administrative reviews and has also issued countervailing duties against Indian exporters, totaling 5.63 percent for Sandhya Aqua Exports, 5.87 percent for Devi Sea Foods, and 5.77 percent for the industry at large.
“Massive volumes of cheap, unfairly traded Indian shrimp poured into the U.S. in 2023 and shut down this industry,” SSA Deputy Director Blake Price said. “While Commerce’s findings cannot undo the damage done to shrimpers and their families, the agency’s announcement yesterday should be a stinging reminder to importers of foreign shrimp that the bill eventually comes due.”
