The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has launched a new set of investigations into shrimp from India, Vietnam, Thailand, and China following a request from U.S. trade bodies.
In a notice posted to the Federal Register, the DOC said it is initiating an administrative review of antidumping and countervailing orders on over 1,000 different exporters. According to the posting, the investigations will cover 394 companies from India, 299 companies from Vietnam, 199 companies from Thailand, and 199 companies from China.
That number could change, as the DOC can limit the number of respondents for individual examination for administrative reviews.
According to the DOC, the administration will review exports from the countries that took place between 1 February, 2025 and 31 January, 2026.
The move is the latest in a series of investigations by the DOC that resulted in additional duties against foreign companies exporting shrimp to the U.S. A recent antidumping review hit Indian shrimp with new duties ranging from 3.76 percent to 5.08 percent. In the past, duties against India have hit as high as 110 percent after U.S. Court of International Trade rulings.
Antidumping and countervailing duties have also been levied against companies from Vietnam, Thailand, Ecuador, Indonesia, and China, hitting companies with a range of different duties.
The American Shrimp Processors Association, the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee, and the U.S. Shrimpers Coalition have all pushed for investigations into shrimp imports as a means of combating the cheaper products. The organizations’ petitions have resulted in duties on swaths of imported shrimp, which the associations said have served to help the domestic shrimp industry.
The latest review was done at the behest of both the U.S. shrimp industry and some shrimp exporters, per documents posted by the DOC. Thai Royal Frozen Food co. filed a request for the review “so that Commerce can establish the amount of antidumping duties to be refunded or paid on imports of merchandise during the [period of review]." Thai Union also requested that it be calculated individually as part of the DOC’s investigation into Thailand.
The American Shrimp Association also requested investigations into companies over the period, as did the U.S. Shrimpers Coalition (USSC).
“Reviews of these particular producers and/or exporters are requested because the USSC has reason to believe that these producers and/or exporters sold subject merchandise at less than normal value in the United States during the period of review,” it wrote in its request. “Further, the USSC has reason to believe that these producers and exporters may be dumping subject merchandise at margins greater than the applicable cash deposit rate.”
