The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to keep antidumping duties on frozen pangasius fillets from Vietnam after a mandatory five-year review of the order.
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the ITC determined Vietnamese frozen pangasius fillets were subject to dumping in the U.S. market, and thus placed antidumping duties on those products. The original antidumping duty orders date to 2003, and the DOC has performed periodic reviews of the duties ever since, including one in 2024 that resulted in increased margin for certain companies.
The latest review of the antidumping duties was required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, which was first implemented in 1994 and requires the DOC to revoke an antidumping duty after five years unless a review finds revoking the order could lead to a reoccurrence of the original issues or material injury to U.S. producers.
In this instance, the ITC determined lifting the antidumping duty on Vietnam “would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.”
“As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determination, the existing order on imports of this product from Vietnam will remain in place,” the ITC said.
The full report on the ITC review will be available on 16 July.
