US revised anti-dumping duties on Vietnam pangasius in preliminary POR 10
The Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced its decision to set a preliminary adjustment on the duty imposed on certain frozen pangasius fillets imported from Vietnam in its the tenth antidumping duty administrative reviews (POR10) from August 1, 2012 to July 31, 2013. Accordingly, despite lower duty rate, it still caused obstacles to Vietnamese pangasius exporters.
In the DOC’s preliminary decision, the duties for Hung Vuong Group and 23 other mandatory respondents were revised from US$1.2 per kilogram (final result of POR9) to US$0.58 per kilogram. Meanwhile, Vietnam-wide rate increased to US$2.39 per kilogram from US$2.11 per kilogram previously.
The revised duties were unreasonable as the DOC continued selecting Indonesia to be the surrogate country for its calculations of the weighted-average dumping margins.
The new duties in POR10 won’t be in effect until the final determination is issued and relevant parties will have 120 days to consider the preliminary decision. It is high time for Vietnam to issue its statistics and arguments to request the DOC to offer a reasonable duty on frozen pangasius fillets from Vietnam.
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No.
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Exporters
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Duty rate (US$/kg)
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1
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Hung Vuong Group
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0.58
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2
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Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock Company
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0.58
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3
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Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Company
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0.58
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4
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Cadovimex II Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint Stock Company
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0.58
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5
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Can Tho Import-Export Joint Stock Company
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0.58
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6
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C.P. Vietnam Corporation
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0.58
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7
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Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock Company
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0.58
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8
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Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited
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0.58
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9
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Fatifish Company Limited
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0.58
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10
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GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Company
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0.58
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11
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Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Company
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0.58
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12
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Hoang Long Seafood Processing Company Limited
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0.58
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13
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International Development and Investment Corporation
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0.58
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14
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Nam Viet Corporation
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0.58
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15
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Ngoc Ha Co., Ltd. Foods Processing and Trading
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0.58
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16
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NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company
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0.58
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17
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Quang Minh Seafood Company Limited
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0.58
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18
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QVD Food Company Ltd.
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0.58
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19
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Saigon-Mekong Fishery Co., Ltd.
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0.58
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20
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Southern Fisheries Industries Company Ltd.
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0.58
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21
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TG Fishery Holdings Corporation
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0.58
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22
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Thien Ma Seafood Company Limited
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0.58
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23
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Timan An Production Trading and Services Co., Ltd.
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0.58
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24
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Vinh Quang Fisheries Joint-Stock Company
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0.58
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Vietnam-wide rate
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2.39
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