7 Vietnamese Pangasius Enterprises Exempted from Anti-dumping Tax in the US

Pangasius processing line for export. (Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA)

The Department of Trade Defense ( Ministry of Industry and Trade ) said that on June 18, 2025, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) published the final conclusion for the 20th review (POR 20) of anti-dumping tax on frozen tra and basa fish fillets from Vietnam exported to the US in the period from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023.

According to the 20th administrative review (POR20), 7 enterprises have a tax rate of 0%. The list includes: Bien Dong Seafood Company Limited/Bien Dong Hau Giang Seafood Joint Stock Company, Can Tho Seafood Import-Export Joint Stock Company, Dai Thanh Seafood Company Limited, Dong A Seafood One Member Limited Liability Company, Hung Ca 6 Joint Stock Company, Nam Viet Company, NTSF Seafood Joint Stock Company.

According to the Trade Defense Department, in this review, there are 8 Vietnamese exporting enterprises involved. The US Department of Commerce has selected 2 enterprises as mandatory respondents.

Accordingly, on September 17, 2024, the US Department of Commerce issued a preliminary conclusion for the above review, determining a preliminary tax rate of $0.00/kg for the two mandatory respondent enterprises.

The remaining six companies were eligible for individual rates of $0.00/kg. Because the plaintiff withdrew its request for a review of the national rate, the rate remains at $2.39/kg.

In the final conclusion, the US Department of Commerce maintained the above Preliminary Conclusion and determined the tax rate of $0.00/kg for the remaining mandatory respondent enterprise (1 mandatory respondent enterprise had its Tax Order lifted and was no longer on the US Department of Commerce's anti-dumping tax review list since January 17, 2025).

The remaining six individual rate recipients continue to have their final rates of $0.00/kg maintained - based on the rate of the mandatory respondent. The POR20 national rate remains at $2.39/kg because the only remaining review request for the national rate from Luscious Seafood LLC (Luscious Seafood) is invalid.

In its final conclusion, the U.S. Department of Commerce determined that: Luscious Seafood was not a wholesaler in the United States of the domestic like product during the review period and, therefore, did not have legal standing to request an administrative review during this phase of the process.

Therefore, the U.S. Department of Commerce has decided to terminate its review of the nationwide duty rate because there are no valid requests for review pending. The following deposit requirements will be effective as of the date of publication.

According to the Trade Remedies Authority, the final result of the administrative review for the companies listed above, the deposit amount will be equal to the dumping margin determined in the Final Results of this review (except in cases where this amount is zero or at a de minimis level, in which case the deposit amount will be zero).

For Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese exporters that were previously reviewed and are not listed above but still receive separate rates based on a prior review period, the deposit amount will continue to be the current deposit amount applied individually to each exporter.

Notably, for all Vietnamese exporters of the subject product that have not been determined to be eligible for individual duty rates, the deposit rate will be the national rate (i.e., $2.39/kg). These deposit requirements, when applied, will remain in effect until further notice.

According to the Trade Defense Department, the final conclusion of POR20 is a positive result for Vietnamese tra and basa fish exporting enterprises, especially when tra and basa fish is one of the main export products, with an export turnover of up to 2 billion USD, contributing 20% to the total export turnover of Vietnamese seafood.

In addition, the United States is also one of Vietnam's key pangasius consumption markets, so the results of the review have a great impact on the entire industry./.

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