The United States issued the Final Conclusion in the 20th anti-dumping tax administrative review (POR 20) on frozen pangasius fillets exported from Vietnam to the United States.

In this review, there are 08 Vietnamese exporting enterprises involved. DOC has selected 02 enterprises as mandatory respondents.

On September 17, 2024, DOC issued a Preliminary Determination for the above review, accordingly determining a preliminary duty rate of $0.00/kg for the two mandatory respondents. The remaining 06 businesses are all eligible to receive individual duties at $0.00/kg. Because the petitioner withdrew the request for a review of the nationwide duty rate, the rate was maintained at $2.39/kg.

In the Final Conclusion, DOC maintains the above Preliminary Conclusion and determines the tax rate of $0.00/kg for the remaining 01 mandatory respondent enterprise (01 mandatory respondent enterprise has had the Tax Order lifted and is no longer on the DOC's anti-dumping tax review list since January 17, 2025). The remaining 06 companies enjoying separate tax rates continue to maintain the final tax rate of $0.00/kg - based on the tax rate of the mandatory respondent enterprise.

The POR20 nationwide rate remains at $2.39/kg because the only remaining review request for a nationwide rate from Luscious Seafood LLC (Luscious Seafood) is invalid. In its Final Determination, Commerce determined that Luscious Seafood was not a wholesaler in the United States of domestic like product during the review period and, therefore, did not have standing to request an administrative review at this stage of the process. Therefore, Commerce decided to rescind the nationwide rate review because there are no valid review requests pending.

The following deposit requirements will be effective as of the date of publication of the Final Results of this administrative review:

For the companies listed above, the margin of dumping shall be equal to the margin of dumping determined in the Final Results of this review (except where this margin is zero or de minimis, in which case the margin of dumping shall 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;

For all Vietnamese exporters of the subject product that have not been determined to be eligible for individual duty rates, the deposit amount will be the national duty rate (i.e., $2.39/kg).

These margin requirements, when applicable, will remain in effect until further notice.

The final conclusion of POR20 is a positive result for Vietnamese pangasius exporting enterprises, especially when pangasius 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 the key consumption markets of pangasius of Vietnam, so the results of the review have a great impact on the whole industry.

For further information, please contact: Foreign Trade Remedies Handling Department, Trade Remedies Authority, Ministry of Industry and Trade , 23 Ngo Quyen, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Specialist in charge: Nguyen Viet Ha, Phone: 024.7303.7898 (extension 107), Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] .

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Source: Department of Trade Defense

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