US concludes anti-dumping tax on frozen tra and basa fillets from Vietnam

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.

In this review, 8 Vietnamese exporting enterprises were involved. The US Department of Commerce 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 6 enterprises are all eligible to receive individual tax rates of $0.00/kg. Because the petitioner withdrew the request for a review of the nationwide tax rate, this rate was maintained 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.

Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Commerce has decided to terminate its review of the nationwide duty rate because there are no longer any valid review requests pending.

The following deposit requirements will be effective as of the date of publication of the final results of the administrative review, as follows:

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 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 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 for pangasius of Vietnam, so the results of the review have a great impact on the entire industry.

Thanh Ha

Source: https://baophapluat.vn/hoa-ky-ket-luan-thue-chong-ban-pha-gia-ca-tra-basa-phi-le-dong-lanh-viet-nam-post552787.html