Preliminary Results of the 19th Administrative Review (POR19) of the U.S. Anti-Dumping Case on Vietnamese Shrimp
PRESS RELEASE
In the early morning of June 7, 2025 (Vietnam time), the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the preliminary results of the 19th administrative review (POR19) of the anti-dumping duty (ADD) order on frozen warmwater shrimp imported from Vietnam for the period from February 1, 2023, to January 31, 2024.
According to the announcement, the DOC determined that Thong Thuan Company (including Thong Thuan Cam Ranh) did not dump, with a dumping margin of 0%. In contrast, STAPIMEX Company was assessed a preliminary duty rate of up to 35.29%. This rate was also applied to 22 other companies that were eligible for a separate rate but were not mandatory respondents, instead of applying the weighted average rate from the two mandatory respondents as is customary.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and the relevant businesses are extremely surprised and deeply concerned by this abnormally high preliminary duty rate. Throughout the 19 years that Vietnam has participated in administrative reviews of the shrimp ADD case in the U.S., no company has ever been assessed a double-digit preliminary duty rate. This is reminiscent of a case that occurred in POR12, when the DOC also applied a preliminary rate of 25.76% to FIMEX Company due to a calculation error, which was subsequently adjusted to 4.58% in the final results. Therefore, VASEP and the businesses have strong reasons to believe that there has been a misunderstanding or error in these current preliminary results.
STAPIMEX Company had prepared meticulously and was confident in its accounting system to achieve the lowest possible duty rate. However, VASEP and the businesses believe that errors may have occurred on both sides, leading to skewed data and this inexplicably high preliminary result. STAPIMEX Company will promptly supplement information, and we are confident that the final results will accurately reflect the reality of Vietnamese businesses' exports – which do not involve dumping into the U.S. market.
Although the preliminary results are not immediately effective and may be adjusted in the final results (expected to be announced in December 2025), this information has already had a negative impact on the sentiment of U.S. importers, affecting purchasing plans, export orders, and, more worryingly, impacting the morale and operations of shrimp farmers in Vietnam.
In 2025, amidst the Trump administration's initiation of high reciprocal tariff policies against many countries, including Vietnam, such an unusual preliminary duty rate further exacerbates the challenges that the Vietnamese shrimp industry faces when accessing the U.S. market.
VASEP urgently requests the DOC to reconsider the calculations in the preliminary results, ensuring objectivity, fairness, and consistency with practices implemented in previous reviews, to protect the legitimate rights of Vietnamese businesses and maintain stability in seafood trade between the two nations.
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