Vietnamese Shrimp Sellers Face Another Routine Antidumping Review
Published Date: 11/6/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that some Vietnamese shrimp sellers sold frozen warmwater shrimp at unfairly low prices from February 2024 to January 2025. Because of this, 29 exporters will face special trade rules to keep things fair. These changes take effect starting November 6, 2026, and could impact prices and duties on shrimp imports from Vietnam.
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Vietnam-Wide Rate Set at 25.76%
Commerce continues to treat 131 companies listed in Appendix III as part of the Vietnam-wide entity and the Vietnam-wide ad valorem dumping margin is 25.76 percent. Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to apply a 25.76 percent assessment rate to all period-of-review (February 1, 2024 through January 31, 2025) entries exported by those Vietnam-wide companies.
Dumping Margins for Two Mandatory Respondents
Commerce found that Sao Ta Foods Joint Stock Company (the Fimex Group) has a final weighted-average dumping margin of 10.71 percent and Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company (STAPIMEX) has a final weighted-average dumping margin of 6.36 percent for entries during February 1, 2024 through January 31, 2025. These final margins are part of the November 6, 2026 final results and will be used to assess duties on their U.S. entries.
Separate-Rate Exporters Assigned 7.59%
Commerce determined that 29 companies listed in Appendix II are eligible for separate-rate status and assigned a weighted-average dumping margin of 7.59 percent for the February 1, 2024 through January 31, 2025 period of review. That 7.59 percent rate will be used to assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries for those separate-rate exporters.
Assessment and Liquidation Rules for Importers
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties in accordance with these final results; importer-specific assessment rates will be calculated where possible and entries not reported in U.S. sales data will be liquidated at the Vietnam-wide rate of 25.76 percent. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after publication (publication date November 6, 2026) and, if a timely summons is filed, will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the 90-day statutory injunction window expires.
Cash Deposit Requirements Effective on Publication
Upon publication of these final results (November 6, 2026), cash deposit requirements apply to shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date. For mandatory respondents with separate rates the cash deposit will equal their final weighted-average margin (e.g., 10.71% for the Fimex Group, 6.36% for STAPIMEX), and for Vietnamese exporters without separate rates the cash deposit will be the Vietnam-wide rate of 25.76 percent. These cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice.
Adverse Facts Available Used for STAPIMEX Chemicals
Commerce applied adverse facts available (AFA) in part to value five of STAPIMEX's chemical factors of production because STAPIMEX did not provide adequate descriptions; Commerce used the highest reported chemical surrogate values on the record for those inputs in calculating STAPIMEX's margin for the February 1, 2024 through January 31, 2025 period.
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