Frozen Warmwater Shrimp: Commerce Finds Illegal Subsidies for Five Countries, not Indonesia or Thailand
The Commerce Department could still put countervailing duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador, India, Malaysia, China, and Vietnam, but imports from Indonesia and Thailand will get off scot-free after the Commerce Department found no illegal subsidization by those countries, the agency said in a fact sheet Aug. 13. Commerce found final countervailing duty rates of 18.16 for China, 10.13 to 13.51 percent for Ecuador, 10.54 to 11.14 percent for India, 10.80 to 54.50 percent for Malaysia, and 1.15 to 7.88 percent for Vietnam. All CV duty rates were found to be de minimis in the Indonesia and Thailand investigations.
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Commerce will only issue CV duty orders if the International Trade Commission finds injury to U.S. industry. The ITC is set to make its final determination Sept. 19. At that point, if the ITC finds injury for Ecuador, India, Malaysia, China, or Vietnam, Commerce will tell CBP to resume suspension of liquidation and require cash deposits on each respective country.