$31.3 Million in CDSOA Funds Distributed to Shrimp Industry in 2011
In letters dated November 18, 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) informed recipients of Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA) funds that a total of $31,337,410.45 in collected antidumping duties on shrimp imports would be distributed to the shrimp industry in 2011. The vast majority of the CDSOA funds to be distributed (96.6%) are from duties collected on […]
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2011 CDSOA Distributions
CBP has now released preliminary amounts available for CDSOA distribution for FY2011. The report (linked) indicates that only a small amount is preliminarily available — this amount may increase based on collections of AD duties from earlier periods completed before October 1, 2011. http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/priority_trade/add_cvd/cont_dump/ Commerce Case Number Case Name Preliminary Amount Available to Disburse Additional Funds pending […]
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CDSOA 2011 Notice
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, this document is U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s notice of intent to distribute assessed antidumping or countervailing duties (known as the continued dumping and subsidy offset) for Fiscal Year 2011 in connection with countervailing duty orders, antidumping duty orders, or findings under the Antidumping Act of 1921. This […]
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Commerce Amends Trade Remedy to Apply Antidumping Duties to Dusted Shrimp
Yesterday, the Department of Commerce published notice in the Federal Register that the antidumping duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam to include dusted shrimp in the scope of the trade remedy. The decision to make dusted shrimp subject to antidumping duties results from over six years of litigation by the Southern Shrimp Alliance. […]
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Customs Suit
After working with limited success to address concerns regarding the FY 2006 and FY 2007 distributions of antidumping duties under the CDSOA program, the SSA filed suit at the U.S. Court of International Trade in November 2008. The SSA’s case challenged numerous aspects of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) administration of the CDSOA program. The SSA’s lawsuit also sought […]
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Achieving Equitable Benefits of Trade Relief
EXPLORE FURTHER: Customs Suit Thai Settlement The most pressing question confronted by the SSA with respect to trade issues is: How does this benefit the domestic industry? If trade discipline leads to stable prices at the wholesale level and stable import growth but does not prevent the further serious deterioration of economic conditions for shrimp fishermen, then something has gone […]
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Southern Shrimp Alliance Sues U.S. Customs and Border Protection; CDSOA Distributions Temporarily Delayed
After unsuccessfully seeking to substantially reform U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (“Customs”) administration of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (“CDSOA”) for over two years, the Southern Shrimp Alliance (“SSA”) filed suit against the agency on November 5, 2008 at the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”). On November 13, 2008, based on a request by the SSA, the […]
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SSA Announces New Commitments and Issues Challenges to U.S. Shrimp Industry
Tarpon Springs, FL—The Southern Shrimp Alliance, representing shrimp fishermen and processors from eight states, announced new commitments and issued challenges to U.S. shrimp processors and the Louisiana Shrimp Association as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the U.S. shrimp industry. Future Settlement Monies The SSA Executive Committee adopted a resolution regarding the use of any future funds received as […]
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Shrimp Industry Poised to Lose Millions of Dollars in Relief
Southern Shrimp Alliance Calls Efforts by Louisiana Shrimp Association Disastrous NEW ORLEANS (April 24, 2007) – The Board of Directors of the Southern Shrimp Alliance (“SSA”) has called for the immediate withdrawal by the Louisiana Shrimp Association (“LSA”) of its request to the U.S. Department of Commerce for administrative reviews on hundreds of foreign companies that compete with the U.S. […]
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Southern Shrimp Alliance Welcomes Preliminary Results of First Administrative Review, Proceeds with Second Administrative Review
Tarpon Springs, FL– The Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) recently withdrew its requests for investigations of 410 different shrimp exporters in the second administrative review of the antidumping orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. The action was in response to the favorable preliminary results for the first administrative review published March 9, 2007 by […]