U.S. Shrimp Industry Wins Final Antidumping Cases Against Six Countries
Washington, DC – The U.S. shrimp industry today won its antidumping cases, confirming that the industry has been injured over the past three years by illegally dumped shrimp imports from six countries: Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. The International Trade Commission’s (ITC) unanimous finding of injury completes a year-long investigation, resulting in trade-weighted antidumping duties of 17.22 percent […]
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Four More Countries Found Dumping Shrimp
Duties Imposed to Offset Cheating Washington, DC –U.S. shrimp fishermen and farmers said today that hundreds of thousands of U.S. families and the economies of thousands of communities throughout the southeast will benefit from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final findings that exporters in Brazil, Ecuador, India, and Thailand are violating U.S. trade laws by dumping shrimp into the U.S. […]
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Shrimpers Hail Finding of Dumped Shrimp from China and Vietnam
Washington, DC –The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced final findings that China and Vietnam are violating U.S. trade laws by dumping shrimp in the United States. Commerce set final duties ranging from 4.13% to 112.81% to offset the fair trade violations in response to petitions filed December 31 on behalf of the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee by […]
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Letter to Secretary Evans in Response to the American Soybean Association
On November 4, 2004, the Southern Shrimp Alliance sent a letter to Department of Commerce Secretary Donald Evans in response to threats of illegal retaliation by Thailand on American soybean products if antidumping duties are imposed on dumped Thai shrimp imports. The Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) is very concerned by recent attempts by foreign interests and domestic lobbying groups to […]
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SSA Comments on Extension of Preliminary Ruling on Shrimp Case
Washington, DC— The Department of Commerce announced today an extension in the preliminary antidumping determinations regarding shrimp imports from six countries. The Department extended its preliminary antidumping determinations from June 8, 2004 to no later than July 2, 2004 for China and Vietnam and no later than July 28, 2004 for Brazil, Ecuador, India, and Thailand. The Department of Commerce […]
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Southern Shrimp Alliance Statement Regarding CITAC’S Press Conference
Washington, DC – The Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition (CITAC), a coalition of importers and trade associations that aims to weaken U.S. trade laws, announced its opposition to the shrimp antidumping cases before the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission. Eddie Gordon, President of the Southern Shrimp Alliance issued the following statement: It is disappointing, but not surprising, […]
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Commerce Launches Shrimp Investigations, Commission Holds Conference
Washington, DC—The Department of Commerce initiated today antidumping investigations of six countries to determine whether or not shrimp is being dumped into the U.S. market. The trade action, filed on behalf of shrimp harvesters and processors, was found by Commerce to have sufficient industry support and enough evidence of dumping to warrant a full investigation of shrimp pricing practices in […]
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U.S. Shrimp Industry Demands Relief from Unfairly Traded Imports
WASHINGTON, D.C-. The U.S. shrimp industry is asking its government to take swift action against imports of dumped shrimp from Thailand, China, Vietnam, India, Ecuador, and Brazil that are injuring the domestic industry. Today the Shrimp Trade Action Committee, an ad hoc committee of vessel owners and shrimp processors, petitioned the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission to […]
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Joint Statement Made by the Southern Shrimp Alliance and CANAINPESCA
U.S. and Mexican Shrimp Industries Agree to Oppose Unfair Trade of Shrimp Washington, DC—The leaders of the Southern Shrimp Alliance (“SSA”) and National Chamber of Fishing and Aquaculture Industries (“CANAINPESCA”) of Mexico met on December 15th and 16th to discuss mutual concerns about the increasing volumes of unfairly traded shrimp imports and issued today the following joint statement: “The flood […]