Beginning in July, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Will Require Reporting of Imports of Wild-Caught Shrimp Separate from Farm-Raised Shrimp
On Thursday, the Southern Shrimp Alliance was informed by the federal interagency Section 484(f) Committee that the organization’s request for revisions to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) of the ten-digit codes applicable to the importation of frozen, raw warmwater shrimp had been approved. The announcement was in response to the formal request of the Southern Shrimp Alliance, […]
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2019 Saw Recovery in the South Atlantic Shrimp Industry, Decline in the Gulf
Data for commercial landings in the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic for calendar year 2019 have now been made available by the Gulf State Fisheries Information Network of the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program. These data show that the volume and value of warmwater shrimp landed in 2019 fell significantly from […]
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Southern Shrimp Alliance Commends Rep. Garret Graves and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue for their Commitment to Support the U.S. Shrimp Industry
Today, the Southern Shrimp Alliance sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture thanking Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue for the commitment made to Rep. Garret Graves (La.-6th Dist.) that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would purchase U.S. wild-caught warmwater shrimp. In his own letter sent yesterday, Rep. Graves thanked Secretary Perdue for directing the Agricultural Marketing Service […]
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COMMERCE ISSUES PRELIMINARY RESULTS IN FOURTEENTH ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF INDIAN SHRIMP
This morning, the Federal Register published notice of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (Commerce) preliminary results of the fourteenth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on frozen warmwater shrimp from India, covering shrimp imported into the United States between February 1, 2018 and January 31, 2019. Commerce individually investigated one Indian shrimp exporter, Z A Sea Foods Private Limited, […]
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CBP Formally Initiates Evasion Investigation of Imports of Shrimp from Minh Phu Seafood
On Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) formally notified MSeafood Corporation, a California-based seafood importer, that the agency had commenced a formal investigation under the Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) to determine whether the company had evaded the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India through its imports of shrimp into the United States. In July […]
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Senator Cassidy Asks Trump Administration to Address Contaminated Indian Shrimp Exports Diverted to the United States
At a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) emphasized the harm caused by a flood of Indian shrimp imports to Louisiana shrimpers in his questions to the United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer. Senator Cassidy explained that the imposition of strict phytosanitary controls on Indian shrimp imports by the European Union had diverted […]
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New Cash Deposit Rate in Effect for Vietnamese Shrimp Imports; Importers Will Be Asked to Pay More Antidumping Duties on Past Shrimp Import Entries
Today’s Federal Register published the final results of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (Commerce) twelfth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. With the publication of Commerce’s decision, the cash deposit rate for most Vietnamese shrimp imports will be reset to 4.58%, down from the current cash deposit rate of […]
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COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASKS COMMERCE TO RE-CONSIDER THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE 10th ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF VIETNAMESE SHRIMP
On Thursday, the Court of International Trade issued an opinion and order remanding the Final Results of the tenth administrative review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam back to the U.S. Department of Commerce for further consideration. The remand is the result of an appeal filed by Vietnamese shrimp exporters challenging Commerce’s determination to apply a […]