UPDATED: A Timeline of the Trade Petitions Addressing Antidumping Duties on Shrimp
In late October the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) filed trade petitions seeking antidumping duties on imported frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador and Indonesia, and countervailing duties on imported shrimp from Ecuador, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
ASPA said in a news release that the U.S. shrimp market has “been overwhelmed by massive quantities of underpriced shrimp imports, resulting in unsustainably low dockside prices, falling domestic market share, significantly lower profit margins, and historically high inventory levels.” To counteract this...
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