HÀ NỘI — The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has received a request for anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations on frozen warmwater shrimp imported from a number of countries, including Việt Nam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). The DOC was asked to investigate frozen warmwater shrimp products with codes HS 0306.17, 1605.21 and 1605.29 imported from Ecuador, India, Indonesia and Việt Nam. Việt Nam is included in the list as Vietnamese shrimp products have been subject to anti-dumping taxes by the US since 2004, said the authority. The authority said that the plaintiff requested the DOC to initiate an anti-subsidy investigation on both frozen and fresh shrimp from Việt Nam and alleged that subsidies for fresh shrimp suppliers are considered subsidies for frozen shrimp producers and exporters as fresh raw shrimp accounts for a large proportion of up to 95 per cent of the value of frozen warmwater shrimp of Việt Nam. The DOC is expected to announce its decision to whether initiate the investigation or not on November 14.
