The United States Issues Final Conclusions in the 20th Antidumping Duty Administrative Review (POR 20) of Frozen Pangasius Fillets from Vietnam Exported to the United States
On June 18, 2025, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) published the Final Conclusions for the 20th Antidumping Duty Administrative Review (POR 20) of frozen pangasius fillets from Vietnam exported to the United States for the period from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023.
In this review, there are 08 Vietnamese exporting enterprises involved. DOC has selected 02 enterprises as mandatory defendants.
On September 17, 2024, DOC issued a Preliminary Conclusion for the above review, accordingly determining a preliminary duty rate of $0.00/kg for the two mandatory respondents. The remaining 06 companies are all eligible to receive individual duties at $0.00/kg. Because the petitioner withdrew the request for a review of the nationwide duty rate, this rate was maintained at $2.39/kg.
In the Final Conclusion, DOC maintained the above Preliminary Conclusion and determined a duty rate of $0.00/kg for the remaining 01 mandatory respondent (01 mandatory respondent has had its Duty Order lifted and is no longer on the DOC’s anti-dumping duty review list since January 17, 2025). The remaining 06 companies enjoying individual duty rates continue to maintain a final duty rate of $0.00/kg – based on the duty rate of the mandatory respondent company.
The POR20 nationwide rate remains at $2.39/kg because the only remaining review request for a nationwide rate from Luscious Seafood LLC (Luscious Seafood) is invalid. In its Final Determination, DOC determined that Luscious Seafood was not a wholesaler in the United States of domestic like product during the review period and, therefore, did not have legal standing to request an administrative review at this stage of the process. Therefore, DOC decided to terminate the review for the nationwide rate because there are no longer any valid review requests pending.
The following deposit requirements will be effective as of the date of publication of the Final Results of this Administrative Review:
- For the companies listed above, the deposit amount will be equal to the dumping margin determined in the Final Results of this Administrative Review (except where the margin is zero or de minimis, in which case the deposit amount will be zero);
- For Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese exporters who were previously reviewed and not listed above but who received individual rates based on a previous review period, the deposit amount will continue to be the current individual rate applied to each exporter;
- For all Vietnamese exporters of the subject product that have not been determined to be eligible for individual rates, the deposit amount will be the national rate (i.e., $2.39/kg).
- These deposit requirements, when applied, will remain in effect until further notice.
The final conclusion of POR20 is a positive result for Vietnamese pangasius exporters, especially since pangasius is one of the key export products, with an export turnover of up to 2 billion USD, contributing 20% to the total export turnover of Vietnamese seafood. In addition, the United States is also one of the key markets for pangasius consumption in Vietnam, so the results of the review have a great impact on the entire industry.
Source: Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam