At a plant of Minh Phu Seafood JSC (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The Minh Phu Seafood Joint Stock Company announced on February17 that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has cancelled a decision issued onOctober 13, 2020 on the imposition of anti-dumping tariffs on the company’s frozen shrimp products exported tothe US.
Its CEO Le Van Quang said the latest CBP decisionallows Minh Phu to continue exporting frozen shrimp to the US without being subject to an anti-dumping duty imposed on shrimpfrom India or any other anti-dumping duties.
Minh Phu has also been refunded anti-dumping duties it temporarily paid underthe October 13 decision, Quang added.
The CBP had applied the Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) to conclude that frozen shrimpproducts exported by Minh Phu to the US should be subject to duties in accordancewith the anti-dumping order imposed on shrimp from India. It said the company didnot provide sufficient evidence as requested by the CBP to prove that it was notusing shrimp originating from India for export to the US.
Minh Phu decided to send an administrative complaint to the CBP’s senior agency,because the decision ignored key evidence that it had an effective traceabilitysystem and was not using raw shrimp from India for exports to the US.
In fact, Minh Phu clearly demonstrated its separationand traceability method approved by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) under the US Department of Commerce, based on its requirements for the SeafoodImport Monitoring Programme.
Minh Phu successfully appliedand effectively operated a high-tech shrimp farming model at its two farming areasof Minh Phu Kien Giang on 600 ha and Minh Phu Loc An on 300 ha. It has also beenestablishing a network of shrimp suppliers across the Mekong Delta and Vietnam’ssouth that use diverse models of sustainable shrimp farming./.
Its CEO Le Van Quang said the latest CBP decisionallows Minh Phu to continue exporting frozen shrimp to the US without being subject to an anti-dumping duty imposed on shrimpfrom India or any other anti-dumping duties.
Minh Phu has also been refunded anti-dumping duties it temporarily paid underthe October 13 decision, Quang added.
The CBP had applied the Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) to conclude that frozen shrimpproducts exported by Minh Phu to the US should be subject to duties in accordancewith the anti-dumping order imposed on shrimp from India. It said the company didnot provide sufficient evidence as requested by the CBP to prove that it was notusing shrimp originating from India for export to the US.
Minh Phu decided to send an administrative complaint to the CBP’s senior agency,because the decision ignored key evidence that it had an effective traceabilitysystem and was not using raw shrimp from India for exports to the US.
In fact, Minh Phu clearly demonstrated its separationand traceability method approved by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) under the US Department of Commerce, based on its requirements for the SeafoodImport Monitoring Programme.
Minh Phu successfully appliedand effectively operated a high-tech shrimp farming model at its two farming areasof Minh Phu Kien Giang on 600 ha and Minh Phu Loc An on 300 ha. It has also beenestablishing a network of shrimp suppliers across the Mekong Delta and Vietnam’ssouth that use diverse models of sustainable shrimp farming./.
VNA
