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Shrimp Duties Update: ASPA’s Promise to Fishermen

As ASPA was preparing petitions against shrimp imports last year, it promised fishermen that they would be included in the case. ASPA made good on its promise. Today’s post shows that ASPA consistently advocated for the inclusion of fishermen in the domestic industry in numerous submissions before both trade agencies. The Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade...

Shrimp Duties Update: ASPA Explains the Path to Petitions

ASPA begins engaging Commerce on self-initiation: Spring 2017 Commerce self-initiates only new case since 1991: November 2017 ASPA begins researching petitions: February 2023 Months required to research, prepare, and file petitions: Eight Processors’ data collected for petitions: 25 Boats’ data collected to support petitions: > 800 ASPA files petitions: October 2023 Number of petitions: six...

Shrimp Duties Update: ASPA Thanks Petition Supporters

On November 19, 2024, thanks to petitions filed by the American Shrimp Processors Association, the U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of shrimp from Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. This couldn’t have happened without support from both the processing and fishing segments of the domestic industry. U.S....

ASPA Fights Back Against Indian Shrimp Imports Made with Forced Labor

Port Arthur, TX (April 16, 2024) The American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) is taking aggressive action to combat imports of shrimp from India that were made with forced labor and tainted by other labor abuses. On March 20, 2024, reports emerged regarding horrific labor conditions in India’s shrimp industry, including forced and bonded labor, child...

American Shrimp Processors Association Launches Trade Petitions Addressing Unfair Dumping and Illegal Subsidies

Read additional information about the trade petitions, including public copies of ASPA filings. Today, 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. The U.S. shrimp market has been overwhelmed by...

Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Ensure the Availability of Healthy and Safe American Shrimp

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (Louisiana) and Kathy Castor (Florida) introduced legislation to stop unsafe, illegally-produced shrimp from reaching consumers. Much of the shrimp that flood the U.S. market are foreign, farmed seafood packed with illegal antibiotics or are products of illegal fishing operations. These low-quality and illegally-sourced shrimp are sold at artificially low...