Today the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to do more to counteract the full amount of dumping by imports in order to provide more effective relief to domestic industries such as the U.S. shrimp industry.

“The domestic shrimp industry has been hammered by dumped and subsidized imports for decades, devastating family-owned business across the Gulf and South Atlantic,” said Trey Pearson, the President of ASPA. “ASPA has taken the lead in fighting unfair imports on behalf of the industry, including by filing cases that resulted in new tariffs on 90% of imported shrimp last year. ASPA has had to devote significant resources to bring and win these cases, and today we are urging the U.S. government to do its part and enforce the antidumping law against foreign shrimp imports to the fullest extent possible.”

ASPA’s submission was filed in response to a request for comments from the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the methods the agency should use to identify and counteract the targeted dumping of imports. ASPA urged Commerce to follow the laws enacted by Congress and remedy all dumped sales, an essential step towards leveling the playing field for domestic shrimp producers.