On Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released import data for June. The data provide the first glimpse of the impact of preliminary countervailing duties and antidumping duties that were imposed on imported shrimp in March and May of 2024, respectively. The duties were imposed in response to petitions filed by the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) in October of last year.
The data show that overall U.S. imports of frozen warmwater shrimp fell by more than 20 million pounds – or 16 percent – from June of 2023 to June of 2024. The declines were led by imports from the four largest countries that export shrimp to the United States. All four are included in ASPA’s trade case.
U.S. Frozen Warmwater Shrimp Imports
Thousands of Pounds
| Country |
June 2023 |
June 2024 |
Change |
| India |
51,089 |
43,171 |
-15% |
| Ecuador |
37,006 |
29,163 |
-21% |
| Indonesia |
18,740 |
16,668 |
-11% |
| Vietnam |
9,958 |
7,755 |
-22% |
| Subtotal |
116,793 |
96,758 |
-17% |
“We are very happy to see such immediate results from our petitions on unfairly dumped and subsidized shrimp from India, Ecuador, Indonesia, and Vietnam,” said Trey Pearson, President of ASPA. “We are continuing to work hard to obtain relief for the industry, and we look forward to hopefully obtaining permanent orders on these imports this fall.”
