US govt notifies cut in anti-dumping duty on Indian shrimps

Duty on frozen warm water shrimp fixed at 0.84%, applies to 231 exporters

The United States, the largest market for Indian shrimp exporters, has notified a reduction in anti-dumping duty on the perishable items in its federal register.

The duty on frozen warm water shrimp from India is fixed at 0.84 per cent. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2015, through January 31, 2016.

On March 6, 2017, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warm water shrimps from India.

The US had pegged its preliminary anti-dumping duty on the perishable item at an average rate of 1.07 per