The International Trade Administration under the US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced that it will delay until May 28 a preliminary decision on whether to impose countervailing duties on frozen warm-water shrimp imports from Viet Nam.
Originally, the DOC planned to issue the preliminary decision on March 25 after the US International Trade Commission confirmed that the US shrimp industry had suffered significant losses due to subsidised shrimp imports.
However, on February 8, the petitioner asked the DOC to extend the preliminary decision as they believe that the normal period of 65 days was insufficient for an investigation.
Under US law, the preliminary decision can be extended up to 130 days from the date of initiation of the investigation.
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