India is appropriate surrogate for Vietnam, say US shrimpers

US Shrimp producers want India to be used as a surrogate country for Vietnam in calculating the tariffs the group wants applied in an anti-d...

US Shrimp producers want India to be used as a surrogate country for Vietnam in calculating the tariffs the group wants applied in an anti-dumping petition, according to a US government filing. The US Southern Shrimp Alliance filed a petition with the US Commerce Department and US International Trade Commission on December 31, requesting that tariffs be applied to frozen and canned warmwater shrimp exports to the US. From India, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Thailand and Vietnam.

The US Commerce Department has ruled vietnam as a‘‘non-market’’ economy, a designation that means costs from a surrogate economy will be used to determine what the US rules as the fair-market value of producing shrimp in Vietnam.

India was chosen by the US shrimpers ‘‘because it is a market economy country that is at a comparable level of economic development to Vietnam and is a significant producer of comparable merchandise,’’ according to the US Commerce Department, in releasing a copy of its ruling that an anti-dumping investigation can begin.

The US shrimpers argued that while the domestic Indian market is ‘‘not viable’’ because virtually all the frozen and canned warmwater shrimp sold in the home market is of non-export quality, this situation doesn’t lessen India’s ability to serve as a surrogate country, because of its similar level of economic development and because it’s a significant producer of comparable merchandise.

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