Shrimp exporters to move US trade body for full waiver of anti-dumping duty

US is the largest importer of Indian seafood with 28% share in dollar terms, at $1,334 mn in 2015-16

Indian seafood exporters will move the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), a quasi-judicial federal agency with broad investigative responsibilities on matters of trade, for complete waiver of anti-dumping duty after five years.

Recently, the commission had voted against revoking the existing anti-dumping duty orders on imports of frozen warm water shrimps from India jolting the $4.7 billion seafood industry here.

It also voted to extend the anti-dumping orders on shrimp imports for five more years on shrimp from China, India, Thailand and Vietnam.

"The US will review the duty every year and finalise a rate. We will again move USITC after five