The US International Trade Commission is issuing a call for questionnaires from targeted foreign shrimpers and exporters by Friday, and foreign trade groups and governments are busy preparing to turn theirs in.
This is phase one of the ITC's investigation into whether to honor a petition from the Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries (COGSI). The group represents shrimp fishermen in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas who say they have lost US market share to lower-priced imports from the six countries in Asia and the one in South America.
