Less than a year after winning the Congressional labeling ban, the Catfish Farmers of America (CFA) applied to the U.S. government for additional protection. It seems that the labeling decision was not having the desired result. By this time the Vietnamese share of the U.S. market had actually dropped to 12 percent. But, the 12 percent was seen as continuing to drive down the
cost (and profits) of catfish in the U.S. The request to the International Trade Commission (ITC) was for import tariffs as high as 191 percent.