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  0001198398
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000005981
  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
  001-13795
  4695 MACARTHUR COURT
  NEWPORT BEACH
  CA
  92660
  949-260-1200
  WINTEMUTE ERIC G
  Director
  Common Stock
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  100000
  576000.00
  28835922
  08/29/2024
  NYSE
  Common Stock
  03/06/2012
  STOCK AWARDS
  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
  N
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  03/06/2012
  N/A
  Common Stock
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  STOCK AWARDS
  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
  N
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  07/21/2011
  N/A
  Common Stock
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  STOCK AWARD
  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
  N
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  N/A
  Common Stock
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  Employee Stock Purchase Plan/stock split
  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
  N
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  01/06/2004
  PAYCHECK
  Common Stock
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  Employee Stock Purchase Plan/stock split
  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
  N
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  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
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  01/08/2003
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  Common Stock
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  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
  N
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  Common Stock
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  Options
  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
  N
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  08/22/2003
  N/A
  Y
  Shares are being sold from The Eric G. Wintemute Revocable Trust, Eric Wintemute - Trustee
  08/29/2024
  /s/ Myra King, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Eric Wintemute