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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-10-032938
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100610
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100614
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100614

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Zirakparvar Esmail
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001493530

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13795
		FILM NUMBER:		10895526

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4695 MACARTHUR COURT, SUITE 1250
		CITY:			NEWPORT BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92657

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000005981
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE CHEMICALS [2870]
		IRS NUMBER:				952588080
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4695 MACARTHUR COURT
		CITY:			NEWPORT BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92660
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9492601200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4695 MACARTHUR COURT
		CITY:			NEWPORT BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92660

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AEROCON INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19720620
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    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-06-10</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000005981</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AVD</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001493530</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Zirakparvar Esmail</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4695 MACARTHUR COURT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1250</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEWPORT BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92660</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <remarks>No securities beneficially owned.

(1) The reporting person has executed a Power of Attorney dated June 2, 2010 permitting execution of Forms 3, 4 and 5 by two attorneys-in-fact; a copy of that Power of Attorney is filed herewith.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Esmail Zirakparvar (1)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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                                                                          Exhibit 24

                                    POWER OF ATTORNEY


      The undersigned constitutes and appoints Timothy J. Donnelly and Michael V.
Lee, and each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign any and all Securities and Exchange
Commission statements of beneficial ownership of securities of American Vanguard
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") on Forms 3, 4 and 5 as required
under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file the
same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company and the stock exchange or national
market system on which such shares are publicly traded, granting unto said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done under said Section 16(a), as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      A copy of this power of attorney shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  The authorization set forth above shall continue in full force and effect
until the undersigned revokes such authorization by written instructions to the
attorneys-in-fact.

      The authority granted hereby shall in no event be deemed to impose or create
any duty on behalf of the attorney-in-fact with respect to the undersigned's obligations
to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated:   June 2, 2010



                                                /s/ Esmail Zirakparvar
						____________________________________
						Esmail Zirakparvar
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