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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-11-000708
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20101210
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110104

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Venter Johann
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001507305

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13795
		FILM NUMBER:		11505189

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4695 MACARTHUR COURT
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1250
		CITY:			NEWPORT BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92660

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>2010-12-10</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000005981</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AVD</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001507305</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Venter Johann</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4695 MACARTHUR COURT, SUITE 1250</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEWPORT BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92660</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP &amp; Dir of Tech of Amvac Chem</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares reported are subject to a Restricted Stock Agreement dated as of December 1, 2010 between reporting person and the Company under the terms of which shares of common stock vest one hundred percent on December 1, 2013, subject, among other things, to reporting person's continuous, full-time employment as of that date.  Reporting person was appointed a section 16 officer of issuer on December 10, 2010.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Johann Venter (2)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-01-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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                                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


      The undersigned constitutes and appoints Timothy J. Donnelly, Andrea L. Knight, 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:   December 1, 2010





					/s/ Johann Venter




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