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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-12-040258
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120701
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120710
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120710

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			de Jong Ad
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001553773

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13795
		FILM NUMBER:		12955491

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		4695 MACARTHUR COURT, SUITE 1200
		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:		949-260-1200

	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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    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-07-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001553773</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>de Jong Ad</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4695 MACARTHUR COURT, STE 1200</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>MD AMVAC Netherlands BV</officerTitle>
        </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>(1) The reporting person has executed a Power of Attorney dated July 1, 2012  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/ AD DE JONG (1)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-07-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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                                                                             Exhibit 24.1

                                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


      The undersigned constitutes and appoints Timothy J. Donnelly and Andrea Knight, 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:  July 6, 2012




                                                    /s/ Ad de Jong
                                                    ----------------------------------------
						    Ad de Jong

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