<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-13-052226.txt : 20131003
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20131003124026
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-13-052226
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20131001
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20131003

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Erlich Morton D
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001348533

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13795
		FILM NUMBER:		131132803

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		228 MANHATTAN BEACH BLVD.
		CITY:			MANHATTAN BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90266
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    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-10-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001348533</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Erlich Morton D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4695 MACARTHUR COURT,  SUITE 1200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEWPORT BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState></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>1222</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares were awarded to reporting person concurrent with his appointment to issuer's board of directors on October 1, 2013 as per the compensatory arrangements for non-employee directors more fully described on page 30 of the issuer's proxy statement dated as of April 16, 2012.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person has executed a Power of Attorney dated October 2, 2013  permitting execution of Forms 3, 4 and 5 by two attorneys-in-fact; a copy of that  Power of Attorney is filed herewith.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Morton D. Erlich</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-10-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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                                 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:   October 2, 2013

                                        /s/ Morton D. Erlich
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Morton D. Erlich

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