EX-24. 2 rrd359072_407034.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

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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:   January 1, 2014



                                SCOTT D. BASKIN
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                                Scott Baskin