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<!-- DFIN New ActiveDisclosure (SM) XBRL Schema Document - http://www.dfinsolutions.com/ -->
<!-- Creation Date :2025-05-29T17:28:08.3681+00:00 -->
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<xsd:schema targetNamespace="http://www.american-vanguard.com/20250529" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:dtr-types="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/2024-01-31" xmlns:enum2="http://xbrl.org/2020/extensible-enumerations-2.0" xmlns:ecd-sub="http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd-sub/2024" xmlns:ecd="http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/2024" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:us-gaap="http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2024" xmlns:dei="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2024" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xmlns:xbrli="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance" xmlns:avd="http://www.american-vanguard.com/20250529" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-instance-2003-12-31.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance"/>
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase"/>
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt"/>
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/2024/ecd-sub-2024.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd-sub/2024"/>
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2024/dei-2024.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2024"/>
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/2024-01-31/types.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/2024-01-31"/>
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2024/elts/us-gaap-2024.xsd" namespace="http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2024"/>
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/2024/ecd-2024.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/2024"/>
  <xsd:annotation>
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        <link:definition>100000 - Document - Document and Entity Information</link:definition>
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        <link:usedOn>link:calculationLink</link:usedOn>
        <link:usedOn>link:definitionLink</link:usedOn>
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        <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-default" xlink:type="simple"/>
        <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-domain" xlink:type="simple"/>
        <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#domain-member" xlink:type="simple"/>
        <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#hypercube-dimension" xlink:type="simple"/>
        <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://www.esma.europa.eu/xbrl/esef/arcrole/wider-narrower" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/lrr/arcrole/esma-arcrole-2018-11-21.xsd#wider-narrower" xlink:type="simple"/>
        <link:roleRef roleURI="http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/role/IndividualsOnly" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/2024/ecd-2024.xsd#IndividualsOnly" xlink:type="simple"/>
        <link:roleRef roleURI="http://www.american-vanguard.com/20250529/taxonomy/role/DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation" xlink:href="avd-20250529.xsd#DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation" xlink:type="simple"/>
        <link:roleRef roleURI="http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/role/PvpDisclosure" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/2024/ecd-2024.xsd#PvpDisclosure" xlink:type="simple"/>
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          <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2024/dei-2024.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag"/>
          <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2024/dei-2024.xsd#dei_DocumentType" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType"/>
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          <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2024/dei-2024.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName"/>
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          <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Document Type</link:label>
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          <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Registrant Name</link:label>
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          <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2024/dei-2024.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName"/>
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        <link:presentationLink xlink:role="http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/role/PvpDisclosure" xlink:title="presentationLink" xlink:type="extended">
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</xsd:schema>
