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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-117790
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NT 10-Q
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250512
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250512
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20250512

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000005981
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE CHEMICALS [2870]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				952588080
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NT 10-Q
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13795
		FILM NUMBER:		25935031

	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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</DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-25</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><I>(Check One)</I>&#8195;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;&#8194;Form&nbsp;10-K&#8195; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#9744;&#8194;Form&nbsp;20-F&#8195;</FONT> <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#9744;&#8194;Form&nbsp;11-K&#8195;</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#9746;&#8194;Form&nbsp;10-Q</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;&#8194;Form&nbsp;10-D&#8195; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#9744;&#8194;Form&nbsp;N-SAR&#8195;</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#9744;&#8194;Form&nbsp;N-CSR</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">For&nbsp;Period&nbsp;Ended: <B>March&nbsp;31, 2025</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;&#8194;Transition Report on Form&nbsp;10-K</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;&#8194;Transition Report on Form&nbsp;20-F</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">For&nbsp;the&nbsp;Transition&nbsp;Period&nbsp;Ended: &#8195;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Read Instruction (on back page) Before Preparing Form. Please Print or Type.</I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has verified any information contained herein.</B></P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above, identify the Item(s) to which the
notification relates: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&#8195;&nbsp;</P><DIV STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I &#151; REGISTRANT INFORMATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>4695 MacArthur Court </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 1200 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Newport
Beach, California 92660 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II &#151; RULES <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-25(b)</FONT> AND (c) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-25(b),</FONT> the following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The reason described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense;</TD></TR>
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Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F,</FONT> Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">11-K,</FONT> Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-SAR</FONT> or
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;N-CSR,</FONT> or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifteenth calendar day following the prescribed due date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> or subject distribution report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-D,</FONT> or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifth calendar day following the prescribed due date; and</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The accountant&#146;s statement or other exhibit required by Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-25(c)</FONT> has been attached if applicable.</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART III &#151; NARRATIVE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">State below in reasonable detail why Forms <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F,</FONT> <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">11-K,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-D,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-SAR,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-CSR,</FONT> or the transition
report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>American Vanguard Corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;) is unable to file, without unreasonable effort or expense, its Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2025 (the &#147;Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q&#148;)</FONT> by May&nbsp;12, 2025, the original due date for such filing. Specifically, the Company requires additional time and effort to complete certain documentation, disclosures and analyses to be included
either in, or in support of, the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K.</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024 (the &#147;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K&#148;)</FONT> and, therefore,
the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> which will be filed subsequent to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K.</FONT> The Company expects to file the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> and then the Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> within the 5 calendar day extension period provided for the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> by Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-25</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Attach Extra Sheets if Needed) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART IV &#151; OTHER INFORMATION </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#8195;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B>Timothy J. Donnelly</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="9">Have all other periodic reports required under Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section&nbsp;30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If answer is no, identify report(s).&#8195;&#9744;&#8194;Yes&#8195;&#9746;&#8194;No <B>Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="9">Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or
portion thereof?&#8195;&#9744;&#8194;Yes&#8195;&#9746;&#8194;No</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Forward-Looking Statements </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The Company&#146;s
statements included in this <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;12b-25&nbsp;include</FONT> forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and actual events may differ materially from those
contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the inability of the Company to complete the work necessary in order to file the 2024 <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K&nbsp;in</FONT> the time frame that is anticipated. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect actual events or circumstances after the date hereof.
</I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>American Vanguard Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </P>
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