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10-K - FORM 10-K - AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPd275133d10k.htm
EX-21 - LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES - AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPd275133dex21.htm
EX-23 - CONSENT OF BDO USA, LLP - AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPd275133dex23.htm
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EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 OF CFO - AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPd275133dex312.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 OF CEO - AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPd275133dex311.htm

Exhibit 32.1

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of American Vanguard Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that based on their knowledge (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (2) the information contained in the Report fairly represents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods covered in the Report.

 

/s/    ERIC G. WINTEMUTE        

Eric G. Wintemute,

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

/s/    DAVID T. JOHNSON        

David T. Johnson

Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

March 9, 2012

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to American Vanguard Corporation and will be retained by American Vanguard Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

The foregoing certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Form 10-K and shall not be considered filed as part of the Form 10-K.