Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Eilers Peter
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2017		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP [AVD]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
4695 MACARTHUR COURT, SUITE 1200		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
See Remarks
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 9,730 (1) (2)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Eilers Peter
4695 MACARTHUR COURT, SUITE 1200
NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660		       See Remarks  

Signatures

/s/ Peter Eilers 01/05/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) These shares include both (x) four tranches of time-based restricted stock as follows: 1,066 shares that vested on 9/17/2015; 1,065 shares that shall vest on 8/1/2017; 1,065 shares that shall vest on 8/1/2018; and 1,069 shares that shall vest on 1/6/2019; and (y) two tranches of performance shares as follows: 3,196 shares that shall vest on 8/1/2018 and 1,669 shares that shall vest on 1/6/2019. With respect to time-based shares, vesting occurs on the condition that reporting person remain continuously employed through the vesting date. With respect to the performance shares, vesting occurs on two conditions: first, that reporting person remains continuously employed through the vesting date, and second, that the issuer achieve certain financial performance metrics. The payout of shares may range from zero to 200 percent of the number of shares awarded depending upon whether and to what extent issuer underachieves, meets or exceeds targeted performance, which is assessed as follows:
(2) (Continues from Footnote 1) based upon a three year performance period commencing with the date of award, the issuer compares its earnings before income tax (EBIT) with the median EBIT of an agchem peer group and applies a 50% factor; the issuer then compares its net sales for the performance period with the median net sales of the same group and applies a 30% factor; and finally, the issuer compares its total shareholder return (TSR) over the same period with that of two groups - the Russell 2000 (10% factor) and the median TSR of peers identified in our proxy (10% factor).
 
Remarks:
Vice President/BD & Mktg - AMVAC

The reporting person has executed a Power of Attorney dated January 5, 2017 permitting execution of Forms 3, 4 and 5 by two attorneys-in-fact; a copy of that Power of Attorney is filed herewith.

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