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                 AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                   EXHIBIT 21
                             LISTING OF SUBSIDIARIES

Subsidiaries of the Company and the jurisdiction in which each company was
incorporated are listed below. Unless otherwise indicated parenthetically, 100%
of the voting securities of each subsidiary are owned by the Company. All
companies indicated with an asterisk (*) are subsidiaries of CHEMICAL. All of
the following subsidiaries are included in the Company's consolidated financial
statements:

                      AMVAC Chemical Corporation                 California

                      GemChem, Inc.                              California

                      2110 Davie Corporation                     California
                      (formerly ABSCO Distributing)

                      Environmental Mediation, Inc. (51%)        California

                      Calhart Corporation                        California

                      Manufacturers Mirror & Glass
                       Co., Inc.                                 California

                      Todagco (80%)*                             California

                      American Vanguard Corporation
                       of Imperial Valley (90%)*                 California

                      AMVAC Ag-Chem*                             California

                      AMVAC Chemical Corporation-Nevada*         Nevada