Petitioners for Raw Honey AD Duties Seek Scope Change to Define Unfiltered
Filers of a recent petition for antidumping duties on raw honey Argentina, Brazil, India, Ukraine and Vietnam told the Commerce Department April 23 that the scope of the proposed investigations should be amended to set specific criteria for the filtering…
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out of pollen. The scope clarification, filed by the American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey Association, says “raw honey” is typically unfiltered, as opposed to processed honey that has been filtered to remove pollen, wax and other impurities. While the scope in the petition said that “raw honey has not been filtered to a level that results in the removal of most or all of the pollen,” the petitioners now propose to add the phrase, “e.g., a level that removes pollen to below 25 microns,” to the end of that statement. They say 25 microns is the average size of pollen filtered out by honey packers. “Honey that tests for particulates, including pollen 25 micron or more, remains raw honey for purposes of this investigation,” they said.