Raw Honey: Details of AD Orders on Argentina, Brazil, India and Vietnam
The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on raw honey from Argentina (A-357-823), Brazil (A-351-857), India (A-533-903) and Vietnam (A-552-833). The orders detail a “gap period” of May 22 - June 2, 2022, of no AD duty liability.
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This order sets permanent AD on raw honey from Argentina, Brazil, India and Vietnam. Duties will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may take place only under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD on importers and make changes to AD cash deposit rates.
In its final injury determination, the International Trade Commission made a negative "critical circumstances" determination on imports of raw honey from Argentina. As a result, Commerce will instruct CBP to lift suspension of liquidation and to refund any cash deposits collected on entries from some companies prior to Nov. 23, 2021. The ITC made an affirmative critical circumstances determination for Vietnam, so AD liability remains in effect for entries from Vietnam on or after Aug. 25, 2021.
Gap Period of No AD Suspension of Liq or AD Duties for May 22 - June 2
For these investigations, the six-month provisional measures period for which the AD suspension of liquidation may remain in effect before the order is issued began on Nov. 23, 2021, the date of the preliminary determination, and ended on May 21, 2022.
As the ITC's final affirmative injury determination was published June 3, Commerce is instructing CBP to terminate AD suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to AD duties, unliquidated entries of subject merchandise entered on or after May 22 and through June 2 (the gap period).
(For subject merchandise from Argentina, Brazil and India entered Nov. 23, 2021, through June 2, 2022, and from Vietnam entered Aug. 25, 2021, through June 2, 2022, AD suspension of liquidation and AD liability remains in effect.)
AD Suspension of Liq, Cash Deposit Instructions
Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise entered on or after June 3, the date that the final ITC affirmative injury determination was published. AD cash deposit requirements also resume as of that date. Commerce will instruct CBP to require, at the same time that importers deposit estimated duties, a cash deposit equal to the AD rates listed below:
Argentina
| Company | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Asociación De Cooperativas Argentinas Cooperativa Limitada | 24.67% |
| NEXCO S.A. | 9.17% |
| Industrias Haedo S.A. | 49.44% |
| Compañía Inversora Platense S.A. | 49.44% |
| All Others | 16.92% |
Brazil
| Company | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Melbras Importadora E Exportadora Agroindustrial Ltda. | 7.89% |
| Apiário Diamante Comercial Exportadora Ltda / Apiário Diamante Produção e Comercial de Mel Ltda | 83.72 |
| All Others | 7.89% |
India
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Allied Natural Product | 6.24% |
| Ambrosia Natural Products (India) Private Limited / Ambrosia Enterprise / Sunlite India Agro Producer Co. Ltd. | 5.52% |
| All Others | 5.87% |
Vietnam
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Ban Me Thuot Honeybee Joint Stock Company | 61.27% |
| Daklak Honeybee Joint Stock Company | 58.74% |
| Dak Nguyen Hong Exploitation of Honey Company Limited TA | 60.03% |
| Nhieu Loc Company Limited | 60.03% |
| Hoang Tri Honey Bee Company Limited | 60.03% |
| Viet Thanh Food Technology Development Investment Company Limited | 60.03% |
| Dongnai HoneyBee Corporation | 60.03% |
| Saigon Bees Co., Ltd | 60.03% |
| Huong Rung Co., Ltd | 60.03% |
| Hai Phong Honeybee Company Limited | 60.03% |
| Bao Nguyen Honeybee Co., Ltd | 60.03% |
| Southern Honey Bee Company LTD. | 60.03% |
| Golden Bee Company Limited | 60.03% |
| Than Hao Bees Company Limited | 60.03% |
| Daisy Honey Bee Joint Stock Company | 60.03% |
| Bee Honey Corporation of Ho Chi Minh City | 60.03% |
| Phong Son Limited Company | 60.03% |
| Hoa Viet Honey Bee Co., Ltd | 60.03% |
| Vietnam-wide Entity | 60.03% |
(See the notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 2204130047 for a summary of Commerce's final determinations.)