Lemon Juice: Details of AD Orders on Brazil, South Africa
The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on lemon juice from Brazil (A-351-858) and South Africa (A-791-827). The orders detail a “gap period” of Jan. 31 - Feb. 9, 2023, of no AD duty liability.
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This order sets permanent antidumping duties on lemon juice from Brazil and South Africa. 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 duties on importers and make changes to AD cash deposit rates.
Gap Period of No AD Suspension of Liq or AD Duties for Jan. 31 - Feb. 9
For these investigations, the six-month provisional measures period for which the AD suspension of liquidation may remain in effect before the order is in place began on Aug. 4, 2022, the date of the preliminary determination, and ended on Jan. 30, 2023.
As the ITC's final affirmative injury determination was published Feb. 10, 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 Jan. 31 and through Feb. 9 (the gap period).
(For subject merchandise from Brazil and South Africa entered Aug. 4, 2022, through Jan. 30, 2023, AD suspension of liquidation and AD duty 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 Feb. 10, 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:
Brazil
| Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Citrus Juice Eireli | 22.31% |
| All Others* | 22.31% |
*This rate does not apply to merchandise both produced and exported by Louis Dreyfus Co. Sucos S.A., which received a zero AD rate in the investigation and is exempt from the AD order on lemon juice from Brazil. Merchandise only produced or exported by Louis Dreyfus, but exported or produced by another company, respectively, remains subject to AD duties.
South Africa
| Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Cape Fruit Processors Pty. Ltd | 47.89% |
| Granor Passi Pty. Ltd | 73.69% |
| All Others | 47.89% |
(See the notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 2212220035 for a summary of Commerce's final determinations.)