New Petition Seeks AD Duties on Raw Honey From 5 Countries

Domestic producer coalitions filed new petitions April 20 seeking antidumping duties on raw honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, Ukraine and Vietnam. Represented by Kelley Drye, the American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey Association allege dumping at rates ranging from 16.83% to 22.60% for Argentina, 34.22% to 99.16% for India, 10.56% to 94.84% for Ukraine, and at 114.5% for Brazil and 207.08% for Vietnam. The scope is more narrow than that of the existing AD duty order on honey from China, with the latter covering both natural and artificial honey, as well as comb honey and certain packaged honey exempt from the scope of the new petitions. The petition for Argentina comes just eight years after antidumping and countervailing duty orders on honey from that country were revoked by a changed circumstances review in 2012.