Notice2025-20162
Raw Honey From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
November 18, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Ban Me Thout Honeybee Joint Stock Company (BMT), Daklak Honeybee Joint Stock Company (DakHoney), and 12 non-individually examined and separate-rate eligible exporters of raw honey from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) sold subject merchandise to the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51653-51656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20162]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-552-833]
Raw Honey From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Ban Me Thout Honeybee Joint Stock Company (BMT), Daklak
Honeybee Joint Stock Company (DakHoney), and 12 non-individually
examined and separate-rate eligible exporters of raw honey from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) sold subject merchandise to the
United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of
review (POR) June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable November 18, 2025.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4037.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 10, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on raw honey from Vietnam.\1\ On June 3,
2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On
July 29, 2024, Commerce initiated an administrative review of the Order
on raw honey from Vietnam.\3\ On September 20, 2024, Commerce corrected
the Initiation Notice,\4\ to include eight companies that were
inadvertently omitted from the Initiation Notice.\5\ On December 9,
2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative
proceeding by 90 days.\6\ On April 30, 2025, Commerce extended the
deadline for these preliminary results to September 29, 2025.\7\
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\1\ See Raw Honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders, 87 FR 35501
(June 10, 2022) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 47518 (June 3,
2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 60871 (July 29, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 77079 (September 20, 2024).
\5\ Id. at Footnote 11.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 30,
2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Raw Honey from
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently
with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this Order is raw honey from Vietnam. A full
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\9\
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\9\ Id.
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Separate Rates
The Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and Commerce's
regulations do not address the establishment of a separate rate to be
applied to companies not selected for individual examination when
Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section
735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when calculating the
rate for separate-rate respondents which Commerce did not examine
individually in an administrative review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the
Act states that the all-others rate should be calculated by averaging
the weighted-average dumping margins calculated for individually-
examined respondents, excluding dumping margins that are zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts available.
Commerce preliminarily determines that information placed on the
record by the two mandatory respondents, BMT and DakHoney, and 12
additional companies seeking a separate rate \10\ demonstrate that
these companies are preliminarily entitled to separate rate status. For
the preliminary results of this review, we are assigning the separate
rate respondents a dumping margin equal to the simple average of BMT's
and DakHoney's margins.
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\10\ See Appendix II for a list of these companies.
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Vietnam-Wide Entity
Commerce finds that 18 companies under review have not established
eligibility for a separate rate and are considered to be part of the
Vietnam-wide entity for these preliminary results.\11\ Commerce's
policy regarding conditional review of the Vietnam-wide entity applies
to this administrative review.\12\ Under this policy, the Vietnam-wide
entity will not be under review unless a party specifically requests,
or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the entity. Because no party
requested a review of the Vietnam-wide entity, the entity is not under
review and the entity's rate of 60.03 percent is not subject to change.
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\11\ See Appendix III for a list of these companies.
\12\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We calculated export price and constructed
export price in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because Vietnam
is a non-market economy country within the meaning of section 771(18)
of the Act, we calculated NV in accordance with section 773(c) of the
Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\13\ See Appendix II for a list of these companies.
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Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period June 1, 2023,
through May 31, 2024:
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Weighted-average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Ban Me Thuot Honeybee Joint Stock Company............ 21.55
Daklak Honeybee Joint Stock Company.................. 6.72
Companies Receiving a Separate Rate \13\............. 14.14
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to not later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\14\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\15\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue addressed; and (2) a table
of authorities.\16\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\17\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request
that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain
of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).\18\
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\17\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\18\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise covered by this review. Commerce intends
to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after
the date of publication of the final results of this review in the
Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
For each individually examined respondent in this review whose
weighted-average dumping margin in the final results of review is not
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), Commerce intends to
calculate importer/customer-specific assessment rates.\19\ Where the
respondent reported reliable entered values, Commerce intends to
calculate importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rates by
aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all U.S. sales to the
importer/customer and dividing this amount by the total entered value
of the merchandise sold to the importer/customer.\20\ Where the
respondent did not report entered values, Commerce will calculate
importer/customer-specific assessment rates by dividing the amount of
dumping for reviewed sales to the importer/customer by the total
quantity of those sales. Commerce will calculate an estimated ad
valorem importer/customer-specific assessment rate to determine whether
the per-unit assessment rate is de minimis; however, Commerce will use
the per-unit assessment rate where entered values were not
reported.\21\ Where an importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is not zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to collect
the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. Where either the
respondent's weighted average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or
an importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\22\
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\19\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012)
(Final Modification).
\20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\21\ Id.
\22\ See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
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Pursuant to Commerce's refinement to its practice, for sales that
were not reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by a respondent
individually examined during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to
liquidate the entry of such merchandise at the dumping margin assigned
to the Vietnam-wide entity.\23\ For respondents not individually
examined in this administrative review that qualified for a separate
rate, the assessment rate will be equal to the simple average of BMT's
and DakHoney's margins.
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\23\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
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Additionally, where Commerce determines that an exporter under
review had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States
during the POR, any suspended entries of subject merchandise that
entered under that exporter's CBP case number during the POR will be
liquidated at the dumping margin assigned to the Vietnam-wide entity.
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated antidumping
duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice. The following cash deposit requirements
will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the companies
listed above that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be
that rate established in the final results of this review
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(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then a cash deposit rate of
zero will be established for that company); (2) for previously-examined
Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese exporters not listed above that at the
time of entry are eligible for a separate rate base on a prior
completed segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the existing exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3)
for all non-Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise which at the
time of entry do not have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate applicable to the Vietnamese exporter that supplied the
non-Vietnamese exporter; and (4) for all Vietnamese exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate at the time of entry, the cash deposit rate will be that
for the Vietnam-wide entity (i.e., 60.03 percent ad valorem). These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, which will include the results
of its analysis of issues raised in case and rebuttal briefs, within
120 days of publication of these preliminary results of review in the
Federal Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 29, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
List of Companies Receiving A Separate Rate
1. Ban Me Thuot Honeybee Joint Stock Company
2. Daklak Honeybee Joint Stock Company
3. Bao Nguyen Honeybee Co., Ltd.
4. Daisy Honey Bee Joint Stock Company
5. Dak Nguyen Hong Exploitation of Honey Company Limited TA
6. Dongnai HoneyBee Corporation
7. H.T. Honey Co., Ltd.
8. Hoang Tri Honey Bee Company Limited
9. Huong Rung Trading--Investment and Export Company (Huong Rung
Co., Ltd.)
10. Nguyen Hong Honey, Co Ltd.
11. Southern Honey Bee Co., Ltd.
12. Spring Honeybee Co., Ltd.
13. Thanh Hao Bees Company Limited
14. Viet Thanh Food Technology Development Investment Company
Limited (Viet Thanh Food Co., Ltd.)
Appendix III
List of Companies Included in the Vietnam-Wide Entity
1. Bee Honey Corporation of Ho Chi Minh City
2. Golden Bee Company Limited
3. Golden Honey Co., Ltd.
4. Hai Phong Honeybee Company Limited
5. Hanoi Honey Bee Joint Stock Company
6. Hanoi Honeybee Joint Stock Company
7. Hanoibee JSC
8. Highlands Honeybee Travel Co., Ltd.
9. Hoa Viet Honeybee One Member Company Limited (also known as Hoa
Viet Honeybee Co., Ltd.)
10. Hung Binh Phat/Hung Binh Phat Co., Ltd.
11. Hung Thinh Trading Pvt.
12. Huong Viet Honey Co., Ltd.
13. Nhieu Loc Company Limited
14. Phong Son Limited Company/Phong Son Co., Ltd.
15. Saigon Bees Company Limited/Saigon Bees Co., Limited
16. Thai Hoa Viet Mat Bees Raising Co./Thai Hoa Mat Bees Rasing Co.,
Ltd./Thai Hoa Mat Bees Raising Co., Ltd.
17. TNB Foods Co., Ltd.
18. Vinawax Producing Trading and Service Company Limited
[FR Doc. 2025-20162 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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