Notice2026-11121
Raw Honey From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2023-2024
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Published
June 3, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that raw honey from Brazil was sold in the United States at prices below normal value. The period of review (POR) is June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33147-33149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11121]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-857]
Raw Honey From Brazil: Final 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) determines that raw
honey from Brazil was sold in the United States at prices below normal
value. The period of review (POR) is June 1, 2023, through May 31,
2024.
DATES: Applicable June 3, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Braeden Lowe, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9124.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This administrative review covers 14 producers/exporters of raw
honey from Brazil, including mandatory respondents, Melbras Importadora
E Exportadora Agroindustrial Ltda. (Melbras) and Minamel
Agroind[uacute]stria Ltda. (Minamel). On September 30, 2025, Commerce
published the preliminary results of this review and invited parties to
comment.\1\
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\1\ See Raw Honey from Brazil: Preliminary Results and
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2023-2024, 90 FR 46797 (September 30, 2025) (Preliminary Results),
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\2\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\3\ On March 17, 2026, Commerce extended the time
limit for completing the final results of this administrative review by
53 days.\4\ Accordingly, the deadline for the final results is now May
29, 2026.
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 17, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised
by parties for these final results, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\5\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document
and is on file electronically via 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results in the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Raw
Honey from Brazil; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order <SUP>6</SUP>
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\6\ See Raw Honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders, 87 FR 35501
(June 10, 2022) (Order), as amended by Raw Honey from Brazil: Notice
of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final Determination of
Antidumping Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended Final
Determination; Notice of Amended Antidumping Duty Order, 90 FR 9225
(February 10, 2025) (Amended Order).
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The merchandise covered by this Order is raw honey from Brazil. For
a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed the issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs in
the Issues and
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Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is included in Appendix I to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
We made certain changes to the margin calculations for Melbras and
Minamel since the Preliminary Results. For a detailed discussion of
these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for 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 a market economy investigation, for guidance when
calculating the rate for companies which were not selected for
individual examination in an administrative review. Under section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally ``an amount
equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping
margins established for exporters and producers individually
investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any
margins determined entirely'' on the basis of facts available.
In this review, we calculated weighted-average dumping margins for
Melbras and Minamel that are not zero, de minimis, or determined
entirely on the basis of facts available. Therefore, Commerce assigned
a margin to the non-selected companies based on the simple average of
the weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the two mandatory
respondents, as listed below.\7\
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\7\ With more than one respondent under examination, Commerce
normally calculates: (A) a weighted-average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined
respondents; (B) a simple average of the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents; and (C) a
weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins
calculated for the examined respondents using each company's
publicly ranged U.S. sales values for the merchandise under
consideration. Commerce then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects
either the (B) or (C) rate based on the rate closest to (A) as the
most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters. See,
e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Review, and Revocation of an Order, in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663
(September 1, 2010).
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Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist during the period June 1, 2023, through May 31,
2024:
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\8\ See Appendix II.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Melbras Importadora E Exportadora Agroindustrial Ltda....... 4.48
Minamel Agroind[uacute]stria Ltda........................... 10.48
Non-Examined Companies \8\.................................. 7.48
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results to interested parties within five
days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of publication of the notice of final results in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. Because Melbras and Minamel's weighted
average dumping margins are not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
percent), we calculated importer-specific assessment rates based on the
ratio of the total dumping calculated for the examined sales to the
total entered value of the sales. Where an importer-specific assessment
rate is either zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Melbras
or Minamel for which these companies did not know that the merchandise
was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
those entries at the all-others rate established in the amended final
of the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of 9.38
percent,\9\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\10\
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\9\ See Amended Order, 90 FR at 9226.
\10\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the companies that were not selected for individual
examination, we will instruct CBP to liquidate entries at the rate
established in these final results of review.
We intend to issue instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days
after the publication date 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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
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 these
final results of review in the Federal Register, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies
listed in these final results will be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final results of this administrative
review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not
listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this
proceeding in which they were reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original LTFV
investigation but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be
the company-specific rate established for the most recently completed
segment of this proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4)
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 9.38 percent, the all-others rate established in the
original LTFV investigation.\11\ These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\11\ See Amended Order, 90 FR at 9226.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final 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 the 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.
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 29, 2026.
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes from the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Set Melbras' Reported Imposto
Sobre Circula[ccedil][atilde]o de Mercadorias Servi[ccedil]os Taxes
to Zero for Certain Home Market Sales
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Set Minamel's Home Market
Inland Freight Expenses to Zero as Partial Adverse Facts Available
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Deduct In-House Testing
Expenses from Minamel's Home Market Sales Price
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Treat Minamel's Direct and
Indirect Selling Expenses in the U.S. Market as Charges Incurred in
Brazilian Reis
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Not Individually Examined Receiving a Review-Specific Rate
1. Annamell Imp. E Exp. De Produtos Apicolas Ltda.
2. Apidouro Comercial Exportadora E Importadora Ltda.
3. Api[aacute]rios Adams Agroindustrial Comercial Exportadora Ltda.
4. Breyer & Via Ltda.
5. Central de Cooperativas Ap[iacute]colas do Semi[aacute]rido
Brasiliero--CASA APIS.
6. Conexao Agro Ltda. ME.
7. Cooperativa Mista Dos Apicultores D.
8. Flora Nectar Ind. Comp. Imp. E Exp. De Mel Ltda
9. Lambertucci
10. Matrunita
11. S&A Honey Ltda EPP.
12. Wenzel's Apicultura Comercio Industria Importacao Exportacao
Ltda. aka Wenzel's Apicultura.
[FR Doc. 2026-11121 Filed 6-2-26; 8:45 am]
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