Notice2026-18718
Raw Honey From Brazil: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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September 14, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Melbras Importadora E Exportadora Agroind[uacute]stria Ltda. (Melbras) and Minamel Agroind[uacute]stria Ltda. (Minamel) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 11 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58089-58092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18718]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-857]
Raw Honey From Brazil: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Melbras Importadora E Exportadora Agroind[uacute]stria
Ltda. (Melbras) and Minamel Agroind[uacute]stria Ltda. (Minamel) made
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR), June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025. In
addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 11 companies.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results
of review.
DATES: Applicable September 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miranda Bourdeau, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
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NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2021.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 25, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on raw honey (honey) from
Brazil.\1\ On August 26, 2025, Commerce selected Melbras and Minamel as
the mandatory respondents in this review.\2\ Also on August 26, 2025,
the petitioner \3\ timely withdrew its request for review of Apis
Nativa Agroindustrial Exportadora Ltda. (Apis Nativa).\4\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 35268 (July 25, 2025); see also Raw
Honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, and the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders, 87 FR 35501 (June 10, 2022)
(Order); and 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).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated August 26,
2025.
\3\ The petitioner is American Honey Producers Association.
\4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for Review
of Apis Nativa Agroindustrial Exportadora Ltda.,'' dated August 26,
2025.
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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.\5\ 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.\6\ On May 2, 2026, August 31, 2026, and September
2, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of this review to no later
than September 4, 2026.\7\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\7\ See Memoranda, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 2,
2025; ``Raw Honey from Brazil: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August
31, 2026; and ``Raw Honey from Brazil: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated September 2, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS, which 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Raw Honey from Brazil; 2024-2025,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is honey from Brazil. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested a
review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication
of the notice of initiation. As noted above, Commerce received a
timely-filed withdrawal of request for review with respect to Apis
Nativa. Therefore, we are rescinding this administrative review with
respect to Apis Nativa, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it concludes that
there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the
POR.\9\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the
suspended entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate for the
review period.\10\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be
conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce
can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at
the AD assessment rate calculated for the POR.\11\ Commerce notified
all interested parties of its intent to rescind this review regarding
the companies listed in Appendix III because there were no reviewable,
suspended entries of subject merchandise from these companies during
the POR and invited interested parties to comment.\12\ No party
commented on this memorandum. In the absence of any suspended entries
of subject merchandise from these companies during the POR, we are
rescinding this administrative review for the companies listed in
Appendix III, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\9\ See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to Length
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. United States,
380 F.Supp.3d 1328, 1337 (CIT 2019), at 12 (referring to section
751(a) of the Act, the U.S. Court of International Trade held that
``{w{time} hile the statute does not explicitly require that an
entry be suspended as a prerequisite for establishing entitlement to
a review, it does explicitly state the determined rate will be used
as the liquidation rate for the reviewed entries. This result can
only obtain if the liquidation of entries has been suspended''; see
also Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 86 FR 36102, and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; and Solid
Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation:
Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77
FR 65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that ``for an administrative
review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry
to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment rate'').
\12\ See Memorandum, ``CBP Data Release and Intent to Rescind,''
dated July 25, 2025.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price
and constructed export price are calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the
Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Individually Examined Companies
The Act does not address the establishment of a rate to apply 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. However, Commerce's regulation at 19 CFR
351.109(g) states that Commerce will determine the rate for non-
selected companies by following the process set forth in 19 CFR
351.109(f)(1)-(2), which generally parallels the process for
determining the all-others rate in an investigation under section
735(c)(5) of the Act.
Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.109(f), 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
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rates that are zero, de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), or
determined entirely on the basis of facts available. Where the
weighted-average dumping margin for each of the individually examined
companies is zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available,
section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.109(f)(2)(iii) provide
that Commerce may use ``any reasonable method'' to establish the
estimated all-others rate for exporters and producers not individually
investigated, including averaging the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually
investigated.
In this administrative review, we preliminarily calculated
weighted-average dumping margins for the mandatory respondents, Melbras
and Minamel, that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts
available. Accordingly, we are preliminarily assigning to the companies
under review that were not selected for individual examination a
weighted-average dumping margin equal to the simple average of the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for Melbras and
Minamel, consistent with 19 CFR 351.109(g).\13\
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\13\ With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally
calculates: (A) a weighted-average of the dumping margins calculated
for the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the dumping
margins calculated for the examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-
average of the dumping margins calculated for the examined
respondents using each company's publicly-ranged U.S. sale values
for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce then compares (B)
and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as the most
appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters. See 19 CFR
351.109(f)(2)(ii); see also Memorandum, ``Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin for the Companies Not Selected for
Individual Examination,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period June 1,
2024, through May 31, 2025:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Melbras Importadora E Exportadora Agroindustrial Ltda....... 1.67
Minamel Agroind[uacute]stria Ltda........................... 2.64
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review \14\........... 2.16
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\14\ The exporters or producers not selected for individual
review are listed in Appendix II.
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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 no later than 30 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\15\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\16\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\17\ All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS.
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\16\ 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 Procedures).
\17\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\18\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public 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 public 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).\19\
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\18\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\19\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants,
and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is
made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the
hearing.\20\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this review.
If Melbras' and Minamel's weighted-average dumping margins are not
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results
of this review, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total
entered value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for
all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to
the total quantity of those sales.\21\ To determine whether an
importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
If Melbras' and Minamel's weighted-average dumping margins are zero or
de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is
zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\22\
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\22\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during
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the POR produced by Melbras and Minimal for which they did not know
that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to
instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate
calculated in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation if there is
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\23\
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\23\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
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For the companies listed in Appendix II which were not selected for
individual review, we will assign an assessment rate based on the
review-specific rate, calculated as noted in the ``Rate for Non-
Individually Examined Companies'' section, above. 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 duties, where applicable.\24\
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding
Melbras and Minamel and the companies listed in Appendix II no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register.
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\24\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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For the companies listed in Appendix III for which the review is
being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed
at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce
intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days
after the date of publication of this notice 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 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) the cash deposit rate for the companies
listed above will be that established in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or
reviewed companies not covered by this review, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the
company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or the LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent
segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to
be 9.38 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\25\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\25\ See Amended Order, 90 FR at 9226.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. 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 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 4, 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Review-Specific Rate Applicable to Companies Not Selected for
Individual Review
1. Annamell Imp. E Exp. De Produtos Apicoloas Ltda.
2. Apidouro Comercial Exportadora E Importadora Ltda.
3. Breyer & Cia. Ltda.
4. Central De Cooperativas Apicolas Do (CASA APIS)
5. Conex[atilde]o Agro Ltda ME
6. Cooperativa Mista Dos Apicultores D
7. Floranectar Ind. Comp. Imp. E Exp. De Mel
8. Lambertucci Industria Comercio Exportaca
9. Matrunita Da Amazonia Apicultura Ltda
10. S&A HONEY LTDA.\26\
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\26\ Commerce also received requests for review of ``S&A Honey
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11. Samel Industria Alimenticia Ltda.
Appendix III
Companies Rescinded From Administrative Review
1. Api[aacute]rio Diamante Comercial Exportadora Ltda/Api[aacute]rio
Diamante Produ[ccedil][atilde]o e Comercial de Mel Ltda.
2. Api[aacute]rios Adams Agroindustrial Comercial Exportadora Ltda.
3. Apis Nativa Agroindustrial Exportadora Ltda
4. Carnauba Do Brasil Ltda.
5. Lamberhoney Industria Comercio Exportacao Ltda
6. Nectar Floral
7. Novomel
8. Safe Logistics
9. Samel Honey
10. STM Trading
11. Wenzel's Apicultura Comercio Industria Import
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