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Domestic Honey Producers Withdraw Antidumping Petition Against Raw Honey from Ukraine in Support of Ukrainian War Effort
(March 25, 2022) – Today, the American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) and the Sioux Honey Association (SHA), the petitioners in an antidumping duty case on raw honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, Vietnam and Ukraine, announced that they had withdrawn the antidumping petition against Ukraine due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. As AHPA President Chris Hiatt explained, “American honey producers stand in solidarity with the beekeepers and citizens of Ukraine as they fight for their freedom against the Russian invaders. Support for Ukraine and its people in this time of crisis should take precedence over the antidumping investigation against raw honey imports from Ukraine.”
Petitioners withdrew the antidumping case against Ukraine as a small contribution of support toward the efforts of the Ukrainian people to defend their homeland, democracy and way of life from an illegal and destructive war perpetrated by Russia. Alex Blumenthal, President and CEO of Sioux Honey added, “We don’t want this case to detract in any way from the focus, determination, and resources of the Ukrainian people and their Government in this monumental struggle.”
Background
On April 21, 2021, the AHPA and SHA filed petitions with the ITC and DOC for relief from dumped imports of raw honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, Ukraine, and Vietnam. On November 23, 2021, Commerce published preliminary dumping margins for Argentina of 7.84 to 49.44 percent; for Brazil of 7.89 to 29.61 percent, for India of 6.24 to 6.72 percent, for Ukraine of 18.68 to 32.45 percent and from Vietnam of 410.93 to 413.99 percent. Commerce is due to release final dumping margins on April 11, 2022, for the remaining raw honey exporters from Argentina, Brazil, India and Vietnam. Commerce also found critical circumstances existed for all Argentine raw honey exporters except Nexco S.A. and for all exporters of raw honey from Vietnam. The critical circumstances finding means that antidumping duty deposits will be
collected on raw honey entries going back to August 25, 2021, if the finding is upheld by the
U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC).
On June 4, 2021, the USITC unanimously determined that there is a reasonable indication that unfairly traded imports of raw honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, Ukraine, and Vietnam are injuring the U.S. industry producing raw honey. The USITC is scheduled to reach a final injury determination as to the remaining raw honey exporters from Argentina, Brazil, India and Vietnam by May 11, 2022.
The product covered by these investigations is raw honey. Raw honey is honey as it exists in the beehive or as obtained by extraction, settling and skimming, or coarse straining. Raw honey has not been filtered to a level that results in the removal of most or all of the pollen (25 microns). The subject products include all grades, floral sources and colors of raw honey and also includes organic raw honey. Excluded from the scope is comb honey or honey that is packaged for retail sale (e.g., in bottles or other retail containers of five (5) lbs. or less).
AHPA Contact: Chris Hiatt (chrishiatt@ahpanet.com)
SHA Contact: Alex Blumenthal (ABlumenthal@suebeehoney.com) |
