Raw Honey From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-552-833]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Raw Honey From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> 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. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable November 18, 2025. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> 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. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On June 10, 2022, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> the antidumping duty (AD) order on raw honey from Vietnam. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On June 3, 2024, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order.</E> <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On July 29, 2024, Commerce initiated an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order</E> on raw honey from Vietnam. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> On September 20, 2024, Commerce corrected the <E T="03">Initiation Notice,</E> <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> to include eight companies that were inadvertently omitted from the <E T="03">Initiation Notice.</E> <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 90 days. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> On April 30, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for these preliminary results to September 29, 2025. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Raw Honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders,</E> 87 FR 35501 (June 10, 2022) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,</E> 89 FR 47518 (June 3, 2024). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 89 FR 60871 (July 29, 2024) ( <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 89 FR 77079 (September 20, 2024). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">Id.</E> at Footnote 11. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated April 30, 2025. </FTNT> For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> 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 <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 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). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Order</HD> The product covered by this <E T="03">Order</E> is raw honey from Vietnam. A full description of the scope of the <E T="03">Order</E> is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">Id.</E> </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Separate Rates</HD> 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, <E T="03">de minimis,</E> 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  <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> 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. <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Appendix II for a list of these companies. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Vietnam-Wide Entity</HD> 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. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the Vietnam-wide entity applies to this administrative review. <SU>12</SU> <FTREF/> 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. <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Appendix III for a list of these companies. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>12</SU>   <E T="03">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,</E> 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> 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, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>13</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Appendix II for a list of these companies. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review</HD> Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s100,15"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Exporter</CHED> <CHED H="1"> Weighted-average dumping margin (percent) </CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Ban Me Thuot Honeybee Joint Stock Company</ENT> <ENT>21.55</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Daklak Honeybee Joint Stock Company</ENT> <ENT>6.72</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01"> Companies Receiving a Separate Rate  <ENT>14.14</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure</HD> 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). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Public Comment</HD> 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. <SU>14</SU> <FTREF/> 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. <SU>15</SU> <FTREF/> 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. <SU>16</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>14</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.309. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>15</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.309(d); <E T="03">see also Administrative Pr ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 23k characters. Full document text is stored and available for version comparison. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━