Commerce Clears Indian Raw Honey of Dumping Charges Preliminary
Published Date: 11/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce checked if raw honey from India was sold too cheaply between June 2023 and May 2024. They found no unfair low prices and stopped reviewing 15 companies that didn’t sell any honey during that time. This means importers and honey sellers can expect stable rules and no new extra fees for now.
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Preliminary Zero Dumping Margins
The Department of Commerce preliminarily found that raw honey from India was not sold at less than normal value for the period June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024 and preliminarily assigned weighted-average dumping margins of 0.00% to Indocan Honey Private Limited and Shakti Apifoods Pvt., Ltd.
Non‑Selected Companies Assigned 0.00%
Commerce preliminarily assigned a 0.00% weighted-average dumping margin to companies not selected for individual examination (those listed in Appendix III) based on the zero margins calculated for the two mandatory respondents for the POR June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024.
Cash Deposit Rates After Final Results
When the final results publish, cash deposit rates for shipments entered on or after the publication date will equal the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final results (rates below 0.50% will be treated as zero); exporters/producers not covered will use their most recently published rates, and all other producers/exporters will have the all-others rate of 5.87%.
Automatic Assessment at All‑Others Rate
For entries of subject merchandise produced by Indocan or Shakti where the producer did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate of 5.87% if there is no rate for intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
Importer Certificate Requirement and Double‑Duty Risk
Importers are reminded to file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping duties before liquidation for entries during the POR; failure to file may lead Commerce to presume reimbursement occurred and result in assessment of double antidumping duties.
Rescission for 15 Companies
Commerce is rescinding the administrative review, in part, for 15 named Indian companies (listed in Appendix II) because they had no reviewable, suspended entries during June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024; Commerce invited comments on the intent to rescind and received none.
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