US Ditches Lemon Juice Dumping Probes From Argentina—Squeeze Over?
Published Date: 2/12/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce is canceling the reviews of the lemon juice trade deal with Argentina for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 because they updated the agreement in January 2025. This means no new checks or changes to duties will happen for those years, keeping things steady for lemon juice importers and exporters. The update makes the old review process unnecessary, so everyone can focus on the new terms.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Rescinded reviews keep trade stable
The Department of Commerce rescinded the administrative reviews of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on lemon juice from Argentina for the periods October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. Because Commerce finalized an amendment to the 2016 Agreement on January 17, 2025, those earlier reviews are now moot and will not proceed, which keeps the trade terms steady for lemon juice importers and exporters for those periods.
Requested reviews will not proceed
Parties that requested administrative reviews for the 2016 Agreement (for example, requests filed on October 30, 2023 and October 14, 2024) will not have those reviews conducted for the periods October 1, 2022–September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2023–September 30, 2024 because Commerce rescinded the reviews after amending the agreement on January 17, 2025. The rescission cancels the previously initiated review processes and any preliminary results tied to the earlier version of the 2016 Agreement.
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