US Slaps Duties on Cheap Vietnamese Honey: Sweet Trade Battle Heats Up
Published Date: 11/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that several Vietnamese honey companies sold raw honey in the U.S. for less than fair value between June 2023 and May 2024. This means these companies might have to pay extra duties to level the playing field for American honey sellers. The preliminary results came out on November 18, 2025, and could affect import costs and prices soon.
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 5 costs, 1 mixed.
Vietnam-wide entity rate remains 60.03%
Commerce preliminarily determined that companies that did not establish a separate rate are part of the Vietnam-wide entity and will remain subject to a 60.03% dumping rate. That 60.03% rate will continue to apply unless the Vietnam-wide entity is specifically reviewed.
Preliminary dumping margins for Vietnamese honey
Commerce preliminarily found that Ban Me Thuot Honeybee (BMT) has a dumping margin of 21.55%, Daklak Honeybee (DakHoney) 6.72%, and companies receiving a separate rate have a combined margin of 14.14% for sales to the U.S. during June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024. These preliminary margins, published November 18, 2025, indicate those exporters may face additional duties on their U.S. shipments.
Cash deposit rules tied to final review rates
When the final results of this review are published, cash deposit rates for shipments entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after that publication date will be set based on the final rates. Companies found to have a separate rate will have that rate as their cash deposit; exporters without a separate rate will have the Vietnam-wide cash deposit rate (60.03%).
Unreported U.S. sales liquidated at Vietnam-wide rate
If an individually examined respondent did not report certain U.S. sales in its U.S. sales database, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate those entries at the Vietnam-wide dumping margin. The Vietnam-wide margin for this review is 60.03%.
Importers must file reimbursement certificate or risk double duties
Importers must file a certificate about reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries for this period of review. If importers fail to file the certificate, Commerce may presume reimbursement occurred and assess double antidumping duties.
How Commerce will assess and collect duties
Commerce will assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries after the final results and intends to calculate importer- or customer-specific assessment rates where a respondent's final weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis. The rule defines de minimis as less than 0.5%—if a margin or importer-specific ad valorem rate is zero or de minimis, CBP will liquidate without regard to antidumping duties.
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