China Honey: ITA Preliminarily Finds Honey / Rice Syrup Blend In-Scope
Blends of honey and rice syrup fall within the scope of the antidumping duty order on honey from China (A-570-863), the International Trade Administration found in its preliminary affirmative determination of circumvention.
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The ITA preliminarily determined that the honey / rice syrup blends are later-developed merchandise that has the same general characteristics as subject merchandise, is subject to the same expectations by the ultimate purchasers, has the same uses, is sold through the same channels of trade, and is advertised and displayed in a manner similar to the subject merchandise.
As such, the ITA will direct CBP to suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated duties, at the rate applicable to the exporter, on all unliquidated entries of all honey and rice syrup blends, regardless of the percentage of honey they contain, that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 7, 2011, the date of initiation of the circumvention inquiry.
(See ITT’s Online Archives 11121323 for summary of the initiation of this circumvention inquiry, which was initiated on the basis of a request from the American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey Association. Anhui Hundred Health Foods Co., Ltd. was the main respondent.)