The United States announces results of anti-dumping duty review on Vietnam’s honey

On June 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) issued its final determination in the administrative review of anti-dumping duties on imports of raw honey from Vietnam. This review was conducted within the framework of the United States’ anti-dumping duty order on Vietnam’s honey.

It aimed to reassess the dumping margins applied to Vietnamese honey exporters during the period under review. The final determination issued by the DOC will serve as the basis for calculating the anti-dumping duty rates applicable to Vietnamese honey exports to the U.S. market in the coming period.

Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) determined dumping margins of 8.83% and 26.77% for the two mandatory respondents from Vietnam during the review period.

Vietnam’s honey

For the 12 other Vietnamese companies that qualified for separate-rate status in this administrative review, the DOC established an anti-dumping duty rate of 17.80%. This rate calculation based on the simple average of the dumping margins assigned to the two mandatory respondents.

Companies that were not granted separate-rate status will continue to be treated as part of the Vietnam-wide entity. They will remain subject to the existing anti-dumping duty rate of 60.03% under the current anti-dumping duty order.

Compared with the preliminary determination announced by the DOC on November 18, 2025, the final duty rates have increased. In the preliminary results, the two mandatory respondents assigned dumping margins of 6.72% and 21.55%, respectively. Meanwhile, companies eligible for separate-rate status were subject to a duty rate of 14.14%.

According to the DOC, the higher final duty rates resulted from changes in the methodology used to calculate dumping margins. Nevertheless, the current rates remain significantly lower than those imposed in the original anti-dumping investigation.

At that time, Vietnamese exporters faced duties ranging from 58.74% to 61.27%. They are also substantially below the rates in the previous administrative review. Those rates ranged from 60.03% to 156.96%.

Vietnamese honey bees

According to the DOC’s notice, the final results of the administrative review will serve as the basis for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to determine the anti-dumping duties payable on imports of Vietnam’s honey. These duties apply to imports made during the period from June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024.

In addition, the duty rates in the final determination will be the benchmark to calculate the cash deposit requirements for future imports of raw honey from Vietnam into the United States. This will take effect from the date the review results published in the U.S. Federal Register.

The two mandatory respondents in this review are among Vietnam’s largest honey exporters. One of them is Ban Me Thuot Honey Joint Stock Company (BMT). It has the headquarter in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province. The company has charter capital of VND 40 billion and employs approximately 100 workers.

The other respondent is Dak Lak Honey Joint Stock Company (DakHoney). It was established on January 15, 2000, and is also headquartered in Buon Ma Thuot City. The company currently has charter capital of nearly VND 50 billion.