Commerce keeps tariff pressure on Vietnamese raw honey

The Commerce Department said Ban Me Thout Honeybee and DakLak Honeybee sold Vietnamese raw honey below fair-market value in the 2023-2024 review period, keeping higher import duties and cash deposits in place for U.S. importers, packers and food makers. The finding takes effect June 12, 2026.

For importers, packers and food companies that use raw honey as an ingredient, that matters because it can keep antidumping duties and related cash-deposit costs in place on future shipments.

The price signal for buyers

The review covered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024, and it sits under an existing antidumping duty order on raw honey from Vietnam. Commerce said the finding covers the two companies it examined, which helps determine how much duty pressure their shipments face.

That does not add a new charge at the checkout line by itself. But it can make imported honey harder to source cheaply, especially for buyers that depend on a steady supply of raw product for blending, bottling or other food uses.