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Article: Sweet Victory for U.S. Honey Producers.
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- November 8, 2001
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ --
The U.S. government handed a sweet victory to U.S. honey producers yesterday by ruling that honey imports from Argentina and China injured the domestic industry.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) issued the ruling, which was the final step in a year-long investigation into alleged unfair trading activities practiced by Chinese and Argentinian an honey exporters and the government of Argentina. The ruling authorizes the U.S. Customs Service to impose antidumping duties ranging between 33% and 61% on honey imports from Argentina and between 26% and 184% on Chinese imports. An additional countervailing duty of 6% ...