Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice — Brazil — A-351-605

An AD/CVD measure concerns imported merchandise that the government determines may be sold at unfairly low prices (antidumping, or AD) or may benefit from certain government subsidies (countervailing duty, or CVD). For frozen concentrated orange juice, the measure’s legal scope—not just the product’s everyday description—controls whether it applies. Scope language may address the product’s form, concentration, processing, packaging, and country of origin or export.

These measures typically affect foreign producers and exporters, US importers of record, and sometimes related parties in the supply chain. An importer may owe additional AD/CVD duties on top of ordinary customs duty and may need to provide the required customs entry information, cash deposit, bond, or other security. The applicable amount and treatment depend on the official measure, the merchandise scope, the exporting country, the producer or exporter, and the entry circumstances; a customs broker or trade counsel may need to review difficult cases.

What to check

• Read the official scope language and compare it with the product’s ingredients, concentration, form, packaging, and processing—not merely its commercial name.
• Confirm the product’s tariff classification and country of origin, and check whether the measure covers the exporting country or specific producers and exporters.
• Review the official AD/CVD case and Customs instructions for the required case identifiers, entry information, cash-deposit treatment, and liquidation procedures.
• Ask the supplier for complete production and export details, and retain records supporting classification, origin, producer, exporter, and product characteristics.
• Obtain a customs-broker or trade-counsel opinion before entry if the product is near the scope boundaries or if related-party transactions, transfers, or unusual processing are involved.