For Immediate Release: January 9, 2006

FACT SHEET

Final Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation on

Imports of Orange Juice from Brazil

On January 9, the Department of Commerce announced its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain orange juice from Brazil. The Department found that certain producers/exporters in Brazil sold orange juice in the U.S. market at less than fair value, with margins ranging from 9.73 to 60.29 percent. As a result of this final determination, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect a cash deposit or bond at the rate of the final margins on imports of merchandise subject to this investigation.

Next Steps: The International Trade Commission (ITC) is scheduled to issue its final injury determination on or before February 21. Should the ITC make a final affirmative determination that imports from Brazil materially injure, or threaten material injury to, the domestic industry, the Department will issue an antidumping duty order and instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits on imports of subject merchandise. If the ITC makes a negative determination, the investigation will be terminated and no order will be issued.

Adverse Facts Available: The antidumping margin of 60.29 percent for one of the mandatory respondents, Montecitrus Trading S.A. (Montecitrus), is based on total adverse facts available because the company withdrew its participation from the investigation.

Critical Circumstances: The petitioners alleged that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of subject merchandise from Brazil. The Department determined that there is sufficient evidence to warrant a finding that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports from all Brazilian producers/exporters except Fischer S/A - Agroindustria.

Petitioners: The petitioners in this investigation are Florida Citrus Mutual; A. Duda & Sons (dba Citrus Belle); Citrus World, Inc.; and Southern Garden Citrus Processing Corp., (dba Southern Gardens). All petitioners are located in Florida.

Product Description: The product under investigation is certain orange juice for transport and/or further manufacturing, produced in two different forms: (1) frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) and (2) pasteurized single-strength orange juice which has not been concentrated, referred to as Not-From-Concentrate (NFC).

Previous Antidumping Order: There was an order on FCOJ from Brazil that was revoked in April 2005 at the completion of a five-year sunset review. The current investigation covers both FCOJ and NFC. Because the initiation of this investigation preceded the revocation of that order, this investigation is somewhat limited in coverage: with respect to FCOJ, it covers only those companies that were excluded or revoked from the previous FCOJ order (i.e., Cargill Citrus Limitada; Sucocitrico Cutrale S.A.; Fischer S/A - Agroindustria; Montecitrus, and Coinbra-Frutesp); with respect to NFC, it is countrywide and includes all companies that produce NFC.

Final Dumping Margins:

Case Calendar:

* This will take place only in the event of final affirmative determinations by both the Department and the ITC.

Import Statistics*:

Source: U.S. ITC Trade DataWeb for HTS categories 20091100, 20091225, 20091245, and 20091900

* These values include imports from all Brazilian companies, not just those specifically covered by the investigation