Notice2024-06026
Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar From Mexico: Final Results of the 2022 Administrative Review
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Published
March 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the Government of Mexico (GOM) and the respondent companies selected for individual examination, Compa[ntilde][iacute]a Industrial Azucarera S.A. de C.V. and its affiliates and Ingenio Presidente Benito Juarez S.A. de C.V. (collectively, respondents), were in compliance with the terms of the Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico, as amended (CVD Agreement), during the period of review (POR) from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Commerce also determines that the CVD Agreement met the statutory requirements during the POR.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20165-20166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06026]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-201-846]
Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on
Sugar From Mexico: Final Results of the 2022 Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the
Government of Mexico (GOM) and the respondent companies selected for
individual examination, Compa[ntilde][iacute]a Industrial Azucarera
S.A. de C.V. and its affiliates and Ingenio Presidente Benito Juarez
S.A. de C.V. (collectively, respondents), were in compliance with the
terms of the Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation
on Sugar from Mexico, as amended (CVD Agreement), during the period of
review (POR) from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Commerce
also determines that the CVD Agreement met the statutory requirements
during the POR.
DATES: Applicable March 21, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or Jill Buckles,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-6230, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On December 27, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment
on the Preliminary Results. No interested party submitted comments.
Hence, these final results are unchanged from the Preliminary Results,
and no memorandum accompanies this notice.
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\1\ See Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty
Investigation on Sugar from Mexico; Preliminary Results of the 2022
Administrative Review, 88 FR 89368 (December 27, 2023) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of the CVD Agreement
The product covered by this CVD Agreement is raw and refined sugar
of all polarimeter readings derived from sugar cane or sugar beets.
Merchandise covered by this CVD Agreement is typically imported under
the following headings of the HTSUS: 1701.12.1000, 1701.12.5000,
1701.13.1000, 1701.13.5000, 1701.14.1020, 1701.14.1040, 1701.14.5000,
1701.91.1000, 1701.91.3000, 1701.99.1015, 1701.99.1017, 1701.99.1025,
1701.99.1050, 1701.99.5015, 1701.99.5017, 1701.99.5025, 1701.99.5050,
and 1702.90.4000.\2\ The tariff classification is provided for
convenience and customs purposes; however, the written description of
the scope of this CVD Agreement is dispositive.
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\2\ Prior to July 1, 2016, merchandise covered by the CVD
Agreement was classified in the HTSUS under subheading 1701.99.1010.
Prior to January 1, 2020, merchandise covered by the CVD Agreement
was classified in the HTSUS under subheadings 1701.14.1000 and
1701.99.5010.
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A full description of the scope of the CVD Agreement is contained
in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\3\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 3-4.
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Analysis
Commerce continues to determine that the CVD Agreement met the
statutory requirements under sections 704(c) and (d) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), during the POR. We also continue to find
that the GOM and respondents selected for individual examination were
in compliance with the terms of the CVD Agreement during the POR.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results of review in accordance
with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and
19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: March 15, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-06026 Filed 3-20-24; 8:45 am]
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