Notice2024-14237
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico: Final Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review
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Published
June 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico, as amended (AD Agreement) met the statutory requirements during the period of review (POR) from December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022. Commerce also determines that the respondents selected for individual examination, Compa[ntilde][iacute]a Industrial Azucarera S.A. de C.V. and its affiliates (collectively, Santos Group) and Ingenio Presidente Benito Juarez S.A. de C.V. (collectively, the respondents), were in compliance with the terms of the AD Agreement during the POR.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53957-53958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14237]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-845]
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Sugar
from Mexico: Final Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Sugar from
Mexico, as amended (AD Agreement) met the statutory requirements during
the period of review (POR) from December 1, 2021, through November 30,
2022. Commerce also determines that the respondents selected for
individual examination, Compa[ntilde][iacute]a Industrial Azucarera
S.A. de C.V. and its affiliates (collectively, Santos Group) and
Ingenio Presidente Benito Juarez S.A. de C.V. (collectively, the
respondents), were in compliance with the terms of the AD Agreement
during the POR.
DATES: Applicable June 28, 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:
Background
On December 27, 2023, Commerce published the preliminary results of
this administrative review.\1\ Immediately preceding the Preliminary
Results, the Santos Group submitted its response to Commerce's second
supplemental questionnaire on December 20, 2023. On May 13, 2024,
Commerce issued post-preliminary results.\2\
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\1\ See Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation
on Sugar From Mexico: Preliminary Results of the 2021-2022
Administrative Review and Postponement of Final Results, 88 FR 89367
(December 27, 2023).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Post-
Preliminary Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review: Sugar
from Mexico,'' dated May 13, 2024.
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On May 29, 2024, the American Sugar Coalition and its members
(collectively, the petitioners) \3\ filed a case brief.\4\ On June 3,
2024, C[aacute]mara Nacional de Las Industrias Azucarera y Alcoholera
and the Santos Group filed a letter in lieu of rebuttal brief.\5\ For a
complete description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary
Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\3\ The members of the American Sugar Coalition are as follows:
American Sugar Cane League; American Sugarbeet Growers Association;
American Sugar Refining, Inc.; Florida Sugar Cane League; Rio Grande
Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.; Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of
Florida; and the United States Beet Sugar Association.
\4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Case Brief on Behalf of the
American Sugar Coalition,'' dated May 29, 2024.
\5\ See Respondents' Letter, ``Letter in Lieu of Rebuttal
Brief,'' dated June 3, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Sugar
from Mexico,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the AD Agreement
The product covered by this AD Agreement is raw and refined sugar
of all polarimeter readings derived from sugar cane or sugar beets.
Merchandise covered by this AD 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.\7\ The tariff classification is provided for
convenience and customs purposes; however, the written description of
the scope of this AD Agreement is dispositive.
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\7\ Prior to July 1, 2016, merchandise covered by the AD
Agreement was classified in the HTSUS under subheading 1701.99.1010.
Prior to January 1, 2020, merchandise covered by the AD 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 AD Agreement is contained in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis
Commerce continues to determine that, based on record evidence,
respondents were in compliance with the terms of the AD Agreement
during the POR. We also determine that the AD Agreement met the
statutory requirements under sections 734(c) and (d) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), during the POR.
The issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in
the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum and business
proprietary memorandum.\8\ The issues are identified in the appendix to
this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document
and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\8\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum; see also Memorandum,
``Proprietary Analysis Memorandum for the Final Results:
Compa[ntilde][iacute]a Industrial Azucarera S.A. de C.V. and its
Affiliates,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice.
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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).
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Dated: June 24, 2024.
Ryan M. Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Agreement
IV. Discussion of the Issue
Comment: Whether Commerce Should Include Certain Sales in the
Calculation of Normal Value
V. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-14237 Filed 6-27-24; 8:45 am]
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