[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48148-48149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-835]


Lemon Juice From Mexico: Termination of Suspended Investigation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: As a result of the determination by the International Trade 
Commission (the ``ITC'') that termination of the suspended antidumping 
duty investigation on lemon juice from Mexico would not be likely to 
lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') is terminating the suspended antidumping duty 
investigation. As a result, the Department is also terminating the 
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Lemon Juice from 
Mexico (the ``Agreement'').

DATES: Effective Date: September 21, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen Price or Sally C. Gannon, 
Bilateral Agreements Unit, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4271 or (202) 482-0162, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On August 1, 2012, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department initiated the first 
sunset review of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on lemon 
juice from Mexico.\1\ On August 1, 2012, pursuant to section 752 of the 
Act, the ITC instituted the first sunset review of the suspended 
antidumping duty investigation on lemon juice from Mexico.\2\ As a 
result of its review, on June 28, 2013, the Department found that 
termination of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on lemon 
juice from Mexico would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping.\3\ The Department thus notified the ITC of the magnitude of 
the margins of dumping rates likely to prevail if the suspended 
investigation were terminated.
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    \1\ Initiation of Five-Year (````Sunset''') Review and 
Correction, 77 FR 45589 (August 1, 2012).
    \2\ [Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1105-1106 (Review)] Lemon Juice 
from Argentina and Mexico, 77 FR 45653 (August 1, 2012).
    \3\ Lemon Juice From Mexico: Final Results of Full Sunset Review 
of the Suspended Antidumping Duty Investigation, 78 FR 38944 (June 
28, 2013).
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    On August 1, 2013, the ITC published its determination, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, that termination of the antidumping duty 
suspended investigation on lemon juice from Mexico would not be likely 
to lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury within a 
reasonably foreseeable time.\4\
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    \4\ [Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1105-1106 (Review)] Lemon Juice 
from Argentina and Mexico, 78 FR 46610 (August 1, 2013)
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    Therefore, pursuant to section 351.222(i)(1)(iii) of the 
Department's regulations, the Department is publishing this notice of 
the termination of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on 
lemon juice from Mexico.

Scope of the Suspended Investigation

    The merchandise covered by the suspended investigation includes 
certain lemon juice for further manufacture, with or without addition 
of preservatives, sugar, or other sweeteners, regardless of the GPL 
(grams per liter of citric acid) level of concentration, brix level, 
brix/acid ratio, pulp content, clarity, grade, horticulture method 
(e.g., organic or not), processed form (e.g., frozen or not-from-
concentrate), FDA standard of identity, the size of the container in 
which packed, or the method of packing.
    Excluded from the scope are: (1) lemon juice at any level of 
concentration packed in retail-sized containers ready for sale to 
consumers, typically at a level of concentration of 48 GPL; and (2) 
beverage products such as lemonade that typically contain 20% or less 
lemon juice as an ingredient.
    Lemon juice is classifiable under subheadings 2009.39.6020, 
2009.31.6020, 2009.31.4000, 2009.31.6040, and 2009.39.6040 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). While HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our 
written description of the scope of this suspended investigation is 
dispositive.

Termination

    As a result of the determination by the ITC that termination of the 
suspended antidumping duty investigation would not be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department 
is terminating the suspended antidumping duty investigation on lemon 
juice from Mexico. Pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.222(i)(2)(i), the effective date of termination is September 21, 
2012 (i.e., the fifth anniversary of the effective date of publication 
in the Federal Register of the notice of suspension of 
investigation).\5\ Because the Department is terminating the suspended 
antidumping duty investigation, the Agreement will also terminate, 
effective September 21, 2012.
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    \5\ Suspension of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Lemon Juice 
From Mexico, 72 FR 53995 (September 21, 2007).
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective 
order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply is a violation of the APO which 
may be subject to sanctions. These five-year (sunset) reviews and 
notice are in accordance with section 75l(d)(2) the Act and published 
pursuant to section 777(i)(l) of the Act.

    Dated: August 1, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-19068 Filed 8-6-13; 8:45 am]
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