[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25755-25756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11601]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-201-846]


Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on 
Sugar From Mexico (as Amended); Final Results of 2017 Administrative 
Review

AGENCY: Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: June 4, 2019.
SUMMARY: For the final results of this review the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) continues to find that the Government of Mexico 
(GOM) and selected respondents Ingenio El Higo S.A. de C.V., Central El 
Potrero S.A. de C.V., Ingenio Melchor Ocampo S.A. de C.V., and Zucarmex 
S.A. de C.V. (and their affiliates) are in compliance with the 
Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar 
from Mexico (CVD Agreement), as amended on June 30, 2017 (collectively, 
amended CVD Agreement), for the

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period October 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017, and that the amended 
CVD Agreement is meeting its statutory requirements under sections 
704(c) and (d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or David Cordell, 
Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230, telephone: (202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-0408, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 20, 2018, Commerce published its Preliminary Results of 
the administrative review of the amended CVD Agreement covering the 
period of review (POR) from October 1, 2017, through December 31, 
2017.\1\ No parties commented on the Preliminary Results. Commerce 
exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the partial 
Federal Government closure from December 22, 2018, through the 
resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\2\ If the new deadline 
falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's practice, 
the deadline will become the next business day. The revised deadline 
for the Final Results of this review is now May 29, 2019.
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    \1\ See Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty 
Investigation on Sugar from Mexico (as Amended); Preliminary Results 
of 2017 Administrative Review 83 FR 65347 (December 20, 2018) 
(Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
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Scope of Review

    Merchandise covered by this amended CVD Agreement is typically 
imported under the following headings of the HTSUS: 1701.12.1000, 
1701.12.5000, 1701.13.1000, 1701.13.5000, 1701.14.1000, 1701.14.5000, 
1701.91.1000, 1701.91.3000, 1701.99.1010, 1701.99.1025, 1701.99.1050, 
1701.99.5010, 1701.99.5025, 1701.99.5050, and 1702.90.4000. The tariff 
classification is provided for convenience and customs purposes; 
however, the written description of the scope of this amended CVD 
Agreement is dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Suspension 
Agreement, see Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from P. Lee Smith, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, ``Decision 
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of the 
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Sugar 
from Mexico,'' dated December 14, 2018 (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Analysis

    In the Preliminary Results, we determined that the GOM and selected 
respondents Ingenio El Higo S.A. de C.V., Central El Potrero S.A. de 
C.V., Ingenio Melchor Ocampo S.A. de C.V., and Zucarmex S.A. de C.V. 
(and their affiliates) were in compliance with the amended CVD 
Agreement. As no parties commented on the Preliminary Results, we are 
adopting the decisions in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum in these 
final results of review. For additional details, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum, which 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 http://access.trade.gov and 
in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed and the electronic versions of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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 violation that is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 
CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: May 29, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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