[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20165-20166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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