[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53957-53958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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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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