[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9410-9411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02541]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-357-818]
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Lemon
Juice From Argentina: Rescission of 2022-2023 and 2023-2024
Administrative Reviews
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative reviews of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty
Investigation on Lemon Juice from Argentina (2016 Agreement) for the
periods of review (PORs) from October 1, 2022, through September 30,
2023, and from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. On January
17, 2025, Commerce finalized an amendment to the 2016 Agreement,
rendering the administrative reviews of the pre-existing 2016 Amendment
moot.
DATES: Applicable February 12, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or Jill Buckles,
Bilateral Agreements Unit, 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 September 10, 2007, Commerce entered into an agreement to
suspend the antidumping duty investigation on lemon juice from
Argentina.\1\ On October 20, 2016, Commerce and producers/exporters
accounting for substantially all imports of lemon juice from Argentina
signed the 2016 Agreement.\2\ On May 22, 2024, Commerce formally opened
consultations with the signatory producers/exporters with respect to
possible revisions to the 2016 Agreement.\3\
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\1\ See Suspension of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Lemon
Juice From Argentina, 72 FR 53991 (September 21, 2007).
\2\ See Lemon Juice from Argentina: Continuation of Suspension
of Antidumping Investigation, 81 FR 74395 (October 26, 2016).
\3\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Consultations on Potential
Amendment to the 2016 Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty
Investigation on Lemon Juice from Argentina,'' dated May 22, 2024.
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On October 3, 2023 and October 1, 2024, respectively, Commerce
notified interested parties of the opportunity to request
administrative reviews of the 2016 Agreement.\4\ On October 30, 2023
and October 14, 2024, respectively, Ventura Coastal, LLC (petitioner)
submitted requests for administrative reviews of the 2016 Agreement.\5\
On December 6, 2023, and November 14, 2024, respectively, Commerce
published in the Federal Register notices initiating the administrative
reviews of the 2016 Agreement for the PORs October 1, 2022, through
September 30, 2023, and October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.\6\
On November 13, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register
preliminary results of the 2022-2023 administrative review in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\7\
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\4\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 88 FR 68098 (October 3, 2023); see also Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation;
Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 89 FR 79894 (October
1, 2024).
\5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated October 30, 2023; see also Petitioner's Letter,
``Request for Administrative Review,'' dated October 14, 2024.
\6\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 84784 (December 6, 2023); see also
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 89 FR 89955 (November 14, 2024).
\7\ See Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation
on Lemon Juice From Argentina; Preliminary Results of 2022-2023
Administrative Review, 89 FR 89599 (November 13, 2024).
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On January 17, 2025, Commerce and a representative of the signatory
producers/exporters accounting for substantially all imports of lemon
juice from Argentina signed a final amendment to the 2016 Agreement.\8\
On February 5, 2025, Commerce issued its final statutory memorandum
which provides detailed explanations regarding how the amended
agreement meets its statutory requirements and
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responds to comments from interested parties on the amendment.\9\
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\8\ See Lemon Juice From Argentina: Amendment to the Agreement
Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation, 90 FR 8116 (January
24, 2025).
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the
Antidumping Duty Investigation on Lemon Juice from Argentina:
Assessment of Statutory Requirements,'' dated February 5, 2025.
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Rescission of the Administrative Reviews
Commerce has conducted these reviews in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(C) of the Act, which specifies that Commerce shall ``review
the current status of, and compliance with, any agreement by reason of
which an investigation was suspended.'' Because Commerce has finalized
a new amendment revising the terms and conditions of the 2016
Agreement, the administrative reviews of the pre-existing 2016
Agreement for the PORs from October 1, 2022, through September 30,
2023, and from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, are now
moot. The reviews pertain to a version of the 2016 Agreement that no
longer exists. Accordingly, we are hereby rescinding these reviews.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: February 7, 2025.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2025-02541 Filed 2-11-25; 8:45 am]
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