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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–201–845, C–201–846]
Sugar From Mexico: Continuation of
Suspension of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of determinations
by the Department of Commerce
(Commerce) that termination of the
Agreements Suspending the
Antidumping (AD) and Countervailing
(CVD) Duty Investigations on Sugar
from Mexico, as amended (the
Agreements), and the suspended AD
and CVD investigations on sugar from
Mexico would likely lead to a
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and countervailable subsidies, and by
the International Trade Commission
(ITC) that termination of the suspended
AD and CVD investigations would likely
lead to material injury to an industry in
the United States, Commerce is
publishing this notice of continuation of
the AD and CVD Agreements on sugar
from Mexico.
DATES: Applicable April 30, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sally C. Gannon or David Cordell,
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) 482–0408,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 3, 2019, Commerce
published the initiation of the first
sunset reviews of the AD and CVD
Agreements, pursuant to section 751(c)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).1 On December 18, 2019, we
received notices of intent to participate
in the sunset reviews from the following
1 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84
FR 58687 (November 1, 2019); Initiation of FiveYear (Sunset) Review; Correction, 84 FR 66153
(December 3, 2019).
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parties (both of which are domestic
interested parties) within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i):
Imperial Sugar Company (Imperial
Sugar) and the American Sugar
Coalition (ASC).2
On January 2, 2020, Commerce
received complete substantive responses
from the domestic interested parties
within the 30-day deadline specified in
19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).3 Commerce
received no substantive responses from
respondent interested parties. Pursuant
to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted expedited sunset reviews of
the AD and CVD Agreements.
As a result of its reviews, pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752(b) and (c) of the
Act, Commerce determined that
termination of the AD and CVD
Agreements and suspended AD and
CVD investigations on sugar from
Mexico would likely lead to a
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and countervailable subsidies.
Therefore, Commerce notified the ITC of
the magnitude of the margin likely to
prevail and the net countervailable
subsidy rates likely to prevail should
the AD and CVD Agreements be
terminated, in accordance with sections
752(b)(3) and (c)(3) of the Act.4
On April 24, 2020, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Act, the ITC published its
determination that termination of the
suspended AD and CVD duty
investigations on sugar from Mexico
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of material injury to an
industry in the United States within a
reasonably foreseeable time pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act.5
2 See ASC’s Letter, ‘‘Sugar from Mexico: Notice of
Intent to Participate’’, dated December 18, 2019; see
also Imperial Sugar’s Letter, ‘‘Sugar from Mexico,
Case Nos. C–201–846 and A–201–845 (Five-Year
Sunset Reviews): Notice of Intent to Participate,’’
dated December 18, 2019.
3 See ASC’s Letter, ‘‘Sugar from Mexico:
Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation of FiveYear (Sunset) Reviews of the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Suspension Agreements,’’
dated January 2, 2020; see also Imperial Sugar’s
Letter, ‘‘Sugar from Mexico: Substantive Response
of the Imperial Sugar Company to Commerce’s
Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (‘Sunset’)
Reviews,’’ dated January 2, 2020.
4 See Sugar From Mexico: Final Results of the
Expedited First Sunset Review of the Agreement
Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation, 85
FR 19438 (April 7, 2020); and Sugar From Mexico:
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review
of the Agreement Suspending the Countervailing
Duty Investigation, 85 FR 9454 (April 7, 2020).
5 See Sugar from Mexico; Determination,
Investigation No. 701–TA–513 and 731–TA–1249
(Review), 85 FR 23063 (April 4, 2020); see also ITC
Publication, Sugar from Mexico (701–TA–513 and
731–TA–1249 (Review), USITC Publication 5045
(April 2020).
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Scope of the Agreements
The merchandise subject to the AD
and CVD Agreements is raw and refined
sugar of all polarimeter readings derived
from sugar cane or sugar beets. The
chemical sucrose gives sugar its
essential character. Sucrose is a
nonreducing disaccharide composed of
glucose and fructose linked by a
glycosidic bond via their anomeric
carbons. The molecular formula for
sucrose is C12H22O11; the International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC) International Chemical
Identifier (InChl) for sucrose is 1S/
C12H22O11/c13-l-46(16)8(18)9(19)11(21-4)23-12(315)10(20)7(17) 5(2-14)22-12/h4-11,1320H,1-3H2/t4-,5-,6-,7-,8+,9-,10+,11,12+/m1/s1; the InChl Key for sucrose is
CZMRCDWAGMRECN–
UGDNZRGBSA–N; the U.S. National
Institutes of Health PubChem
Compound Identifier (CID) for sucrose is
5988; and the Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) Number of sucrose is 57–
50–1.
Sugar includes products of all
polarimeter readings described in
various forms, such as raw sugar,
estandar or standard sugar, high polarity
or semi-refined sugar, special white
sugar, refined sugar, brown sugar, edible
molasses, de-sugaring molasses, organic
raw sugar, and organic refined sugar.
Other sugar products, such as powdered
sugar, colored sugar, flavored sugar, and
liquids and syrups that contain 95
percent or more sugar by dry weight are
also within the scope of these AD and
CVD Agreements. Merchandise covered
by these AD and CVD Agreements 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 scope of the AD and CVD
Agreements excludes sugar imported
under the Refined Sugar Re-Export
Programs of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, sugar products produced in
Mexico that contain 95 percent or more
sugar by dry weight that originated
outside of Mexico, inedible molasses
(other than inedible desugaring
molasses noted above), beverages,
candy, certain specialty sugars, and
processed food products that contain
sugar (e.g., cereals). Specialty sugars
excluded from the scope of these AD
and CVD Agreements are limited to the
following: Caramelized slab sugar
candy, pearl sugar, rock candy, dragees
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for cooking and baking, fondant, golden
syrup, and sugar decorations.6
Continuation of Suspension of
Investigations
As a result of the determinations by
Commerce and the ITC that termination
of the AD and CVD Agreements and
suspended AD and CVD investigations
would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping, countervailable
subsidies, and material injury to an
industry in the United States, pursuant
to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(a), Commerce hereby
orders the continuation of the AD and
CVD Agreements.
The effective date of continuation of
the AD and CVD Agreements will be the
date of publication in the Federal
Register of this notice of continuation.
Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce
intends to initiate the next five-year
(sunset) reviews of the AD and CVD
Agreements not later than 30 days prior
to the fifth anniversary of the effective
date of continuation.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
These five-year (sunset) reviews and
notice are in accordance with section
751(c) of the Act and published
pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: April 24, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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and Tourism Advisory Board
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Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce
AGENCY:
6 See Sugar from Mexico: Suspension of
Antidumping Investigation, 79 FR 78039 (December
29, 2014); see also Sugar from Mexico: Suspension
of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 79 FR 78044
(December 29, 2014).
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TTAB@trade.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-845, C-201-846]
Sugar From Mexico: Continuation of Suspension of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of determinations by the Department of Commerce
(Commerce) that termination of the Agreements Suspending the
Antidumping (AD) and Countervailing (CVD) Duty Investigations on Sugar
from Mexico, as amended (the Agreements), and the suspended AD and CVD
investigations on sugar from Mexico would likely lead to a continuation
or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies, and by the
International Trade Commission (ITC) that termination of the suspended
AD and CVD investigations would likely lead to material injury to an
industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing this notice of
continuation of the AD and CVD Agreements on sugar from Mexico.
DATES: Applicable April 30, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or David Cordell,
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)
482-0408, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 3, 2019, Commerce published the initiation of the first
sunset reviews of the AD and CVD Agreements, pursuant to section 751(c)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ On December 18,
2019, we received notices of intent to participate in the sunset
reviews from the following parties (both of which are domestic
interested parties) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i): Imperial Sugar Company (Imperial Sugar) and the
American Sugar Coalition (ASC).\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84 FR 58687
(November 1, 2019); Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review;
Correction, 84 FR 66153 (December 3, 2019).
\2\ See ASC's Letter, ``Sugar from Mexico: Notice of Intent to
Participate'', dated December 18, 2019; see also Imperial Sugar's
Letter, ``Sugar from Mexico, Case Nos. C-201-846 and A-201-845
(Five-Year Sunset Reviews): Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated
December 18, 2019.
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On January 2, 2020, Commerce received complete substantive
responses from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ Commerce received no
substantive responses from respondent interested parties. Pursuant to
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2),
Commerce conducted expedited sunset reviews of the AD and CVD
Agreements.
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\3\ See ASC's Letter, ``Sugar from Mexico: Substantive Response
to Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of the
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Suspension Agreements,'' dated
January 2, 2020; see also Imperial Sugar's Letter, ``Sugar from
Mexico: Substantive Response of the Imperial Sugar Company to
Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (`Sunset') Reviews,''
dated January 2, 2020.
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As a result of its reviews, pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b)
and (c) of the Act, Commerce determined that termination of the AD and
CVD Agreements and suspended AD and CVD investigations on sugar from
Mexico would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and
countervailable subsidies. Therefore, Commerce notified the ITC of the
magnitude of the margin likely to prevail and the net countervailable
subsidy rates likely to prevail should the AD and CVD Agreements be
terminated, in accordance with sections 752(b)(3) and (c)(3) of the
Act.\4\
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\4\ See Sugar From Mexico: Final Results of the Expedited First
Sunset Review of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty
Investigation, 85 FR 19438 (April 7, 2020); and Sugar From Mexico:
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Agreement
Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation, 85 FR 9454 (April
7, 2020).
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On April 24, 2020, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, the ITC
published its determination that termination of the suspended AD and
CVD duty investigations on sugar from Mexico would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time pursuant to sections
751(c) and 752(a) of the Act.\5\
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\5\ See Sugar from Mexico; Determination, Investigation No. 701-
TA-513 and 731-TA-1249 (Review), 85 FR 23063 (April 4, 2020); see
also ITC Publication, Sugar from Mexico (701-TA-513 and 731-TA-1249
(Review), USITC Publication 5045 (April 2020).
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Scope of the Agreements
The merchandise subject to the AD and CVD Agreements is raw and
refined sugar of all polarimeter readings derived from sugar cane or
sugar beets. The chemical sucrose gives sugar its essential character.
Sucrose is a nonreducing disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose
linked by a glycosidic bond via their anomeric carbons. The molecular
formula for sucrose is C12H22O11; the International Union of Pure and
Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) International Chemical Identifier (InChl) for
sucrose is 1S/C12H22O11/c13-l-4-6(16)8(18)9(19)11(21-4)23-12(3-
15)10(20)7(17) 5(2-14)22-12/h4-11,13-20H,1-3H2/t4-,5-,6-,7-,8+,9-
,10+,11-,12+/m1/s1; the InChl Key for sucrose is CZMRCDWAGMRECN-
UGDNZRGBSA-N; the U.S. National Institutes of Health PubChem Compound
Identifier (CID) for sucrose is 5988; and the Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) Number of sucrose is 57-50-1.
Sugar includes products of all polarimeter readings described in
various forms, such as raw sugar, estandar or standard sugar, high
polarity or semi-refined sugar, special white sugar, refined sugar,
brown sugar, edible molasses, de-sugaring molasses, organic raw sugar,
and organic refined sugar. Other sugar products, such as powdered
sugar, colored sugar, flavored sugar, and liquids and syrups that
contain 95 percent or more sugar by dry weight are also within the
scope of these AD and CVD Agreements. Merchandise covered by these AD
and CVD Agreements 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 scope of the AD and CVD Agreements excludes sugar imported
under the Refined Sugar Re-Export Programs of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, sugar products produced in Mexico that contain 95 percent
or more sugar by dry weight that originated outside of Mexico, inedible
molasses (other than inedible desugaring molasses noted above),
beverages, candy, certain specialty sugars, and processed food products
that contain sugar (e.g., cereals). Specialty sugars excluded from the
scope of these AD and CVD Agreements are limited to the following:
Caramelized slab sugar candy, pearl sugar, rock candy, dragees for
cooking and baking, fondant, golden syrup, and sugar decorations.\6\
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\6\ See Sugar from Mexico: Suspension of Antidumping
Investigation, 79 FR 78039 (December 29, 2014); see also Sugar from
Mexico: Suspension of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 79 FR 78044
(December 29, 2014).
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Continuation of Suspension of Investigations
As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that
termination of the AD and CVD Agreements and suspended AD and CVD
investigations would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry
in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the continuation of the AD and
CVD Agreements.
The effective date of continuation of the AD and CVD Agreements
will be the date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice
of continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year (sunset)
reviews of the AD and CVD Agreements not later than 30 days prior to
the fifth anniversary of the effective date of continuation.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
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.
Notification to Interested Parties
These five-year (sunset) reviews and notice are in accordance with
section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 777(i)(1)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: April 24, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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