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1See Sugar from Mexico: Suspension of 

Antidumping Duty Investigation, 79 FR 78039 

(December 29, 2014). 

2See Sugar from Mexico: Amendment to the 

Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation, 82 FR 31945 (July 11, 2017). 

3The 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. 

4See Letter from petitioners, entitled ‘‘Sugar from 

Mexico: Request for Administrative Review’’ 

(December 29, 2017). 

5See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 

8067 (February 23, 2018). 

6See Memorandum to P. Lee Smith, entitled 

‘‘Administrative Review of the Agreement 

Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on 

Sugar from Mexico, as Amended: Period of Review’’ 

(April 19, 2018). 

7See Memorandum to P. Lee Smith, entitled 

‘‘2017 Administrative Review of the Agreement 

Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on 

Sugar from Mexico As Amended: Respondent 

Selection’’ and ‘‘Questionnaire Regarding the 

Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation on Sugar from Mexico for the October 

1, 2017 through November 30, 2017 Period of 

Review,’’ both dated May 23, 2018. 

8For a complete description of the Scope of the 

Order, 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 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

9See AD Agreement, 79 FR 78041, 78042, and 

78044, at Price Undertaking. See also AD 

Amendment, 82 FR 31945, 31946. 

10See AD Agreement, 79 FR 78040, 78046–78047 

at Definitions and Export Limits. See also AD 

Amendment, 82 FR 3193, 31944. 

11See AD Agreement, 79 FR 78040, 78048 at 

Export Limits and Implementation. See also AD 

Amendment, 82 FR 31944. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–845] 

Agreement Suspending the 

Antidumping Duty Investigation on 

Sugar From Mexico (as Amended); 

Preliminary Results of 2017 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement & Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable December 20, 2018. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that the respondents selected for 

individual examination, Ingenio El Higo 

S.A. de C.V., Ingenio Melchor Ocampo 

S.A. de C.V., and Zucarmex S.A. de C.V. 

(and its affiliates) (collectively, Grupo 

Zucarmex), and Ingenio San Miguel Del 

Naranjo S.A. de C.V (and its affiliates) 

(collectively, Grupo Beta San Miguel), 

are in compliance with the Agreement 

Suspending the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation on Sugar from Mexico (AD 

Agreement), as amended on June 30, 

2017 (collectively, amended AD 

Agreement), for the period October 1, 

2017, through November 30, 2017, and 

that the amended AD Agreement is 

meeting the statutory requirements 

under sections 734(c) and (d) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

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 19, 2014, Commerce 

signed an agreement under section 

734(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), with a 

representative of Mexican sugar 

producers/exporters accounting for 

substantially all imports of sugar from 

Mexico, suspending the antidumping 

duty (AD) investigation on sugar from 

Mexico.1 On June 30, 2017, Commerce 

and a representative of Mexican sugar 

producers/exporters representing 

substantially all imports of sugar from 

Mexico signed an amendment to the AD 

Agreement.2

On December 29, 2017, the American 

Sugar Coalition and its Members 3

(petitioners) filed a request for an 

administrative review of the amended 

AD Agreement.4 This review was 

initiated on February 23, 2018, for the 

December 1, 2016, through November 

30, 2017,5 period of review (POR), but 

Commerce amended the POR on April 

19, 2018, to reflect the period from 

October 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017 

(including sales prior to October 1, 2017 

that resulted in such entries).6 On May 

23, 2018, Commerce selected mandatory 

respondents and issued its 

questionnaire to the four largest 

respondents in alphabetical order: 

Ingenio El Higo S.A. de C.V., Ingenio 

Melchor Ocampo S.A. de C.V, Ingenio 

San Miguel Del Naranjo S.A. de C.V, 

and Zucarmex S.A. de C.V.7

Scope of Review 

Merchandise covered by this 

amended AD Agreement is typically 

imported under the following headings 

of the HTSUS: 1701.12.1000, 

1701.12.5000, 1701.13.1000, 

1701.13.5000, 1701.14.1000, 

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 AD Agreement is 

dispositive.8

Methodology and Preliminary Results 

Commerce is conducting this review 

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.’’ In this 

case, Commerce and a representative of 

the Mexican sugar producers/exporters 

accounting for substantially all imports 

of sugar from Mexico signed the AD 

Agreement, which suspended the 

underlying antidumping duty 

investigation, on December 19, 2014. 

Further, on June 30, 2017, Commerce 

and a representative of the Mexican 

sugar producers/exporters accounting 

for substantially all imports of sugar 

from Mexico signed an amendment to 

the AD Agreement. Pursuant to the 

amended AD Agreement, the Mexican 

signatories agreed that the subject 

merchandise would be subject to 

minimum reference prices and that at 

least 85 percent of the dumping from 

the original investigation would be 

eliminated, as outlined in the amended 

AD Agreement.9 The Mexican 

signatories also agreed to other 

conditions, including the reporting of 

the polarity testing of Other Sugar 10 and 

enhanced monitoring.11

After reviewing the information 

received from the respondent 

companies in their questionnaire and 

supplemental questionnaire responses, 

we preliminarily determine that the 

respondents have adhered to the terms 

of the amended AD Agreement and that 

the amended AD Agreement is 

functioning as intended. Further, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

amended AD Agreement is meeting the 

statutory requirements under sections 

734(c) and (d) of the Act. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Commerce notes that it is addressing 

one issue related to Grupo Zucarmex, 


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12See 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, ‘‘Memorandum with Respect to 

Sales Observations reported by Grupo Zucarmex’’ 

(Zucarmex Memorandum) dated December 14, 

2018. 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

1See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018 

(December 7, 2012) (AD Order) and Crystalline 

Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 

Assembled into Modules, from the People’s 

Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 77 

FR 73017 (December 7, 2012) (CVD Order) 

(collectively, Orders). 

2See Goal Zero’s Letter, ‘‘Goal Zero LLC’s 

Request for a Changed Circumstances Review,’’ 

(Goal Zero’s Request) dated April 17, 2018. 

3See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of 

Changed Circumstances Reviews, and 

Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders in Part, 83 FR 

34542 (July 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice). 

4See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

Changed Circumstances Reviews, and 

Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, 83 FR 

42112, dated August 20, 2018. 

5The petitioner is SolarWorld Americas, Inc. 

6See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the 

People’s Republic of China; Goal Zero LLC’s 

Comments on the Preliminary Results of the 

Changed Circumstances Review, dated September 

4, 2018; see also SolarWorld’s submission: 

‘‘Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 

Not Assembled into Modules, from the People’s 

Republic of China: Comments on Preliminary 

Results of the Goal Zero LLC Changed 

Circumstances Reviews,’’ dated September 4, 2018. 

which involves discussion of business 

proprietary information, in a separate 

memorandum.12

Public Comment 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

not later than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed not later than 

five days after the date for filing case 

briefs in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.309(d)(1). Parties who submit case 

briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding are encouraged to provide: 

(1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities.13

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, or to participate if one is 

requested, must submit a written 

request filed electronically via ACCESS. 

An electronically filed document must 

be received successfully in its entirety 

by Commerce’s electronic records 

system ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time within 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice. 

Requests should contain: (1) The party’s 

name, address and telephone number; 

(2) the number of participants; and (3) 

a list of issues to be discussed. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case 

briefs. Commerce intends to issue the 

final results of this administrative 

review, including the results of its 

analysis of the issues raised in any 

written briefs, not later than 120 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) 

of the Act. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: December 14, 2018. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–979, C–570–980] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, From the People’s Republic 

of China: Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Reviews, and 

Revocation of the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is revoking, in part, the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

whether or not assembled into modules, 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) (Orders) with respect to certain 

off-grid solar panels based on a lack of 

interest in the relief provided by the 

Orders with respect to those products. 

DATES: Applicable December 20, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eli 

Lovely, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1593. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background 

On December 7, 2012, Commerce 

published AD and CVD orders on 

certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic 

cells, whether or not assembled into 

modules, from China.1 On April 17, 

2018, Goal Zero, LLC (Goal Zero), an 

importer of the subject merchandise, 

requested changed circumstances 

reviews (CCRs) and revocation, in part, 

of the Orders, pursuant to section 

751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 

351.216(b), with respect to certain offgrid solar panels.2

On July 20, 2018, Commerce 

published the Initiation Notice for the 

requested CCRs in the Federal 

Register.3 On August 20, 2018, 

Commerce published the preliminary 

results of these CCRs, in which it found 

that producers accounting for 

substantially all of the production of the 

domestic like product to which the 

Orders pertain lack interest in the relief 

afforded by the Orders with respect to 

certain off-grid solar panels.4

On September 4, 2018, Goal Zero and 

the petitioner 5 requested that partial 

revocation of the Orders be applied 

retroactively starting January 1, 2015 for 

purposes of the CVD Order, and 

December 1, 2015 for purposes of the 

AD Order.6

Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Reviews, and 

Revocation of the Orders, In Part 

Because no party submitted 

comments opposing the preliminary 

results of these CCRs, and the record 

contains no other information or 

evidence that calls into question the 

preliminary results, Commerce 

determines, pursuant to sections 

751(d)(1) and 782(h) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.222(g), that there are changed 

circumstances that warrant revocation 

of the Orders, in part. Specifically, 

because the producers accounting for 

substantially all of the production of the 

domestic like product to which the 

Orders pertain lack interest in the relief 

provided by the Orders with respect to 

certain off-grid solar panels as described 

below, we are revoking the Orders, in 

part, with respect to the following: 

(1) Off grid CSPV panels in rigid form with 

a glass cover, with the following 

characteristics: 

(A) A total power output of 100 watts or 

less per panel; 

(B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 cm2

per panel; 

(C) do not include a built-in inverter; 


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