Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 13, 2024 / Notices 89599 

1See Lemon Juice from Argentina: Continuation 

of Suspension of Antidumping Investigation, 81 FR 

74395 (October 26, 2016) (2016 Agreement). 

2See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated October 30, 2023. 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

84784 (December 6, 2023). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated January 23, 2024 (Respondent Selection 

Memorandum). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of the 2023–2024 

Administrative Review of the 2016 Agreement 

Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on 

Lemon Juice from Argentina,’’ dated May 30, 2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

Federal Register, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 

Commerce has determined, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise covered by this review. 

Commerce intends to issue assessment 

instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 

days after the date of publication of the 

final results of this review in the 

Federal Register. If a timely summons is 

filed at the U.S. Court of International 

Trade, the assessment instructions will 

direct CBP not to liquidate relevant 

entries until the time for parties to file 

a request for a statutory injunction has 

expired (i.e., within 90 days of 

publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce also intends to 

instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amounts shown for each of the 

companies listed above for shipments of 

the subject merchandise which entered, 

or were withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review. For all nonreviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to 

continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties at the 

all-others rate or most recent companyspecific rate applicable to the company, 

as appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as the final 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

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 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discusses in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether to Modify the Benefit 

Calculation for the Remission of Duties 

and Taxes on Export Products (RODTEP) 

Program for MALCO 

Comment 2: Whether the Provision of Coal 

for Less Than Adequate Remuneration 

(LTAR) Program is Specific 

Comment 3: Whether the Selection of the 

Coal Benchmark is Appropriate 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce’s 

Financial Contribution Analysis for the 

Provision of Bauxite Mining Rights for 

LTAR Program is Appropriate 

Comment 5: Whether the Provision of 

Bauxite Mining Rights for LTAR Program 

is Specific 

Comment 6: Whether the Selection of the 

Bauxite Benchmark is Appropriate 

Comment 7: Whether to Change the 

Calculation of the Social Welfare 

Surcharge in the Calculation of the 

Bauxite Benchmark 

Comment 8: Whether to Include a Profit 

Rate in the Calculation of the Benefit for 

the Provision of Bauxite Mining Rights 

for LTAR Program 

Comment 9: Whether the Selection of the 

Ocean Freight Benchmark for the 

Provision of Coal for LTAR and the 

Provision of Bauxite Mining Rights for 

LTAR Programs is Appropriate 

VII. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–357–818] 

Agreement Suspending the 

Antidumping Duty Investigation on 

Lemon Juice From Argentina; 

Preliminary Results of 2022–2023 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement & Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that the respondents 

selected for individual examination, 

Argenti Lemon S.A. (Argenti Lemon), 

Citromax S.A.C.I (Citromax), and SA 

San Miguel A.G.I.C.I. y F (San Miguel), 

complied with the 2016 Agreement 

Suspending the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation on Lemon Juice from 

Argentina (2016 Agreement), for the 

period of review (POR) October 1, 2022, 

through September 31, 2023. Commerce 

also preliminarily determines that the 

2016 Agreement met the statutory 

requirements under sections 734(c) and 

(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act) during the POR. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill 

Buckles, Enforcement & Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–6230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 20, 2016, Commerce 

signed an agreement under section 

734(c) of the Act, with representatives of 

Argentine lemon juice producers/ 

exporters accounting for substantially 

all imports of lemon juice from 

Argentina, suspending the antidumping 

duty (AD) investigation on lemon juice 

from Argentina.1

On October 30, 2023, Ventura Coastal, 

LLC (petitioner) filed a request for an 

administrative review of the 2016 

Agreement.2 Commerce published a 

notice of its initiation of the 

administrative review of the 2016 

Agreement on December 6, 2023.3 On 

January 23, 2024, Commerce selected 

three companies as mandatory 

respondents, listed in alphabetical 

order: Argenti Lemon, Citromax, and 

San Miguel.4

On May 30, 2024, Commerce 

extended the deadline for completing 

the preliminary results of this review 

until October 30, 2024.5 On July 22, 

2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.6 The 

deadline for the preliminary results is 

now November 6, 2024. For a complete 

description of the events between the 


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7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2022–2023 

Administrative Review: Lemon Juice from 

Argentina,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 8See 2016 Agreement at Section VI and 

Appendix I. 

9 Id. at Sections VII.B.1, VII.B.2, and VII.B.4. 

10 Id. at Section VII.C.3. 

11 Id. at Section VII.A.3. 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

15We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 16See APO and Service Final Rule. 

initiation of this review and these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.7

Scope of the 2016 Agreement 

Merchandise covered by the 2016 

Agreement is typically classified under 

the following subheadings of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the 

United States (HTSUS), according to the 

season of importation: 2009.39.6020, 

2009.31.6020, 2009.31.4000, 

2009.31.6040, and 2009.39.6040. The 

tariff classifications are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; 

however, the written description of the 

scope of this 2016 Agreement is 

dispositive. For a complete description 

of the scope of the 2016 Agreement, see 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology and Preliminary Results 

Commerce has conducted 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 representatives of 

the Argentine lemon juice producers/ 

exporters accounting for substantially 

all imports of lemon juice from 

Argentina signed the 2016 Agreement, 

which suspended the underlying 

antidumping duty investigation, on 

October 20, 2016. Pursuant to the 2016 

Agreement, the Argentine signatories 

agreed to sell subject merchandise at or 

above certain minimum reference 

prices, and that their pricing would 

eliminate at least 85 percent of the 

dumping determined in the AD 

investigation.8 The Argentine 

signatories also agreed to provide 

documentation upon request from 

Commerce,9 provide certifications each 

quarter,10 and provide Argentine 

customs data each quarter 11 to allow 

Commerce to monitor the 2016 

Agreement. 

After reviewing the information 

received from the mandatory 

respondents in their initial and 

supplemental questionnaire responses, 

we preliminarily determine that the 

mandatory respondents complied with 

the requirements of the 2016 Agreement 

during the POR. Additionally, we 

preliminarily determine that the 2016 

Agreement functioned as intended and 

that the 2016 Agreement continued to 

meet the statutory requirements under 

sections 734(c) and (d) of the Act during 

the POR. 

For a full description of the analysis 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A 

list of topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

included as an appendix to this notice. 

The Preliminary 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs not later than seven days after the 

date on which the last verification 

report is issued in this administrative 

review.12 Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the date for filing case briefs.13

Interested parties who submit case 

briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.14

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this review, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.15 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

public executive summary of each issue 

to no more than 450 words, not 

including citations. We intend to use 

the public executive summaries as the 

basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and decision 

memorandum that will accompany the 

final results in this administrative 

review. We request that interested 

parties include footnotes for relevant 

citations in the executive summary of 

each issue. Note that Commerce has 

amended certain of its requirements 

pertaining to the service of documents 

in 19 CFR 351.303(f).16

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. 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. An electronically filed 

hearing request must be received 

successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice. 

Final Results of Review 

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, unless 

extended. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

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

Dated: November 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the 2016 Agreement 

IV. Preliminary Results of Review 

V. Recommendation 

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