Mexico Sugar: Commerce Continues AD Suspension Agreement, but Finds Non-Compliance
The Commerce Department is leaving in place an agreement suspending antidumping duties on sugar from Mexico (A-201-845), though it will take steps to remediate partial non-compliance with the agreement by a Mexican exporter, it said in the final results of an administrative review.
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While Azucarera San Jose De Abajo S.A. and Grupo BSM were "generally in compliance" with the agreement, Commerce said, Grupo BSM didn't comply with the requirement to eliminate at least 85% of the dumping found in the investigation during the period of review. "Furthermore, we consider the respondents’ noncompliant behavior to be serious and in need of remediation, and we will implement certain steps to address the noncompliance," Commerce said.
Those next steps include formal consultations with the signatories of the agreement, additional monitoring of Grupo BSM, and possibly selecting Grupo BSM as a respondent in a future administrative review, Commerce said. "These measures are necessary to ensure compliance with the AD Agreement and that any potential administrative challenges to effective monitoring are diminished."
Grupo BSM includes Santa Rosalia de la Chontalpa, S.A. de C.V., and its affiliates.