Mexico Sugar: Prelim CV Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect
A countervailing duty cash deposit requirement will take effect Sept. 2 for imports of sugar from Mexico (C-201-846), as the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization of Mexican producers in its preliminary determination. Rates range from 2.99% to 17.01%.
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The Mexican sugar is also the subject of an antidumping duty investigation. The preliminary AD duty determination is currently due Oct. 24 (see 14082014).
CV Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise from Mexico that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Sept. 2. It will require CV duty cash deposit rates as follows:
| Company | CV Rate |
| FEESA* | 35.21% |
| Ingenio Tala S.A. de C.V. and other companies owned by Grupo Azucarero Mexico S.A. de C.V. | 18.56% |
| All Others | 26.89% |
*FEESA comprises the following sugar mills: Fideicomiso Ingenio El Modelo, Fideicomiso Ingenio San Cristobal, Fideicomiso Ingenio Plan De San Luis, Fideicomiso Ingenio San Miguelito, Fideicomiso Ingenio La Providencia, Fideicomiso Ingenio Atencingo, Fideicomiso Ingenio Casasano, Fideicomiso Ingenio El Potrero, and Fideicomiso Ingenio Emiliano Zapata.
The GAM Group includes Ingenio Tala S.A. de C.V.; Ingenio El Dorado S.A. de C.V.; Ingenio Lazaro Cardenas S.A. de C.V.; Organizacion Cultiba, S.A.B. de C.V.; Grupo Azucarero Mexico S.A. de C.V.; ITLC Agricola Central S.A. de C.V.; Tala Electric S.A. de C.V.; Empresas y Servicios Organizados S.A. de C.V.; and Proveedora de Alimentors Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
(The period of investigation is 01/01/12 - 02/30/12. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged since initiation), suspension of liquidation, etc. See 14042311 for summary of the initiation of this CV duty investigation, and 14033124 for summary of the underlying petition.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Kaitlin Wojnar (202) 482-3857
(Federal Register 09/02/14)