AD: Mexico Lemon Juice
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination that lemon juice from Mexico is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
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Preliminary critical circumstances for Citrotam/Pronacit. The ITA has preliminarily determined that critical circumstances exist with respect to lemon juice imported from Citrotam Internacional S.P.R. de R.L./Productos Naturales de Citricos (Citrotam/Pronacit); therefore, the ITA will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise with a time of entry on or after 90 days prior to April 26, 2007.
The ITA has preliminary determined that critical circumstances do not exist for imports of subject merchandise for all other exporters/producers listed below.
Suspension of liquidation, AD cash deposit. The ITA will instruct CBP to suspend the liquidation of entries of subject merchandise with a time of entry on or after April 26, 2007 for all exporters/producers listed below, other than Citrotam/Pronacit (see above).
The ITA will also instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or the posting of a bond at the AD rates (equal to the weighted-average AD margins) listed below, for entries of subject merchandise from Mexico for the following exporters/producers:
| Exporter and Producer | Preliminary AD Rate |
|---|---|
| The Coca-Cola Company and its subsidiary The Coca-Cola Export Corporation, Mexico Branch (collectively, Coca-Cola) | 146.10% |
| Citrotam/Pronacit1 | 205.37% |
| All Others | 146.10% |
1The ITA has determined that the use of adverse facts available (AFA) is appropriate for the preliminary determination with respect to Citrotam/Pronacit, as the ITA obtained information indicating that Citrotam is out of business and has been replaced by Pronacit, and Citrotam/Pronacit failed to respond to the ITA's detailed requests for information regarding successorship.
Final AD Duty Determination
The ITA states that it will make its final AD duty determination for subject merchandise from Mexico within 75 days of April 26, 2007.
(See ITA notice for additional information, including the scope of the investigation, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 10/20/06 news, 06102040, for BP summary of the ITA's initiation of this AD duty investigation.)
ITA contact - George Callen (202) 482-0180
ITA notice (FR Pub 04/26/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-8019.pdf
ITA Fact Sheet on lemon juice from Mexico and Argentina available at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/factsheets/factsheet-lemon-juice-prelim-042007.pdf