Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Lemon Juice from Argentina and Mexico

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-357-818/Argentina; A-201-835/Mexico] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 19, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley (Argentina) or Hermes Pinilla (Mexico), AD/CVD Operations, Office 6 and Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3148 or (202) 482-3477, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Petition On September 21, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) received a petition on imports of lemon juice from Argentina and Mexico filed in proper form by Sunkist Growers, Inc. (the petitioner). See Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties Against Lemon Juice from Argentina and Mexico (September 21, 2006) (petition). On September 28, 2006, the Department issued a request for additional information and clarification of certain areas of the petition. Based on the ( printed page 61711) Department's request, the petitioner filed amendments to the petition on October 3, 2006. See Supplemental Questionnaire: Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties Against Lemon Juice from Argentina and Mexico (October 3, 2006). On October 6, October 10, and October 11, 2006, the Department discussed further concerns with the petitioner by phone. See Memorandum to the File: Lemon Jui…