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August 2, 2002
Commerce
Terminates Suspension Agreement on Imports of Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico and
Resumes Antidumping Investigation
On July 30, 2002, the Department of Commerce (DOC) terminated the suspension agreement on fresh tomatoes from Mexico as well as the sunset review of the suspended investigation and resumed the antidumping investigation. This was in response to written notification on May 31, 2002, from Mexican tomato growers/exporters announcing that they had decided to withdraw from the agreement established in 1996. The DOC will reactivate the antidumping investigation from the time of the preliminary determination, originally published on November 1, 1996, and intends to make its final determination in the resumed investigation by December 12, 2002. Customs will require deposits based on the preliminary antidumping margins ranging from 4.16 percent to 188.45 percent. U.S. imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico were valued at about $485 million during calendar year 2001. The original suspension agreement, which ran from November 1, 1996 through November 1, 2001, established a reference price of $0.172 per pound (equivalent to $4.30 for a 25-pound box) for the July 1 to October 23 period; and $0.2108 per pound (equivalent to $5.27 per pound box) for the October 22 to June 30 period).
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