Notice2024-14986
Certain Pasta From Italy and the Republic of Türkiye: Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Reviews of the Countervailing Duty Orders
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Published
July 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty orders on certain pasta from Italy and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of net countervailable subsidies at the rates indicated in the "Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56302-56303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14986]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-475-819, C-489-806]
Certain Pasta From Italy and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Final
Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Reviews of the Countervailing
Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty orders on certain pasta from
Italy and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of net countervailable subsidies
at the rates indicated in the ``Final Results of Expedited Sunset
Reviews'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable July 9, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blair Hood, AD/CVD Operations, Office
I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-8329.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 24, 1996, Commerce published the countervailing duty orders
on certain pasta from Italy and T[uuml]rkiye.\1\ On March 1, 2024,
Commerce
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initiated the fifth sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ Commerce
received a timely notice of intent to participate in each of these
reviews from 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc., Philadelphia Macaroni
Company, and Winland Foods, Inc. (collectively, the domestic interested
parties) within the deadline specified 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The
domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under
section 771(9)(C) of the Act.\4\
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\1\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty Order and Amended Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Certain Pasta
(``Pasta'') from Italy, 61 FR 38544 (July 24, 1996); see also Notice
of Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Pasta (``Pasta'') from Turkey,
61 FR 38546 (July 24, 1996) (collectively, Orders).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 15139
(March 1, 2024).
\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Notice of Intent
to Participate,'' dated March 14, 2024.
\4\ Id. at 3.
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Commerce received adequate substantive responses from the domestic
interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ Commerce did not receive substantive responses
from any government or respondent interested party to these
proceedings. On April 23, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S.
International Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate
substantive response from other interested parties.\6\ As a result, in
accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited, i.e., 120-day,
sunset reviews of the Orders.
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\5\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Substantive
Response,'' dated March 29, 2024.
\6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on March
1, 2024,'' dated April 23, 2024.
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by the Orders is certain pasta. For a full
description of the scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decision
Memoranda.\7\
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\7\ See Memoranda, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Pasta from Italy,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice; and ``Issues
and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited Fifth
Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Pasta from
the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (collectively, Issues and Decision
Memoranda).
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Analysis of the Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews,
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization
in the event of revocation of the Orders and the net countervailable
subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Orders were to be revoked, is
provided in the Issues and Decision Memoranda. A list of topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memoranda is included as the
appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memoranda are public
documents and on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of each Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order with respect to Italy would be
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable
subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy rates:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Agritalia, S.r.l........................................ 10.45
Arrighi S.p.A. Industrie Alimentari..................... 10.34
De Matteis Agroalimentare S.p.A......................... 9.64
Delverde, S.r.l......................................... 13.25
F.lli DeCecco di Filippo Fara S. Martino S.p.A.......... 9.90
Industria Alimentare Colavita, S.p.A.................... 9.50
Isola del Grano, S.r.L.................................. 17.19
Italpast S.p.A.......................................... 17.19
Italpasta S.r.l......................................... 10.34
La Molisana Alimentari S.p.A............................ 11.31
Labor, S.r.L............................................ 17.19
Molino e Pastificio DeCecco S.p.A. Pescara.............. 9.90
Pastificio Guido Ferrara................................ 8.83
Pastificio Campano, S.p.A............................... 9.96
Pastificio Riscossa F.lli Mastromauro S.r.L............. 14.30
Tamma Industrie Alimentari di Capitanata................ 13.25
All Others.............................................. 11.01
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Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order with respect to T[uuml]rkiye
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a
countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy
rates:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Filiz Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S........................ 1.73
Maktas Makarnacilik ve Ticaret A.S...................... 13.19
Oba Makarnacilik Sanayi ve Ticaret...................... 13.18
All Others.............................................. 8.95
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification
of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.218.
Dated: July 1, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memoranda
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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