[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11116-11118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5124]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]


Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of Amended Final Results of the 
Twelfth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On February 9, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published its final results of the twelfth administrative 
review for certain pasta from Italy for the period of review (POR) of 
July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. See Certain Pasta from Italy: 
Notice of Final Results of the Twelfth Administrative Review, 75 FR 
6352 (February 9, 2010) (Final Results). We are amending our final 
results to correct ministerial errors made in the calculation of the 
dumping margins for Pastificio Lucio Garofalo S.p.A.(Garofalo) and PAM 
S.p.A. (PAM), pursuant to section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Hargett, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 9, 2010, the Department published the final results of 
this administrative review. On February 9 and February 12, 2010, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(c), PAM and Garofalo submitted comments 
alleging ministerial errors, and requested that the Department correct 
these alleged ministerial errors. On February 18, 2010, petitioners 
submitted rebuttal briefs to PAM's ministerial error allegation. No 
party submitted comments regarding Garofalo's request to correct 
alleged ministerial errors.

Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by this order are shipments of certain non-egg dry 
pasta in packages of five pounds four ounces or less, whether or not 
enriched or fortified or containing milk or other optional ingredients 
such as chopped vegetables, vegetable purees, milk, gluten, diastasis, 
vitamins, coloring and flavorings, and up to two percent egg white. The 
pasta covered by this scope is typically sold in the retail market, in 
fiberboard or cardboard cartons, or polyethylene or polypropylene bags 
of varying dimensions.
    Excluded from the scope of this order are refrigerated, frozen, or 
canned pastas, as well as all forms of egg pasta, with the exception of 
non-egg dry pasta containing up to two percent egg white. Also excluded 
are imports of organic pasta from Italy that are accompanied by the 
appropriate certificate issued by the Instituto Mediterraneo Di 
Certificazione, by QC&I International Services, by Ecocert Italia, by 
Consorzio per il Controllo dei Prodotti Biologici, by Associazione 
Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica, by Codex S.r.L., by Bioagricert 
S.r.L., or by Instituto per la Certificazione Etica e Ambientale. 
Effective July 1, 2008, gluten free pasta is also excluded from this 
order. See Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation, in Part, 
74 FR 41120 (August 14, 2009). The merchandise subject to this order is 
currently classifiable under items 1902.19.20 and 1901.90.9095 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the merchandise subject to the order is 
dispositive.

Amended Final Results of Review

    In the Final Results, the Department incorrectly stated that it 
would apply the average percent margin of the two reviewed companies in 
this review to all

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companies that were not selected as mandatory respondents for the 
period July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. The Department intended to 
apply and in fact applied the average to the instant POR of July 1, 
2007 through June 30, 2008, because the calculations were based on the 
actual factual information for this period.

Garofalo

    After analyzing Garofalo's comments, we have determined, in 
accordance with section 751(h) of Act and 19 CFR 351.224, that the 
Department made ministerial errors in the Final Results calculation for 
Garofalo in this administrative review. See Allegations of Clerical 
Errors Memorandum dated February 26, 2010 (Clerical Error Memo).
    First, the Department made a clerical error by using the wrong 
currency to convert Garofalo's reported warehousing costs (DWAREHU) in 
the Final Results. During the Final Results, the Department's attempt 
to convert Garofalo's reported DWAREHU from Euro/Kg to USD/Kg was done 
incorrectly. The exchange rate conversion the Department attempted to 
update in Garofalo's margin program was not correctly applied. For the 
amended final results, the Department made the correction to the 
submitted field DWAREHU before the conversion of this field into USD/Kg 
of the margin program.
    Second, the Department incorrectly implemented certain verification 
changes in the calculation of Garofalo's home market freight revenue 
(FRTREVH) during the Final Results. For the amended final results, the 
Department hard-coded these changes to the comparison market program as 
correctly referenced in attachment 8 of Exhibit 1 in Garofalo's 
Verification Report.
    Third, the Department used incorrect exchange factors during the 
Final Results in converting Garofalo's reported U.S. brokerage. The 
Department verified the values reported in Garofalo's reported USBROKU 
during the sales verification of Garofalo as being incurred in USD/Kg. 
During the Final Results, however, the Department inadvertently treated 
Garofalo's USBROKU as being reported in Euro/Kg. The Department treated 
this variable as being incurred in USD/Kg in the margin calculations 
for the amended final results.

PAM

    After analyzing PAM's comments, and as more fully explained in the 
Clerical Error Memo, we have determined, in accordance with section 
751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224, that the Department made 
ministerial errors in the Final Results calculation for PAM in this 
administrative review. The Department finds that it inadvertently used 
incorrect entered value data for entries made by PAM during the POR. 
Specifically, the Department erred by not adding transport recovery to 
the U.S. price for the entered value calculation for entries made by 
PAM, while including the transport recovery for other importers. 
Accordingly, it is clear that the Department intended to make this 
adjustment and our failure to do so was a clerical error. Thus, for the 
amended Final Results the Department has calculated entered value 
including the transport recovery for entries made by PAM, consistent 
with how it calculated entered value for entries made by companies 
other than PAM. Although, this does not affect the average margin, it 
does affect the importer specific assessment rates.
    In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act, we are amending the 
final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain 
pasta from Italy for the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. As 
a result of correcting the ministerial errors discussed above, and in 
the company-specific memos listed above, the following margins apply:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                         Amended Final
             Company                 Final Margin           Margin
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Garofalo........................               16.26               15.87
PAM.............................                8.54                8.54
Review - Specific Average\1\....               12.40               12.21
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Because there are only two respondents for which a company-specific
  margin was calculated in this review, the Department has calculated a
  simple average margin to ensure that the total import quantity and
  value for each company is not inadvertently revealed.

Assessment

    The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b). The Department calculated 
importer-specific duty assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of 
the total antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the 
total entered value of the examined sales for that importer. Where the 
assessment rate is above de minimis, we will instruct CBP to assess 
duties on all entries of subject merchandise by that importer. The 
Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after publication of these amended final 
results of review.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment''' regulation 
on May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This clarification applies to POR entries 
of subject merchandise produced by companies examined in this review 
(i.e., companies for which a dumping margin was calculated) where the 
companies did not know that their merchandise was destined for the 
United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a full 
discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 
2003).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the amended final results of this administrative review 
for all shipments of certain pasta from Italy entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of 
these amended final results, as provided by section 751(a) of the Act: 
(1) for companies covered by this review, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate listed above; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies other than those covered by this review, the cash deposit 
rate will be the company-specific rate established for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation, but the 
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the 
most recent period for the manufacturer of the subject merchandise; and 
(4) if neither the exporter nor the producer is a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the investigation, the cash deposit

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rate will be 15.45 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation. These deposit requirements shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to 
liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in the presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and 
the subsequent increase in antidumping duties by the amount of 
antidumping and/or countervailing duties reimbursed.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also is the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply 
with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    These amended final results of administrative review and notice are 
issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and (h), and 
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224.

    Dated: March 3, 2010.
Carole A. Showers,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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