[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 198 (Monday, October 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48060-48061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22328]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-819]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2015

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On July 25, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on pasta from Italy. The period of review 
(POR) is January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015. The review covers 
one producer/exporter of subject merchandise. We invited parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Results. None were received. Accordingly, 
for the final results, we continue to find that that Liguori Pastificio 
dal 1820 S.p.A. (Liguori) received countervailable subsidies during the 
POR.

DATES: Applicable October 16, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, 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) 482-1785.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 25, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
of the administrative review.\1\ The Department gave interested parties 
an opportunity to

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comment on the Preliminary Results. None were received. The Department 
has conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Certain Pasta from Italy: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015, 82 FR 34481 (July 
25, 2017) (Preliminary Results) and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by the 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 the scope of the Order 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 the 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. Multicolored 
pasta, imported in kitchen display bottles of decorative glass that are 
sealed with cork or paraffin and bound with raffia, is excluded from 
the scope of the Order.\2\ Pursuant to the Department's May 12, 2011 
changed circumstances review, effective January 1, 2009, gluten-free 
pasta is also excluded from the scope of the Order.\3\ Effective 
January 1, 2012, ravioli and tortellini filled with cheese and/or 
vegetables are also excluded from the scope of the Order.\4\
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Richard Moreland, dated August 25, 1997, 
which is on file in the CRU.
    \3\ See Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation, In 
Part, 76 FR 27634 (May 12, 2011).
    \4\ See Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews and 
Revocation, in Part 79 FR 58319, 58320 (September 29, 2014).
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    Also excluded are imports of organic pasta from Italy that are 
certified by an EU authorized body in accordance with the United States 
Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program for organic 
products. The organic pasta certification must be retained by exporters 
and importers and made available to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
or the Department of Commerce upon request.
    The merchandise subject to review is currently classifiable under 
items 1901.90.90.95 and 1902.19.20 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.

Final Results of Review

    Because the Department received no comments after the Preliminary 
Results for consideration for these final results, we have made no 
changes to the Preliminary Results. As a result of this review, we 
determine that countervailable subsidies were provided to the 
respondent for the period January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, 
at the following rate: \5\
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    \5\ We have made no changes to this rate since the Preliminary 
Results. Therefore, no additional disclosure of calculations is 
necessary for these final results under 19 CFR 351.224(b).

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                                                                  Net
                                                                subsidy
                      Producer/exporter                          rate
                                                               (percent)
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Liguori Pastificio dal 1820 S.p.A...........................        1.62
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), the Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection 
(CBP) 15 days after the date of publication of these final results to 
liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced by Liguori entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 
2015 through December 31, 2015 at the ad valorem rate listed above.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated CVDs in the amount shown above for shipments of 
subject merchandise by Liguori entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct 
CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the 
most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the 
company. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 10, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-22328 Filed 10-13-17; 8:45 am]
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