[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42231-42232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20749]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-818]
Notice of Second Amendment to the Final Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Pasta From Italy
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 14, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Brinkmann at (202) 482-5288,
Jennifer Katt at (202) 482-0498, or Greg Thompson at (202) 482-3003,
Office of AD/CVD Duty Enforcement II, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 by the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (URAA).
Scope of Order
The scope of this order consists of certain non-egg dry pasta in
packages of five pounds (or 2.27 kilograms) or less, whether or not
enriched or fortified or containing milk or other optional ingredients
such as chopped vegetables, vegetable purees, milk, gluten, diastases,
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 Associazione Marchigiana
Agricultura Biologica (AMAB) or by Bioagricoop scrl.
On July 9, 1996, after the date of our final antidumping duty
determination, Euro-USA Trading Co., Inc., of Pawcatuck, CT, submitted
materials to the Department supporting its request for an exclusion for
pasta certified to be ``organic pasta.'' Among the documents submitted
are a decree from the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
authorizing Bioagricoop scrl to certify foodstuffs as organic for the
implementation of EEC Regulation 2029/91. Also submitted is a letter
(with an accompanying translation into English) from the Director of
Controls of Processing and Marketing Firms at Bioagricoop stating that
the organization will take responsibility for its organic pasta
certificates and will supply necessary documentation to U.S.
authorities. On this basis, imports of organic pasta from Italy that
are accompanied by the appropriate certificate issued by Bioagricoop
scrl are excluded from the scope of this order.
The merchandise under order is currently classifiable under items
1902.19.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this
order is dispositive.
Second Amendment to the Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order
In accordance with section 735(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), on July 17, 1996, the Department amended its final
determination and released an order that certain pasta (pasta) from
Italy is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less
than fair value (61 FR 38547 (July 24, 1996)). On July 26, 1996, we
received a submission from one of the respondents to the antidumping
investigation, Liguori Pastificio dal 1820, SpA, (Liguori), alleging an
error in the Department's calculation of the company's antidumping duty
deposit rate. Specifically, Liguori argued that the Department failed
to take into account the fact that the company is
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depositing estimated countervailing duties at the ``All Others'' rate
listed in the Countervailing Duty (CVD) Order. Liguori contends that
0.83 percent of this CVD deposit rate reflects export subsidies. We
have reviewed Liguori's argument and agree, pursuant to Article VI (5)
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947) which prohibits
assessing dumping duties on the portion of the CVD margin attributable
to an export subsidy, that the Department did not deduct the export
subsidy portion of the ``All Others'' rate in calculating the
antidumping deposit rate for Ligouri. In addition, the Department noted
this same correction will apply to another respondent, Pastificio
Fratelli Pagani S.p.A. Correction of these errors results in the
following cash deposits for the subject merchandise:
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Cash
Manufacturer/producer/exporter deposit
rate
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Arrighi/Italpasta............................................. 19.09
De Cecco...................................................... 46.67
De Matteis.................................................... 0.00
Delverde/Tamma................................................ 1.68
La Molisana................................................... 14.73
Liguori....................................................... 11.58
Pagani........................................................ 17.47
All Others.................................................... 11.26
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This notice constitutes the second amendment to the final
determination and antidumping duty order with respect to pasta from
Italy, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may
contact the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the Main Commerce
Building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect.
This order is published pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act (19
USC 1673e (a)) and 19 CFR 353.21.
Dated: August 8, 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-20749 Filed 8-13-96; 8:45 am]
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