[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 298-300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-126]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-805]


Certain Pasta From Turkey: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Determination Not To Revoke the Antidumping 
Duty Order in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Determination Not to Revoke the Antidumping Duty Order in 
Part: Certain Pasta from Turkey.

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SUMMARY: On June 28, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Turkey. This review covers 
the following exporters/producers of subject merchandise: (1) 
Pastavilla Makarnacilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Pastavilla); and (2) 
Filiz Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Filiz). The period of review (POR) 
is July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000.
    Based on our analysis of the comments received, these final results 
differ from the preliminary results. The final results are listed in 
the section ``Final Results of Review.'' For our final results, we have 
found that during the POR, Pastavilla sold subject merchandise at less 
than normal value (NV). In addition, we are not revoking the 
antidumping order with respect to Pastavilla, because it has not had 
three years of sales in commercial quantities at less than NV. See 
``Determination Not to Revoke'' section of this notice. We have also 
found that during the POR, Filiz did not make sales of the subject 
merchandise at less than NV (i.e., it had ``zero'' or de minimis 
dumping margins).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Terpstra or Lyman Armstrong, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Office VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-3965 or (202) 482-3601, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act) are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations 
refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Case History

    On June 28, 2001, the Department published the preliminary results 
of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
pasta from Turkey. See Notice of Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Pasta 
from Turkey, 66 FR 34410 (June 28, 2001) (Preliminary Results). The 
review covers two manufacturers/exporters. The POR is July 1, 1999, 
through June 30, 2000. We invited parties to comment on our preliminary 
results of review. In response to the Department's invitation to 
comment on the preliminary results of this review, New World Pasta, a 
petitioner\1\ in the case, filed a case brief on August 2, 2001, and 
the respondents filed case briefs on August 6, 2001. We received 
rebuttal briefs from New World Pasta and Pastavilla on August 13, 2001. 
A public hearing was not held with respect to this review because no 
party requested one. On September 26, 2001, respondents requested that 
the Department extend its final results in order to incorporate in our 
margin calculation programs the results from the most recently 
completed reviews of the countervailing duty order on pasta from 
Turkey. On November 1, 2001, the Department published a notice 
postponing the final results of this review until December 25, 2001 (66 
FR 55160). The Department has conducted this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Act.
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    \1\ The petitioners are Borden Inc., Hershey Foods Corp. 
(Hershey Pasta), Grocery Corp Inc., and Gooch Foods, Inc. (effective 
January 1, 1999, Hershey Pasta and Grocery Corp., Inc. became New 
World Pasta, Inc.).
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Scope of Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of certain non-egg dry 
pasta in packages of five pounds (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 review 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.
    The merchandise subject to review is currently classifiable under 
item 1902.19.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and 
Customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise subject to 
the order is dispositive.

Scope Rulings

    The Department has issued the following scope ruling to date:
    (1) On October 26, 1998, the Department self-initiated a scope 
inquiry to determine whether a package weighing over five pounds as a 
result of allowable industry tolerances is within the scope of the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders. On May 24, 1999, we issued 
a final scope ruling finding that, effective October 26, 1998, pasta in 
packages weighing or labeled up to (and including) five pounds four 
ounces is within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders. See Memorandum from John Brinkmann to Richard Moreland, dated 
May 24, 1999, in the case file in the

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Central Records Unit, main Commerce building, room B-099 (the CRU).

Determination Not To Revoke

    Pastavilla has had zero or de minimis dumping margins for the 
previous two review periods. See Notice of Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review: Certain Pasta from Turkey 64 FR 69493 
(December 13, 1999); see also, Notice of Final Results and Partial 
Recission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Pasta from 
Turkey 63 FR 68429 (December 11, 1998). However, as shown in the final 
results of this review, Pastavilla's weight-averaged dumping margin is 
2.78 percent, which is above the de minimis rate of 0.50 percent. See 
19 CFR 351.106(c). Consequently, Pastavilla has not made sales of 
subject merchandise ``at not less than NV for a period of at least 
three consecutive years'' as required by the Department's regulations. 
Because one of the requirements to qualify for revocation has not been 
met, the Department has not addressed the issues of commercial 
quantities and whether the continued application of the antidumping 
duty order is necessary to offset dumping with regard to Pastavilla. 
Thus, we determine not to revoke this order with respect to Pastavilla.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum for the Fourth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
(Decision Memorandum) from Bernard Carreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, to Faryar Shirzad, Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration, dated concurrently with this notice, which is 
hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which parties have 
raised, and to which we have responded in the Decision Memorandum, is 
attached to this notice as an Appendix. Parties can find a complete 
discussion of all issues raised in this review and the corresponding 
recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on file in the CRU. 
In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be 
accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov. The paper copy 
and electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of comments received, we have made certain 
changes in the margin calculations. We calculated the export price and 
normal value using the same methodology stated in the Preliminary 
Results, except as follows:
     For the countervailing duty field (i.e., CVDU) reported by 
Filiz, in the preliminary results, the Department mistakenly divided 
Filiz's reported figure by one thousand, on the premise that the figure 
was reported in $/metric ton and therefore must be converted to $/
kilogram. We have corrected this error by not converting this field for 
purposes of these final results. In addition, we have reevaluated the 
appropriate amount of countervailing duties applicable to the dumping 
calculations for Filiz and Pastavilla.
     The Department has deleted its re-indexing of Pastavilla's 
fixed overhead (FOH) field and, instead, accepted Pastavilla's indexing 
of its FOH reported in the cost database.
     The Department corrected a typographical error for the 
amount to be indexed for hyper-inflation for the month of August 1999 
in its affiliated party program.
    These changes are discussed in the relevant sections of the 
Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average percentage margins exist for the period July 1, 1999, 
through June 30, 2000:

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Filiz......................................................         0.00
Pastavilla.................................................         2.78
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Assessment Rate

    The Department shall determine, and Customs shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. In accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(b), we have calculated exporter/importer-specific 
assessment rates by aggregating the dumping margins for all U.S. sales 
to each importer and dividing the amount by the total entered value of 
the sales to that importer. Where the importer-specific assessment rate 
is above de minimis, we will instruct Customs to assess antidumping 
duties on that importer's entries of subject merchandise. We will 
direct Customs to assess the resulting percentage margins against the 
entered Customs values for the subject merchandise on each of that 
importer's entries under the order during the POR.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of certain pasta from Turkey entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as 
provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 
the reviewed companies will be the rates shown above, except where the 
margin is de minimis or zero we will instruct Customs not to collect 
cash deposits; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies 
not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the 
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 51.49 percent, the ``All Others'' rate established in 
the LTFV investigation. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order and 
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 
Pasta from Turkey, 61 FR 38545 (July 24, 1996). These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.
    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 duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of 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.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.


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    Dated: December 26, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

List of Comments and Issues in the Decision Memorandum

Filiz and Pastavilla

1. Calculation of the Countervailing Duty (CVD) Field

Pastavilla

2. Calculation of Warranty Expense
3. Application of Negative Interest Cost
4. Indexing Fixed Overhead Costs
5. Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order with Respect to 
Pastavilla
6. Clerical Error in the Affiliated Party Program

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