[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2183-2188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-333]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-351-840)


Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Affirmative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain 
Orange Juice from Brazil

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 13, 2006.
SUMMARY: On August 24, 2005, the Department of Commerce published its 
preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value (LTFV) in 
the antidumping duty investigation of certain orange juice from Brazil. 
The period of investigation (POI) is October 1, 2003, through September 
30, 2004.
    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the final determination 
differs from the preliminary determination. The final weighted-average 
dumping margins for the investigated companies are listed below in the 
section entitled ``Final Determination Margins.'' In addition, we have 
determined that Coinbra Frutesp S.A. (Coinbra-Frutesp) is the 
successor-in-interest to Frutropic S.A. (Frutropic) and, thus, its 
production and/or exports of frozen concentrated orange juice for 
further manufacture (FCOJM) are covered by the scope of this 
proceeding. Finally, we determine that critical circumstances exist 
with regard to certain exports of subject merchandise from Brazil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or Jill Pollack, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3874 or (202) 482-4593, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Final Determination:

    We determine that certain orange juice from Brazil is being, or is 
likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV, as provided in section 
735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The estimated 
margins of sales of LTFV are shown in the ``Continuation of Suspension 
of Liquidation'' section of this notice. In addition, we determine that 
there is a reasonable basis to believe or suspect that critical 
circumstances exist with respect to imports of the subject merchandise 
produced by Sucocitrico Cutrale, S.A. (Cutrale), Montecitrus Trading 
S.A. (Montecitrus), and companies covered by the ``All Others'' rate. 
However, we determine that there is no reasonable basis to believe or 
suspect that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of 
the subject merchandise produced by Fischer S/A - Agroindustria 
(Fischer). Finally, we determine that Coinbra-Frutesp is the successor-
in-interest to Frutropic,\1\ and thus its production and exports of 
FCOJM are covered by the scope of this proceeding.
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    \1\ At the time of its revocation from the order, Frutropic no 
longer existed as a legal entity. Rather, this company had been 
formally dissolved and incorporated into its parent company, 
Coinbra. Because this change in corporate organization was limited 
to a change in name only, we find that all references to Frutropic 
apply equally to Coinbra.
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Case History

    The preliminary determination in this investigation was published 
on August 24, 2005. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and 
Affirmative Preliminary Critical Circumstances Determination: Certain 
Orange Juice from Brazil, 70 FR 49557 (Aug. 24, 2005) (Preliminary 
Determination).
    Since the preliminary determination, the following events have 
occurred.
    From August through October 2005, we verified the questionnaire 
responses of the two participating respondents in this case, Cutrale 
and Fischer.
    In November 2005, we received case briefs from the petitioners,\2\ 
Cutrale, Fischer, and an interested party to this investigation, Louis 
Dreyfus Citrus, Inc. (Louis Dreyfus). We also received

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rebuttal briefs in November 2005 from the petitioners, Cutrale, 
Fischer, Louis Dreyfus, and an additional interested party, Citrovita 
Agro Industrial Ltda. (Citrovita). The Department held a public hearing 
on November 21, 2005, at the request of the petitioners.
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    \2\ The petitioners in this investigation are Florida Citrus 
Mutual, A. Duda & Sons, Inc. (doing business as Citrus Belle), 
Citrus World, Inc., and Southern Garden Citrus Processing 
Corporation (doing business as Southern Gardens).
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Period of Investigation

    The period of investigation is October 1, 2003, through September 
30, 2004.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 
this investigation are addressed in the ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum'' (Decision Memorandum) from Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, to David M. Spooner, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated January 6, 2006, 
which is adopted by this notice. Parties can find a complete discussion 
of the issues raised in this investigation and the corresponding 
recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on file in the 
Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main Commerce Building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. The paper 
copy and electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Scope of Investigation

    The scope of this investigation includes certain orange juice for 
transport and/or further manufacturing, produced in two different 
forms: (1) frozen orange juice in a highly concentrated form, sometimes 
referred to as FCOJM; and (2) pasteurized single-strength orange juice 
which has not been concentrated, referred to as not-from-concentrate 
(NFC). At the time of the filing of the petition, there was an existing 
antidumping duty order on frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) from 
Brazil. See Antidumping Duty Order; Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 
from Brazil, 52 FR 16426 (May 5, 1987). Therefore, the scope of this 
investigation with regard to FCOJM covers only FCOJM produced and/or 
exported by those companies which were excluded or revoked from the 
pre-existing antidumping order on FCOJ from Brazil as of December 27, 
2004. Those companies are Cargill Citrus Limitada (Cargill), Coinbra-
Frutesp, Cutrale, Fischer, and Montecitrus.
    Excluded from the scope of the investigation are reconstituted 
orange juice and frozen concentrated orange juice for retail (FCOJR). 
Reconstituted orange juice is produced through further manufacture of 
FCOJM, by adding water, oils and essences to the orange juice 
concentrate. FCOJR is concentrated orange juice, typically at 42[endex] 
Brix, in a frozen state, packed in retail-sized containers ready for 
sale to consumers. FCOJR, a finished consumer product, is produced 
through further manufacture of FCOJM, a bulk manufacturer's product. 
The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under subheadings 
2009.11.00, 2009.12.25, 2009.12.45, and 2009.19.00 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). These HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and for customs purposes only and are not 
dispositive. Rather, the written description of the scope of this 
investigation is dispositive.

Changes Since the Preliminary Determination

    Based on our analysis of the comments received and our findings at 
verification, we have made certain changes to the margin calculations. 
For a discussion of these changes, see the ``Margin Calculations'' 
section of the Decision Memorandum.

Successor-in-Interest

    As noted above, at the time of the filing of the petition, there 
was an existing antidumping duty order on FCOJ from Brazil. Therefore, 
the scope with regard to FCOJM covers only FCOJM produced and/or 
exported by those companies which were excluded or revoked from the 
pre-existing antidumping order on FCOJ from Brazil as of December 27, 
2004. Two of these entities, Frutropic and Coopercitrus Industrial 
Frutesp (Frutesp), were purchased by the Louis Dreyfus group in the 
early 1990s, and they are now producing and exporting FCOJM under the 
name Coinbra-Frutesp. We analyzed the corporate structure changes on 
the record of this proceeding and find that Coinbra-Frutesp is the 
successor-in-interest to Frutropic. See the Decision Memorandum at 
Comment 3. Accordingly, Coinbra-Frutesp's production/exports of FCOJM 
are subject to the instant investigation. Because we find that Coinbra-
Frutesp is the successor-in-interest to Frutropic, a separate finding 
for Frutesp is unnecessary, and thus we have not analyzed this issue 
with respect to Frutesp.

Montecitrus

    In October 1994, the Department revoked a company named Montecitrus 
Trading S.A. from the then-existing order on FCOJ from Brazil. See 
Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice From Brazil; Final Results and 
Termination in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
Revocation in Part of the Antidumping Duty Order, 56 FR 52510 (Oct. 21, 
1991). However, in the instant investigation, this company entered a 
notice of appearance on behalf of the corporate grouping of which 
Montecitrus is a part (see the February 1, 2005, letter from 
Montecitrus to the Department). For this reason, we sent a 
questionnaire to the Montecitrus Group, and we received a response to 
section A of the Department's questionnaire on behalf of this entity. 
Subsequently, Montecitrus ceased participating in this investigation 
and it withdrew it business proprietary data from the record of the 
proceeding.
    In both the initiation and the preliminary determination, we 
inadvertently referenced the producing company within the Montecitrus 
Group, Montecitrus Industria e Comercio Limitada, rather than 
Montecitrus Trading, as the entity subject to this proceeding. However, 
as part of its public section A questionnaire response, Montecitrus 
informed the Department that it had merged with Montecitrus Industria e 
Comercio Limitada. See page 6 of the May 2, 2005, submission from 
Miller and Chevalier Chartered to the Secretary of Commerce, ``Re-
Bracketed Section A Questionnaire Response of Montecitrus Group.'' 
Because our scope specifically covers companies excluded and revoked 
from the order, we find that we should have referenced Montecitrus 
Trading S.A. as the relevant party to this proceeding in our Federal 
Register notices. We have corrected this error in the final 
determination. Consequently, we have instructed U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to require a cash deposit or the posting of a bond 
equal to the antidumping duty rate listed below for Montecitrus Trading 
S.A.

Use of AFA for Montecitrus

    As noted in the preliminary determination, Montecitrus notified the 
Department on May 9, 2005, that it no longer intended to participate in 
the investigation. See Preliminary Determination, 70 FR at 49560. 
Section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides that, if an interested party: (A) 
withholds information requested by the Department, (B) fails to provide 
such information by the deadline, or in the form or manner requested, 
(C) significantly impedes a proceeding, or (D) provides information 
that cannot be verified, the Department shall use, subject to sections 
782(d) and (e) of the Act, facts otherwise available in reaching the 
applicable determination.

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    In the instant investigation, by withdrawing its information from 
the record, the Department found that, pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(A) 
of the Act, Montecitrus withheld requested information. Further, 
pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the Department determined 
that Montecitrus failed to provide the information requested by the 
Department within the established deadlines. Finally, by withdrawing 
from the investigation and ceasing to participate in the proceeding, 
the Department found that, pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 
Montecitrus significantly impeded the investigation. Consequently, 
pursuant to sections 776(a)(2)(A)-(C) of the Act, the Department 
continues to find that the application of facts otherwise available to 
Montecitrus is warranted for the final determination.
    In selecting from among the facts otherwise available, section 
776(b) of the Act authorizes the Department to use an adverse inference 
if the Department finds that an interested party failed to cooperate by 
not acting to the best of its ability to comply with a request for 
information. See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales of Less 
Than Fair Value and Final Negative Critical Circumstances: Carbon and 
Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, 67 FR 55792, 55794-96 (Aug. 
30, 2002). To examine whether the respondent cooperated by acting to 
the best of its ability under section 776(b) of the Act, the Department 
considers, inter alia, the accuracy and completeness of submitted 
information and whether the respondent has hindered the calculation of 
accurate dumping margins. See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cold-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon 
Quality Steel Products From Brazil, 65 FR 5554, 5567 (Feb. 4, 2000). In 
the instant investigation, by ceasing to participate in the 
investigation, Montecitrus decided not to cooperate and thus did not 
act to the best of its ability to comply with a request for 
information. Consequently, we find that an adverse inference is 
warranted in determining an antidumping duty margin for Montecitrus.
    Section 776(b) of the Act authorizes the Department to use, as AFA, 
information derived from the petition, a final investigation 
determination, a previous administrative review, or any other 
information placed on the record. The Department's practice when 
selecting an adverse rate from among the possible sources of 
information is to ensure that the margin is sufficiently adverse to 
induce respondents to provide the Department with complete and accurate 
information in a timely manner. See, e.g., Carbon and Certain Alloy 
Steel Wire Rod from Brazil: Notice of Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative Critical Circumstances, 67 FR 
55792 (Aug. 30, 2002); Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors from 
Taiwan: Final Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, 63 FR 
8909 (Feb. 23, 1998). The Department applies AFA ``to ensure that the 
party does not obtain a more favorable result by failing to cooperate 
than if it had cooperated fully.'' See Statement of Administrative 
Action accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, H.R. Doc. No. 
103-316, vol. 1, at 870 (1994) (SAA).
    In accordance with our standard practice, as AFA, we are assigning 
Montecitrus a rate which is the higher of: (1) the highest margin 
stated in the notice of initiation (i.e., the recalculated petition 
margin); or (2) the highest margin calculated for any respondent in 
this investigation. See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Sweden, 
70 FR 28278 (May 17, 2005). In this case, the final AFA margin is 60.29 
percent, which is the highest margin stated in the notice of 
initiation. See Initiation Notice, 70 FR at 7236. We find that this 
rate is sufficiently high as to effectuate the purpose of the facts 
available rule (i.e., to encourage participation in future segments of 
this proceeding).

Corroboration of Information

    Section 776(c) of the Act requires the Department to corroborate, 
to the extent practicable, secondary information used as facts 
available. Secondary information is defined as ``{i{time} nformation 
derived from the petition that gave rise to the investigation or 
review, the final determination concerning the subject merchandise, or 
any previous review under section 751 concerning the subject 
merchandise.'' See 19 CFR 351.308(c) and (d); see also the SAA at 870.
    The SAA clarifies that ``corroborate'' means that the Department 
will satisfy itself that the secondary information to be used has 
probative value. See the SAA at 870. The SAA also states that 
independent sources used to corroborate such evidence may include, for 
example, published price lists, official import statistics and customs 
data, and information obtained from interested parties during the 
particular investigation. Id. To corroborate secondary information, the 
Department will, to the extent practicable, examine the reliability and 
relevance of the information used.
    In order to determine the probative value of the margins in the 
petition for use as AFA for purposes of this final determination, we 
relied on our analysis from the preliminary determination. See 
Preliminary Determination, 70 FR at 49560-49561. Based on this 
analysis, we determined that the petition price and cost information 
has probative value. Accordingly, we find that the highest margin 
stated in the notice of initiation, 60.29 percent, is corroborated 
within the meaning of section 776(c) of the Act.

Critical Circumstances

    In our preliminary determination, we found that critical 
circumstances existed for all mandatory respondents and companies 
subject to the ``All Others'' rate. See Preliminary Determination, 70 
FR at 49565-49566. We received comments on our critical circumstances 
determination from Fischer and the petitioners.
    Section 735(a)(3) of the Act provides that the Department will 
preliminarily determine that critical circumstances exist if there is a 
reasonable basis to believe or suspect that: (A)(i) there is a history 
of dumping and material injury by reason of dumped imports in the 
United States or elsewhere of the subject merchandise; or (ii) the 
person by whom, or for whose account, the merchandise was imported knew 
or should have known that the exporter was selling the subject 
merchandise at less than its fair value and that there was likely to be 
material injury by reason of such sales; and (B) there have been 
massive imports of the subject merchandise over a relatively short 
period. Section 351.206(h)(1) of the Department's regulations provides 
that, in determining whether imports of the subject merchandise have 
been ``massive,'' the Department normally will examine: (i) the volume 
and value of the imports; (ii) seasonal trends; and (iii) the share of 
domestic consumption accounted for by the imports. In addition, 19 CFR 
351.206(h)(2) provides that an increase in imports of 15 percent during 
the ``relatively short period'' of time may be considered ``massive.'' 
Section 351.206(i) of the Department's regulations defines ``relatively 
short period'' as normally being the period beginning on the date the 
proceeding begins (i.e., the date the petition is filed) and ending at 
least three months later. The regulations also provide, however, that 
if the Department finds that importers, exporters, or producers had 
reason to believe, at some time prior to

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the beginning of the proceeding, that a proceeding was likely, the 
Department may consider a period of not less than three months from 
that earlier time.
    In determining whether the above statutory criteria have been 
satisfied, we examined: (1) the evidence placed on the record by the 
respondents and the petitioners; (2) information obtained from the 
USITC dataweb; and (3) the ITC's preliminary determination of injury 
(See Certain Orange Juice from Brazil, Investigation No. 731-TA-1089 
(Preliminary), 70 FR 20595 (Apr. 20, 2005) (ITC Preliminary 
Determination)).
    To determine whether there is a history of injurious dumping of the 
merchandise under investigation, in accordance with section 
735(a)(3)(A)(i) of the Act, the Department normally considers evidence 
of an existing antidumping duty order on the subject merchandise in the 
United States or elsewhere to be sufficient. See Preliminary 
Determination of Critical Circumstances: Steel Concrete Reinforcing 
Bars From Ukraine and Moldova, 65 FR 70696 (Nov. 27, 2000). With regard 
to imports of certain orange juice from Brazil, the petitioners' claim 
that the pre-existing order on FCOJ from Brazil should be considered to 
be a history of dumping. However, we disagree that order demonstrates a 
history of dumping of subject merchandise because there is no overlap 
in the scope of that order and this proceeding. For this reason, the 
Department does not find a history of injurious dumping of the subject 
merchandise from Brazil pursuant to section 735(a)(3)(A)(i) of the Act.
    To determine whether the person by whom, or for whose account, the 
merchandise was imported knew or should have known that the exporter 
was selling the subject merchandise at LTFV and that there was likely 
to be material injury by reason of such sales in accordance with 
section 735(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act, the Department normally considers 
margins of 25 percent or more for export price (EP) sales or 15 percent 
or more for constructed export price (CEP) transactions sufficient to 
impute knowledge of dumping. See Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the 
People's Republic of China, 62 FR 31972, 31978 (Oct. 19, 2001). Both 
Cutrale and Fischer made only CEP sales during the POI. The final 
dumping margin calculated for Cutrale exceeded the threshold sufficient 
to impute knowledge of dumping (i.e., 15 percent for CEP sales), while 
the final dumping margin calculated for Fischer did not. Therefore, we 
determine that there is sufficient basis to find that importers should 
have known that Cutrale was selling the subject merchandise at LTFV 
pursuant to section 735(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act. However, there is an 
insufficient basis to find that importers should have known that 
Fischer was selling the subject merchandise at less than its fair value 
pursuant to section 735(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act. Regarding Montecitrus, 
we find that importers of subject merchandise produced by this company 
knew or should have known that this company was selling the subject 
merchandise at LTFV because the final dumping margin for it exceeds the 
threshold sufficient to impute knowledge of dumping.
    In determining whether an importer knew or should have known that 
there was likely to be material injury by reason of dumped imports, the 
Department normally will look to the preliminary injury determination 
of the ITC. If the ITC finds a reasonable indication of present 
material injury to the relevant U.S. industry, the Department will 
determine that a reasonable basis exists to impute importer knowledge 
that material injury is likely by reason of such imports. See Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cut-To-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate from the People's Republic of China, 62 FR 61964 
(Nov. 20, 1997). In the present case, the ITC preliminarily found 
reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by imports of certain orange juice from Brazil. See 
ITC Preliminary Determination. Based on the ITC's preliminary 
determination of injury, and the final antidumping margins for Cutrale 
and Montecitrus, the Department finds that there is a reasonable basis 
to conclude that the importer knew or should have known that there was 
likely to be injurious dumping of subject merchandise for these 
companies.
    Regarding the companies subject to the ``All Others'' rate, it is 
the Department's normal practice to conduct its critical circumstances 
analysis for these companies based on the experience of investigated 
companies. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey, 62 FR 9737, 
9741 (Mar. 4, 1997). However, the Department does not automatically 
extend an affirmative critical circumstances determination to companies 
covered by the ``All Others'' rate. See Notice of Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in 
Coils from Japan, 64 FR 30574 (June 8, 1999) (Stainless Steel from 
Japan). Instead, the Department considers the traditional critical 
circumstances criteria with respect to the companies covered by the 
``All Others'' rate. Consistent with Stainless Steel from Japan, the 
Department has, in this case, applied the traditional critical 
circumstances criteria to the ``All Others'' category for the 
antidumping investigation of certain orange juice from Brazil.
    In determining whether there is a reasonable basis to believe or 
suspect that importers knew or should have known that companies subject 
to the ``All Others'' rate were selling certain orange juice from 
Brazil at LTFV, we look to the ``All Others'' dumping margin, which is 
based on the weighted-average rate of all investigated companies where 
the margin is not based on adverse facts available. The dumping margin 
for the ``All Others'' category in the instant case exceeds the 15 
percent threshold necessary to impute knowledge of dumping. Therefore, 
we find that importers had knowledge that companies covered by the 
``All Others'' rate were dumping subject merchandise in the United 
States during the POI, and that the importer knowledge criterion, as 
set forth in section 735(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act, has been met for the 
``All Others'' companies. Based on the ITC's preliminary determination 
of injury, and the final antidumping margin for companies subject to 
the ``All Others'' rate, the Department finds that there is a 
reasonable basis to conclude that the importer knew or should have 
known that there was likely to be injurious dumping of subject 
merchandise for these companies.
    In determining whether there are ``massive imports'' over a 
``relatively short period,'' pursuant to section 735(a)(3)(B) of the 
Act, the Department normally compares the import volumes of the subject 
merchandise for at least three months immediately preceding the filing 
of the petition (i.e., the base period) to a comparable period of at 
least three months following the filing of the petition (i.e., the 
comparison period). Accordingly, in determining whether imports of the 
subject merchandise have been massive, we have based our analysis for 
Cutrale and the companies covered by the ``All Others'' rate on 
shipment data for comparable six-month periods preceding and following 
the filing of the petition.
    In determining whether imports for Cutrale were massive under 19 
CFR 351.206(h), we note that we were unable

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to verify Cutrale's company-specific data. Because Cutrale submitted 
information that could not be verified, the Department finds that, 
pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(D) of the Act, it is appropriate to use 
facts available (FA) in reaching our final determination regarding 
critical circumstances for Cutrale. Further, because Cutrale did not 
act to the best of its ability to comply with a request for 
information, we find that an adverse inference in selecting from the 
facts otherwise available is warranted. As AFA, we have relied on 
Cutrale's reported monthly shipment data for the base and comparison 
periods because this data shows Cutrale's imports of the subject 
merchandise were massive in accordance with section 735(a)(3)(B) of the 
Act.
    Regarding Montecitrus, we find that Montecitrus's withdrawal from 
the instant investigation precluded the Department from soliciting 
company-specific import data. Thus, we have based our determination of 
whether imports for Montecitrus were massive on AFA and find that 
imports for Montecitrus were massive in accordance with section 
735(a)(3)(B) of the Act.
    In determining whether imports for the companies subject to the 
``All Others'' rate were massive, we examined USITC dataweb data for a 
six-month period (i.e., January to June 2005) adjusted to exclude 
Cutrale's and Fischer's company-specific data for the same period. 
Because the volume of imports increased by more than 15 percent from 
January to June 2005 when compared to the import volume in the base 
period, we find that imports for the companies subject to the ``All 
Others'' rate were massive in accordance with section 735(a)(3)(B) of 
the Act.
    In making our critical circumstances determination, we also 
considered the impact of seasonality on imports of certain orange 
juice. We noted in our preliminary affirmative determination of 
critical circumstances that imports of certain orange juice are not 
subject to seasonal trends. See the August 16, 2005, memorandum from 
Louis Apple to Barbara E. Tillman entitled, ``Antidumping Duty 
Investigation of Certain Orange Juice from Brazil - Affirmative 
Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances.'' Because no 
interested parties have raised issues of seasonality subsequent to our 
preliminary determination, we have not revisited our analysis with 
regard to this issue. Consequently, we find that any surge in U.S. 
imports of certain orange juice cannot be explained by seasonal trends.
    Based on the fact that: 1) we find that knowledge of dumping exists 
with regard to Cutrale, Montecitrus, and the companies subject to the 
``All Others'' rate; and 2) there have been massive imports of certain 
orange juice which cannot be accounted for by seasonal trends for these 
parties, we find that critical circumstances exist with regard to 
imports of certain orange juice from Brazil for Cutrale, Montecitrus, 
and companies subject to the ``All Others'' rate. However, because we 
do not find knowledge of dumping with regard to Fischer, we find that 
critical circumstances do not exist for this company.
    For further discussion, see the Decision Memorandum at Comment 4 
and the January 6, 2006, memorandum to Irene Darzenta Tzafolias, Acting 
Director, Office 2, from the team entitled, ``Antidumping Duty 
Investigation of Certain Orange Juice from Brazil - Final Determination 
of Critical Circumstances.''

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we verified the 
information submitted by Cutrale and Fischer for use in our final 
determination. We used standard verification procedures including 
examination of relevant accounting and production records, and original 
source documents provided by the respondents.

Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we are 
directing CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of entries of certain 
orange juice from Brazil produced and/or exported by Cutrale, 
Montecitrus, and companies subject to the ``All Others'' rate that are 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May 
26, 2005, 90 days prior to the date of publication of the preliminary 
determination in the Federal Register. However, because we find that 
critical circumstances do not exist with regard to imports of certain 
orange juice from Brazil produced and/or exported by Fischer, we will 
instruct CBP to terminate the retroactive suspension of liquidation for 
Fischer between May 26, 2005, and August 24, 2005 (the date of 
publication of the preliminary determination). CBP shall continue to 
require a cash deposit or the posting of a bond for all companies based 
on the estimated weighted-average dumping margins shown below. The 
suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until 
further notice.
    We will also instruct CBP that, for NFC, the ``All Others'' rate 
applies to all companies not specifically named in the ``Final 
Determination Margins'' section, below, including Coinbra-Frutesp. 
However, for FCOJM, the ``All Others'' rate only applies to FCOJM 
produced and/or exported by Cargill. CBP shall not suspend entries of 
FCOJM from companies other than Cargill, Cutrale, Fischer, and 
Montecitrus at this time.
    Regarding Coinbra-Frutesp, this notice serves as notification to 
the ITC that Coinbra-Frutesp's production/exports of FCOJM are part of 
the class or kind of merchandise under investigation. Consequently, we 
anticipate that the ITC will include these exports in its final injury 
determination. If the ITC's final determination is affirmative, we will 
instruct CBP to begin suspending liquidation of any entries of FCOJM 
produced and/or exported by Coinbra-Frutesp after the date of 
publication of that determination.

Final Determination Margins

    The weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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       Exporter/Manufacturer          Weighted-Average Margin Percentage           Circumstances Critical
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Fischer S/A - Agroindustria.......                                   9.73                                     No
Montecitrus Trading S.A...........                                  60.29                                    Yes
Sucocitrico Cutrale, S.A..........                                  19.19                                    Yes
All Others........................                                  15.42                                    Yes
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    In accordance with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we have based 
the ``All Others'' rate on the weighted average of the dumping margins 
calculated for the exporters/manufacturers investigated in this 
proceeding. The ``All Others'' rate is calculated exclusive of all de 
minimis margins and margins based entirely on AFA.

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ITC Notification

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we have notified the 
ITC of our determination. As our final determination is affirmative, 
the ITC will determine within 45 days whether these imports are causing 
material injury, or threat of material injury, to an industry in the 
United States. If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of 
injury does not exist, the proceeding will be terminated and all 
securities posted will be refunded or canceled. If the ITC determines 
that such injury does exist, the Department will issue an antidumping 
duty order directing CBP officials to assess antidumping duties on all 
imports of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the 
suspension of liquidation.
    This notice serves as the only 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(a)(3). Timely written 
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 735(d) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: January 6, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix Issues in the Decision Memo

Comments

1. Legal Authority to Initiate This Proceeding
2. Scope ``Clarification''
3. Successor-in-Interest Determination for Coinbra-Frutesp S.A. 
(Coinbra-Frutesp)
4. Critical Circumstances
5. Refunds of U.S. Customs Duties
6. Data Changes Arising from the Sales Verifications
7. Treatment of By-Products
8. Trading Gains and Losses on Cutrale's Futures Contracts
9. Offset to Indirect Selling Expenses for Futures Trading Gains and 
Losses for Cutrale
10. Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset for Cutrale
11. International Freight Expenses for Cutrale
12. Fischer's Unreported U.S. Sales to Puerto Rico
13. Packing Services Provided by an Affiliate of Fischer
14. U.S. Duty Reimbursements for Fischer
15. Bunker Fuel Adjustments for Fischer
16. Home Market Credit Expenses for Fischer
17. Indirect Selling Expense Ratio for Fischer
18. AFA for Montecitrus
19. Clerical Errors in the Preliminary Determination for Cutrale
20. Growing Season for Cutrale
21. Data Changes Arising from the Cutrale Cost Verification
22. By-Product Adjustment Associated with Cutrale's Non-Orange Fruit 
Inputs
23. Non-Product Specific Costs for Fischer
24. General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses for Fischer
25. Brix Level for Fischer's Dairy Pak Orange Juice
26. Harvesting Costs for Fischer
27. Undervalued Orange Cost for Fischer
28. Finished Goods ``Purchased'' from One of Fischer's Affiliates
[FR Doc. E6-333 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am]
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