[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2011)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony 
With Final Results of Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final 
Results of Administrative Review Pursuant to Court Decision

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

SUMMARY: On July 22, 2011, the United States Court of International 
Trade (``CIT'') sustained the Department of Commerce's (``the 
Department's'') results of redetermination as applied to Atar, S.r.L. 
(``Atar'') pursuant to the CIT's order granting the Department's 
voluntary remand request in Atar, S.r.L. v. United States, 08-00004, 
(November 10, 2009) (``Remand Order''). See Final Remand Determination, 
Court No. 08-00004, filed May 6, 2010 (``Remand Results''), and Atar, 
S.r.L. v. United States, Court No. 08-00004, Slip Op. 11-87 (July 22, 
2011). The Department is notifying the public that the final CIT 
judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's final 
determination and is amending the final results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy 
covering the period of review (``POR'') of July 1, 2005, through June 
30, 2006, with respect to Atar.

DATES: Effective Date: August 1, 2011.

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 December 11, 2007, the Department published its final results of 
the administrative review for pasta from Italy for the period from July 
1, 2005, through June 30, 2006. See Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of 
Final Results of the Tenth Administrative Review and Partial Rescission 
of Review, 72 FR 70298 (December 11, 2007) (``Final Results'').
    Atar appealed the Final Results to the CIT arguing, among other 
things, that the Department should not have rescinded the review with 
respect to Atar. On October 23, 2009, the Department requested a 
voluntary remand ``to allow the Department to reconsider its rescission 
of the administrative review with respect to Atar.'' See Memorandum in 
Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Judgment upon the Agency Record at 
4. On November 10, 2009, the CIT granted the Department's request for a 
remand to reconsider its rescission of the administrative review with 
respect to Atar. See Remand Order.
    On May 6, 2010, the Department issued its final results of remand 
redetermination in which it determined to issue final results of review 
with respect to Atar rather than rescind the review. See Remand 
Results. On July 22, 2011, the CIT affirmed the Department's Remand 
Results. See Atar, S.r.L. v. United States, Court No. 08-00004, Slip 
Op. 11-87 (July 22, 2011). Timken Notice
    Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 
F.2d 337 (CAFC 1990) (``Timken''), as clarified by Diamond Sawblades 
Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (CAFC 2010), pursuant 
to section 516A(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), 
the Department must publish a notice of a court decision that is not 
``in harmony'' with a Department determination and must suspend 
liquidation of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The 
CIT's judgment on July 22, 2011, sustaining the Department's Remand 
Results with respect to Atar constitutes a decision of that court that 
is not in harmony with the Department's Final Results. This notice is 
published in fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken. 
Accordingly, the Department will continue the suspension of liquidation 
of the subject merchandise pending the expiration of the period of 
appeal or, if appealed, pending a final and conclusive court decision.

Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court decision with respect to Atar, 
we determine that Atar was not the producer of pasta which it sold to 
the United States and that the actual pasta producers knew the goods 
were destined for the United States. Therefore, the appropriate 
assessment rate for entries during the period July 1, 2005, through 
June 30, 2006, is the rate applicable to each producer (i.e., either 
the relevant producer-specific rate or all others rate).
    In the event the CIT's ruling is not appealed or, if appealed, 
upheld by the CAFC, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to assess antidumping duties on entries of the 
subject merchandise exported during the POR by Atar using the revised 
assessment rates calculated by the Department in the Remand Results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(e)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 2, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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