[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48125-48130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20067]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Notice of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests by interested parties, the Department 
of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta (``pasta'') from Italy 
for the period of review (``POR'') July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010. 
This review covers two producers/exporters of subject merchandise: 
Molino e Pastificio Tomasello S.p.A. (``Tomasello'') and Pastificio 
Lucio Garofalo S.p.A. (``Garofalo''). We preliminarily determine that 
during the POR, Tomasello and Garofalo sold subject merchandise at less 
than normal value (``NV''). If these preliminary results are adopted in 
the final results of this administrative review, we will instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise during the POR. 
Interested

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parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: August 8, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Zhang or George McMahon 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-
1168 or (202) 482-1167, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 24, 1996, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on pasta from Italy.\1\ On July 1, 2010, the 
Department published a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta 
from Italy.\2\ Pursuant to requests from interested parties,\3\ the 
Department published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation 
of this antidumping duty administrative review with respect to the 
following companies for the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010: 
Agritalia S.r.L. (``Agritalia''), Domenico Paone fu Erasmo S.p.A. 
(``Erasmo''), Industria Alimentare Colavita, S.p.A. (``Indalco''), 
Labor S.r.L. (``Labor''), Molino e Pastificio Tomasello, S.p.A. 
(``Tomasello''), PAM S.p.A. and its affiliate, Liguori Pastificio dal 
1820 SpA (``PAM''), P.A.P. SNC Di Pazienza G.B. & C. (``P.A.P.''), 
Premiato Pastificio Afeltra S.r.L. (``Afeltra''), Pasta Zara SpA 
(``Zara''), Pastificio Di Martino Gaetano & F.lli SpA (``Di Martino''), 
Pastificio Fabianelli S.p.A. (``Fabianelli''), Pastificio Felicetti SrL 
(``Felicetti''), Pastificio Lucio Garofalo S.p.A. (``Garofalo''), 
Pastificio Riscossa F.lli Mastromauro S.p.A. (``Riscossa''), Rummo 
S.p.A. Molino e Pastificio (``Rummo''), and Rustichella d'Abruzzo S.p.A 
(``Rustichella'').\4\
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order and Amended Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Pasta From 
Italy, 61 FR 38547 (July 24, 1996).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 38074 (July 1, 2010).
    \3\ The petitioners include New World Pasta Company, Dakota 
Growers Pasta Company and American Italian Pasta Company 
(collectively, ``Petitioners'').
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Deferral of Initiation of Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 53274, (August 31, 2010) (``Initiation Notice'').
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    On September 13, 2010, the Department announced its intention to 
select mandatory respondents based on CBP data.\5\ On October 10, 2010, 
the Department selected Garofalo and Tomasello as mandatory 
respondents.\6\ On November 12, 2010, Afeltra, Agritalia, Di Martino, 
Felicetti, Labor, PAM, Erasmo, P.A.P., Riscossa, Rustichella, and Zara 
(collectively ``certain non-mandatory respondents'') requested that the 
Department extend the deadline to withdraw from the instant review for 
45 days. The Department declined this request to modify the 90-day 
deadline for parties to withdraw their requests for review. See the 
Department's letter to David L. Simon, counsel for the certain non-
mandatory respondents, dated November 24, 2010. On November 29, 2010, 
Di Martino, Felicetti, and Zara withdrew its request for a review.
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    \5\ See Memorandum from Christopher Hargett to Melissa Skinner 
titled ``Customs and Border Protection Data for Selection of 
Respondents for Individual Review,'' dated September 13, 2010.
    \6\ See Memorandum from Christopher Hargett to Melissa Skinner 
titled ``Selection of Respondents for Individual Review,'' dated 
October 10, 2010.
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    As a result of withdrawals of request for review, we rescinded this 
review, in part, with respect to Di Martino, Felicetti, and Zara.\7\ 
The instant review continues with respect to Agritalia, Erasmo, 
Indalco, Labor, Tomasello, PAM, P.A.P., Afeltra, Fabianelli, Garofalo, 
Riscossa, Rummo, and Rustichella. Id. As referenced above, Garofalo and 
Tomasello were selected as mandatory respondents.
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    \7\ See Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of Partial Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 23973 (April 29, 
2011) (``Partial Rescission Notice'').
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    Between October 2010 and July 2011, the Department issued its 
initial questionnaire \8\ and supplemental questionnaires to each 
respondent, as applicable. The Department issued Section D to Garofalo 
and Tomasello because we disregarded sales by these companies that were 
below the COP in the most recently completed administrative review of 
each respective company. We received responses to the Department's 
initial questionnaire on December 10, 2010 and December 20, 2010, from 
Garofalo. We received responses to the Department's initial 
questionnaire on December 10, 2010 from Tomasello. We issued section A, 
B, C, and D supplemental questionnaires, to which Garofalo and 
Tomasello responded during December 2010, February, March, April, May 
and July 2011.
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    \8\ The antidumping duty questionnaire issued to respondents 
includes Section A (i.e., the section covering general information 
about the company) of the antidumping duty questionnaire, Section B 
(i.e., the section covering comparison market sales), Section C 
(i.e., the section covering U.S. sales), and Section D (i.e., the 
section covering the cost of production (``COP'') and constructed 
value (``CV'')).
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    On February 28, 2011, the Department fully extended the due date 
for the preliminary results of review from April 2, 2011, to August 1, 
2011.\9\
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    \9\ See Certain Pasta From Italy: Extension of Time Limits for 
the Preliminary Results of Fourteenth Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 76 FR 10879 (February 28, 2011).
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    The Department conducted the sales verification of Tomasello from 
June 6, 2011, through June 10, 2011, in Casteldaccia, Italy. The 
Department conducted the cost verification of Tomasello from June 13, 
2011, through June 17, 2011, in Casteldaccia, Italy. We verified the 
information upon which we relied in making our preliminary 
determination.

Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by this 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 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 Instituto Mediterraneo Di 
Certificazione, by QC&I International Services, by Ecocert Italia, by 
Consorzio per il Controllo dei Prodotti Biologici, by Associazione 
Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica, by Codex S.r.L., by Bioagricert 
S.r.L., or by Instituto per la Certificazione Etica e Ambientale. 
Effective July 1, 2008, gluten free pasta is also excluded from this 
order. See Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation, in Part, 
74 FR 41120 (August 14, 2009).
    The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable 
under items 1902.19.20 and 1901.90.9095 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.

Product Comparisons

    In accordance with section 771(16) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), we first attempted to match contemporaneous 
sales of products sold

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in the United States and comparison markets that were identical with 
respect to the following characteristics: (1) Pasta shape; (2) wheat 
species; (3) milling form; (4) protein content; (5) additives; and (6) 
enrichment. When there were no sales of identical merchandise in the 
comparison market to compare with U.S. sales, we compared U.S. sales 
with the most similar product based on the characteristics listed 
above, in descending order of priority. When there were no appropriate 
comparison market sales of comparable merchandise, we compared the 
merchandise sold in the United States to CV, in accordance with section 
773(a)(4) of the Act.
    For purposes of the preliminary results, where appropriate, we have 
calculated the adjustment for differences in merchandise based on the 
difference in the variable cost of manufacturing (``VCOM'') between 
each U.S. model and the most similar home market model selected for 
comparison.

Comparisons to Normal Value

    To determine whether sales of certain pasta from Italy were made in 
the United States at less than NV, we compared the export price 
(``EP'') of each sale to the NV, as described in the ``Export Price'' 
and ``Normal Value'' sections of this notice.
    Pursuant to sections 773(a)(1)(B)(i) and 777A(d)(2) of the Act, for 
Tomasello and Garofalo, we compared the EPs of individual transactions, 
as applicable, to the weighted-average NV of the foreign like product 
in the appropriate corresponding calendar month where there were sales 
made in the ordinary course of trade, as discussed in the ``Cost of 
Production Analysis'' section below.

Export Price

    For the price to the United States, we used export price, as 
defined in section 772(a) of the Act. Section 772(a) defines EP as the 
price at which the subject merchandise is first sold before the date of 
importation by the producer or exporter of subject merchandise outside 
of the United States to an unaffiliated purchaser in the United States 
or to an unaffiliated purchaser for exportation to the United States. 
We calculated an EP for Tomasello's and Garofalo's U.S. sales because 
they were made directly to the first unaffiliated purchasers in the 
United States prior to importation and constructed export price 
(``CEP'') was not otherwise warranted based on the facts on the record.
    For EP sales, we made deductions from the starting price (gross 
unit price), where appropriate, for movement expenses in accordance 
with section 772(c)(2) of the Act. Movement expenses included foreign 
inland freight (from plant or warehouse, and from plant to port of 
exportation), foreign warehousing expenses, foreign brokerage, 
international freight, U.S. brokerage and handling and charges, and 
U.S. customs duties. With respect to Tomasello, we capped the 
transportation recovery amounts by the amount of U.S. freight expenses, 
incurred on the subject merchandise, in accordance with our practice. 
See Certain Orange Juice from Brazil: Final Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 46584 
(August 11, 2008), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum 
(``2005-2007 OJ from Brazil'') at Comment 7.
    In addition, when appropriate, we increased EP by an amount equal 
to the countervailing duty (``CVD'') rate attributed to export 
subsidies in the most recently completed CVD administrative review, in 
accordance with section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act.

Normal Value

A. Selection of Comparison Markets

    Section 773(a)(1) of the Act directs that NV be based on the price 
of the foreign like product sold in the home market, provided that the 
merchandise is sold in sufficient quantities (or value, if quantity is 
inappropriate) and that there is no particular market situation that 
prevents a proper comparison with the export price or constructed 
export price. The statute contemplates that quantities (or value) 
normally be considered insufficient if they are less than five percent 
of the aggregate quantity (or value) of sales of the subject 
merchandise to the United States. To determine whether there was a 
sufficient volume of sales in the home market to serve as a viable 
basis for calculating NV, we compared each respondent's volume of home 
market sales of the foreign like product to the volume of its U.S. 
sales of the subject merchandise. Pursuant to section 773(a)(1)(B) of 
the Act, because Garofalo and Tomasello each had an aggregate volume of 
home market sales of the foreign like product that was greater than 
five percent of its aggregate volume of U.S. sales of the subject 
merchandise, we determined that the home market was viable for both 
Garofalo and Tomasello.

Ordinary Course of Trade

    On January 14, 2011, petitioners submitted comments alleging that a 
``particular market situation'' existed with respect to sales made in 
Italy by Garofalo. In petitioners' April 13, 2011, comments, 
petitioners stated that they withdraw their January 14 allegation of a 
particular market situation, under the stipulation that the Department 
conduct an analysis for the alleged aberrational home market sales 
under the ordinary course of trade provision of the statute. See 
petitioners' April 13, 2011, comments at 2-3, footnote 1. We have 
examined Garofalo's sales within the context of the ordinary course of 
trade provision; therefore, we are not addressing the ``particular 
market situation'' allegation that petitioners withdrew.
    Petitioners argue that Garofalo's sales of pasta in Italy with a 
protein content of less than 12.5 percent should be excluded from the 
calculation of normal value because petitioners allege that they are 
sales that are outside the ordinary course of trade. Petitioners claim 
that these sales have unusual product specifications, aberrational 
prices and unusual terms of sale. Id. at 2. We have considered the 
comments submitted by petitioners and Garofalo. Based on our analysis 
of Garofalo's home market sales data and the comments submitted on the 
record, we find Garofalo's home market sales to be within the ordinary 
course of trade. Because the discussion of this issue contains business 
proprietary information (``BPI''), see memorandum from the Team through 
Melissa Skinner, Director, Office 3, to Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
titled, ``Analysis Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
Fourteenth Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Certain Pasta from Italy (2009-2010)'' for additional details.

B. Arm's-Length Sales

    Garofalo reported that all of its sales to the Italian market are 
to unaffiliated customers; however, it made a few sales to employees 
and shareholders and coded such sales as affiliated sales. See 
Garofalo's Section B Questionnaire Response, dated December 20, 2010, 
at page B-11. In accordance with the Department's practice, we have 
excluded such sales from consideration. See Garofalo's Prelim Sales 
Analysis Memorandum, dated August 1, 2011.

C. Cost of Production Analysis

    Because we disregarded below-cost sales in the most recently 
completed segment of the proceeding, we had reasonable grounds to 
believe or suspect that home market sales of the foreign

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like product by the respondents were made at prices below the COP 
during the POR, in accordance with section 773(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act. 
Therefore, we required Garafalo and Tomasello to submit a response to 
Section D of the Department's questionnaire. The Department disregarded 
sales below the COP in the last completed review in which Garofalo and 
Tomasello participated.\10\
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    \10\ See Certain Pasta From Italy: Notice of Amended Final 
Results of the Thirteenth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 
FR 6601, February 7, 2011 (``Pasta Thirteen''); see also Notice of 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Intent Not to Revoke in Part: For the 
Sixth Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain 
Pasta from Italy, 68 FR 47020, 47029, August 7, 2003, and Notice of 
Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Pasta 
from Italy and Determination Not to Revoke in Part, 69 FR 6255, 
February 10, 2004.
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1. Calculation of COP
    In accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act, we calculated the 
weighted-average COP by model based on the sum of materials, 
fabrication, general and administrative (``G&A''), and interest 
expenses. We relied on the COP data submitted by both Garofalo and 
Tomasello except the following adjustments. We increased Garofalo's 
cost of manufacturing (``COM'') to account for the unreconciled 
difference between the COM from its normal books and records and the 
reported COM. For more details, see Memorandum from James Balog to Neal 
M. Halper, Director of Office of Accounting, titled ``Cost of 
Production and Constructed Value Calculation Adjustments for the 
Preliminary Results--Pastificio Lucio Garofalo S.p.A,'' dated August 1, 
2011. Also, we have increased Tomasello's reported direct materials and 
conversion costs to incorporate a revised yield loss ratio resulting 
from a revised total production quantity for finished pasta products. 
For additional details, see Memorandum from Stephanie Arthur to Neal M. 
Halper, Director of Office of Accounting, titled ``Cost of Production 
and Constructed Value Calculation Adjustments for the Preliminary 
Results--Molino e Pastificio Tomasello, S.p.A.,'' dated August 1, 2011.
    Based on the review of record evidence, Garofalo and Tomasello did 
not appear to experience significant changes in COM during the POR. 
Therefore, we followed our normal methodology of calculating an annual 
weighted-average cost.
2. Test of Comparison Market Prices
    We compared the weighted-average COPs for the respondents to their 
home market sales prices of the foreign like product, as required under 
section 773(b) of the Act, to determine whether these sales had been 
made at prices below the COP within an extended period of time (i.e., 
normally a period of one year) in substantial quantities and whether 
such prices were sufficient to permit the recovery of all costs within 
a reasonable period of time. On a model-specific basis, we compared the 
COP to the home market prices, less any applicable movement charges, 
discounts, rebates, and direct and indirect selling expenses.
3. Results of COP Test
    We disregard below-cost sales where: (1) 20 percent or more of the 
respondent's sales of a given product during the POR were made at 
prices below the COP in accordance with sections 773(b)(2)(B) and (C) 
of the Act; and (2) based on comparisons of price to weighted-average 
COPs for the POR, we determine that the below-cost sales of the product 
were at prices that would not permit recovery of all costs within a 
reasonable time period, in accordance with section 773(b)(2)(D) of the 
Act. We found that Tomasello and Garofalo made sales below cost and we 
disregarded such sales where appropriate. See Tomasello and Garofalo 
Prelim Cost Memorandum.

D. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices

    We calculated NV based on ex-works, free on board (``FOB'') or 
delivered prices to comparison market customers. We made deductions 
from the starting price, when appropriate, for discounts and rebates. 
We deducted home market packing costs and added U.S. packing costs, in 
accordance with sections 773(a)(6)(A) and (B) of the Act. We also 
deducted home market movement expenses pursuant to section 773(a)(6)(B) 
of the Act. In addition, we made adjustments for differences in 
circumstances of sale (``COS'') pursuant to section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) 
of the Act. Specifically, we made adjustments to normal value for 
comparison to Tomasello's and Garofalo's EP transactions by deducting 
direct selling expenses incurred for home market sales (i.e., credit 
expenses) and adding U.S. direct selling expenses (i.e., credit 
expenses) and U.S. commissions. See section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the 
Act, and 19 CFR 351.410(c). We also made adjustments for Garofalo and 
Tomasello, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.410(e), for indirect selling 
expenses incurred in the home market or the United States where 
commissions were granted on sales in one market but not in the other, 
the ``commission offset.'' Specifically, where commissions are incurred 
in one market, but not in the other, we will limit the amount of such 
allowance to the amount of either the selling expenses incurred in the 
one market or the commissions allowed in the other market, whichever is 
less.
    When comparing U.S. sales with comparison market sales of similar, 
but not identical, merchandise, we also made adjustments for physical 
differences in the merchandise in accordance with section 
773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.411. We based this 
adjustment on the difference in the VCOM for the foreign like product 
and subject merchandise, using weighted-average costs.
    Sales of pasta purchased by Garofalo from unaffiliated producers 
and resold in the comparison market were disregarded. See Garofalo 
Sales Analysis Memo.

E. Level of Trade

    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act, we determine NV 
based on sales in the comparison market at the same level of trade 
(``LOT'') as the EP and CEP sales, to the extent practicable. When 
there are no sales at the same LOT, we compare U.S. sales to comparison 
market sales at a different LOT. When NV is based on CV, the NV LOT is 
that of the sales from which we derive SG&A expenses and profit.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.412(c)(2), to determine whether comparison 
market sales were at a different LOT, we examine stages in the 
marketing process and selling functions along the chain of distribution 
between the producer and the unaffiliated (or arm's-length affiliated) 
customers. The Department identifies the LOT based on: The starting 
price or constructed value (for normal value); the starting price (for 
EP sales); and the starting price, as adjusted under section 772(d) of 
the Act (for CEP sales). If the comparison-market sales were at a 
different LOT and the differences affect price comparability, as 
manifested in a pattern of consistent price differences between the 
sales on which NV is based and comparison-market sales at the LOT of 
the export transaction, we will make a LOT adjustment under section 
773(a)(7)(A) of the Act.
    Finally, if the NV LOT is more remote from the factory than the CEP 
LOT and there is no basis for determining whether the differences in 
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NV and CEP affected price comparability, we will grant a CEP offset, as 
provided in section 773(a)(7)(B) of the Act. See Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate from South Africa, 62 FR 61731, 61732-33 (November 
19, 1997).
    Tomasello indicated there was a single level of trade for all sales 
in both markets, and petitioner has not claimed that multiple levels of 
trade existed for Tomasello. Tomasello provided information regarding 
channels of distribution and selling activities performed for different 
categories of customers. See Tomasello's December 10, 2010, Section A 
response, at Exhibit 4. Tomasello's chart of specific selling functions 
indicates the selling functions performed for sales in both markets are 
virtually identical, with no significant variation across the broader 
categories of sales process/marketing support, freight and delivery, 
inventory and warehousing, and quality assurance/warranty services. For 
more details, see Tomasello Preliminary Analysis Memorandum. We have 
preliminarily determined there is one single level of trade for all 
sales in both the home market and the U.S. market and, therefore, that 
no basis exists for a level of trade adjustment.
    Garofalo reported that it sells to one LOT in the home market. In 
the home market, Garofalo reported that it sold through three channels 
of distribution to four customer categories. Garofalo provided 
information regarding its selling functions and channels of 
distribution by customer category. See Garofalo's Supplemental 
Questionnaire response, dated June 28, 2011, at Exhibit SS-1.
    In the U.S. market, Garofalo reported that it sold through two 
channels of distribution to one customer category, and therefore, at 
one LOT. Garofalo claims that it sold to a different level of trade in 
the United States than it does in Italy and reported a separate code 
for its LOT in its U.S. sales database. Based on our analysis of the 
selling activities for Garofalo, we find that Garofalo's selling 
functions performed for sales in both markets are comparable and do not 
show a significant pattern of variation across the sales categories. 
Furthermore, we find that there is overlap in these activities for 
channels of distribution and customer categories. Garofalo performs 
similar selling activities for the reported customer categories and 
channels of distribution. Although there are differences in intensity 
of these activities for some of the claimed customer categories, this, 
in and of itself, does not show a substantial difference in selling 
activities that would form the basis for finding a different LOT. See, 
e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Ecuador: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 52070 (September 12, 
2007), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4. 
Due to the proprietary nature of this issue, please refer to Garofalo's 
Sales Analysis Memo for further discussion.
    We have preliminarily determined there is one single level of trade 
for all sales in both the home market and the U.S. market and, 
therefore, that no basis exists for a level of trade adjustment.

Currency Conversion

    For purposes of these preliminary results, we made currency 
conversions in accordance with section 773A(a) of the Act, based on the 
official exchange rates published by the Federal Reserve Bank. See 
Garofalo's Sales Analysis Memo; see also Tomasello Sales Analysis Memo.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average percentage margins exist for the period July 
1, 2009, through June 30,  2010:
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    \11\ The antidumping duty margin for Tomasello incorporates an 
adjustment for the countervailing duty offset to account for the 
export subsidy portion of the countervailing duties applied to this 
company, which Tomasello reported in the field CVDU.
    \12\ This rate is a weighted-average percentage margin 
(calculated based on the publicly ranged U.S. Values of the two 
reviewed companies with an affirmative dumping margin) for the 
period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010. See Memorandum to the 
File, titled, ``Pasta from Italy: Margin for Respondents Not 
Selected for Individual Examination,'' from Joy Zhang and George 
McMahon, Case Analysts, through James Terpstra, Program Manager, 
dated August 1, 2011.

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Garofalo...................................................         3.20
Tomasello..................................................         4.18
Review-Specific Average Rate \12\ Applicable to the                 3.57
 Following Companies: Agritalia, Erasmo, Indalco, Labor,
 PAM, P.A.P., Afeltra, Fabianelli, Riscossa, Rummo, and
 Rustichella...............................................
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    The Department intends to disclose the calculations performed for 
these preliminary results within five days of the date of publication 
of this notice to the parties of this proceeding, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.224(b). An interested party may request a hearing within 30 
days of publication of these preliminary results. See 19 CFR 
351.310(c).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(h), the Department intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, which will include the 
results of its analysis of issues raised in any such comments, or at a 
hearing, if requested, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results.

Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department calculated an 
assessment rate for each importer of the subject merchandise. Upon 
issuance of the final results of this administrative review, if any 
importer-specific assessment rates calculated in the final results are 
above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.5 percent), the Department will 
issue appraisement instructions directly to CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on appropriate entries by applying the assessment rate to the 
entered value of the merchandise. For assessment purposes, we 
calculated importer-specific assessment rates for the subject 
merchandise 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 appropriate, to calculate the entered 
value, we subtracted international movement expenses (e.g., 
international freight) from the gross sales value.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This clarification will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in 
these preliminary results of review for which the reviewed companies 
did not know their merchandise was destined for the United States. In 
such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    To calculate the cash deposit rate for Tomasello and Garofalo, we 
divided its total dumping margin by the total net value of its sales 
during the review period.
    The following deposit rates will be effective upon publication of 
the final results of this administrative review for all shipments of 
pasta from Italy entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after the

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publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) 
The cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review will be the 
rate established in the final results of this review, except if the 
rate is less than 0.5 percent and, therefore, de minimis, no cash 
deposit will be required; (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 final results 
for a review in which that manufacturer or exporter participated; (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 final results for the manufacturer of the merchandise; 
and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered 
in this or any previous review conducted by the Department, the cash 
deposit rate will be 15.45 percent, the all-others rate established in 
the LTFV investigation. See Implementation of the Findings of the WTO 
Panel in US--Zeroing (EC): Notice of Determination Under Section 129 of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and Revocations and Partial 
Revocations of Certain Antidumping Duty Orders, 72 FR 25261 (May 4, 
2007). These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 increase the 
subsequent assessment of the antidumping duties by the amount of 
antidumping duties reimbursed.
    These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 1, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-20067 Filed 8-5-11; 8:45 am]
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