[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 250 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31446]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-840]


Certain Orange Juice From Brazil: 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 October 24, 2012, the United States Court of International 
Trade (CIT) sustained the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) 
results of redetermination pursuant to the CIT's remand order in 
Fischer S.A. Comercio, Industria and Agricultura v. United States, 
Court No. 10-00281, Slip Op. 12-59 (CIT 2012) (Fischer). The Department 
is notifying the public that the final CIT judgment in this case is not 
in harmony with the Department's final results and is amending the 
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on certain orange juice (OJ) from Brazil covering the period of 
review (POR) of March 1, 2008, through February 28, 2009.

DATES: Effective Date: November 5, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 2, Import Administration--International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC, 20230; telephone (202) 482-3874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 18, 2010, the Department published its final results in 
the antidumping duty administrative review of OJ from Brazil covering 
the POR of March 1, 2008, through February 28, 2009. See Certain Orange 
Juice From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Notice of Intent Not To Revoke Antidumping Duty Order in 
Part, 75 FR 50999 (Aug. 18, 2010) (Final Results). In the Final 
Results, the Department: 1) denied offsets to dumping based on 
constructed export prices that exceeded normal value (NV); and 2) 
included the amount of a net exchange variation shown on Fischer S.A. 
Comercio, Industria, and Agricultura's (Fischer's) financial statements 
in its financial expense ratio. Fischer challenged the Department's 
Final Results. On April 30, 2012, the CIT remanded to the Department 
its Final Results, directing the Department to: (1) Further explain its 
``zeroing'' methodology (i.e., why the Department's differing 
interpretation of section 771(35) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), in antidumping duty investigations and administrative 
reviews is reasonable); and (2) exclude a ``net exchange variation'' 
amount shown in Fischer's financial statements from the calculation of 
the financial expense ratio.\1\ On August 14, 2012, the Department 
issued its final results of redetermination. See Final Results of 
Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, dated August 14, 2012 (Remand 
Results) (available at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/remands). In the Remand 
Results, the Department provided the required explanation with respect 
to its ``zeroing'' methodology and recalculated Fischer's margin after 
revising its NV to remove the ``net exchange variation'' account from 
Fischer's financial expense ratio. On October 24, 2012, the CIT 
sustained the Remand Results.
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    \1\ See also Order, Ct. No. 10-00281 (CIT June 22, 2012).
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Timken Notice

    Consistent with the decision of the 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 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 ``final 
and conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's October 24, 2012, judgment 
sustaining the Department's Remand Results with respect to Fischer 
constitutes such a decision. This notice is published in fulfillment of 
the publication requirements of Timken.

Amended Final Results

    Based on the CIT's affirmation of the Remand Results, the 
Department amends its Final Results, and the weighted-average margin 
for Fischer for the period March 1, 2008, through February 28, 2009, is 
1.18 percent.
    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
assess antidumping duties on entries of the subject merchandise 
exported during the POR from Fischer based on the revised assessment 
rates calculated by the Department.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(c)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 20, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-31446 Filed 12-28-12; 8:45 am]
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