[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8402-8403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01597]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Amended Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending the 
final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain 
pasta (pasta) from Italy to correct a ministerial error. The period of 
review (POR) is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.

DATES: Effective January 25, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Zhang, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1168.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 13, 2016, the Department disclosed to interested 
parties its calculations for the Final Results.\1\ On December 16, 
2016, the Department received a timely filed ministerial error 
allegation from Liguori Pastificio dal 1820 S.p.A. (Liguori) regarding 
the Department's final margin calculation.\2\ On December 19, 2016, the 
Department received a timely filed ministerial error allegation from 
Industria Alimentare Colavita S.p.A. (Indalco) regarding the 
Department's final margin calculation.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 91120 (December 16, 
2016) (Final Results). See also Memorandum to the File, Through Eric 
B. Greynolds, Program Manager, Office III, from George McMahon, Case 
Analyst, Office III, titled ``Certain Pasta from Italy: Calculation 
Memorandum--Indalco,'' (Final Results--Indalco Calculations); see 
also Memorandum to Eric Greynolds, Program Manager, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III from Joy Zhang, Case Analyst, ``2014-2015 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Pasta from Italy--
Final Results, Sales Analysis Memorandum for Liguori,'' dated 
December 12, 2016 (Final Results--Liguori Calculations).
    \2\ See Letter from Liguori, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Certain Pasta from Italy: Ministerial Error Allegation 
Regarding Liguori Pastificio dal 1820 S.p.A,'' dated December 16, 
2016.
    \3\ See Letter from Indalco, ``Certain Pasta from Italy: 19th 
POR: Request for Correction of Clerical Error,'' dated December 19, 
2016.
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Period of Review

    The POR covered by this review is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 
2015.

Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by the order are shipments of certain non-egg dry 
pasta. The merchandise subject to review is currently classifiable 
under items 1901.90.90.95 and 1902.19.20 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.\4\
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    \4\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission: 
Certain Pasta from Italy; 2014-2015'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, dated December 12, 2016 (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Ministerial Errors

    Section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 
19 CFR 351.224(f) define a ministerial error as an error ``in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which {the Department{time}  considers 
ministerial.'' We analyzed the ministerial error comments submitted by 
Indalco and Liguori and determined, in accordance with section 751(h) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), that there is a ministerial error in 
our margin calculations for Liguori for the Final Results. For a 
complete discussion of the alleged errors, see the Department's 
Ministerial Error Memorandum.\5\
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    \5\ See ``Amended Final Results of the 2014-2015 Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Pasta from Italy: 
Allegation of Ministerial Error,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice (``Ministerial Error Memorandum'').
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    In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
we are amending the Final Results. Specifically, we are amending the 
weighted-average dumping margin for Liguori, as well as for the 
companies that were not selected for individual examination, which were 
assigned the rate based on the weighted-average dumping margins for 
Indalco and Liguori.\6\ The revised weighted-average dumping margins 
for the affected companies are detailed below.
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    \6\ See Final Results, 81 FR at 91120.
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Amended Final Results

    As a result of correcting for the ministerial error, we determined 
the following amended weighted-average dumping margins exist for the 
period July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015:

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                                                        Weighted-average
               Producer and/or exporter                  dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Industria Alimentare Colavita S.p.A. (Indalco).......               1.20
Liguori Pastificio Dal 1820 (Liguori)................               5.55
Agritalia S.r.L. (Agritalia).........................               2.47
Atar S.r.L. (Atar)...................................               2.47
Corticella Molini e Pastifici S.p.A. (Corticella)....               2.47
Delverde Industrie Alimentari S.p.A. (Delverde)......               2.47
Domenico Paone fu Erasmo S.p.A. (Domenico)...........               2.47
F. Divella S.p. A. (F. Divella)......................               2.47
La Fabbrica della Pasta di Gragnano S.a.s. di Antonio               2.47
 Moccia (La Fabbrica)................................
Molino e Pastificio Tomasello S.r.L. (Tomasello).....               2.47
P.A.P SNC DI Pazienza G.B. & C.\7\...................               2.47
Pasta Zara S.p.A. (Pasta Zara).......................               2.47

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Pastificio Carmine Russo S.p.A. (Carmine)............               2.47
Pastificio DiMartino Gaetano & F. Ili S.r.L.                        2.47
 (DiMartino).........................................
Pastificio Fabianelli S.p.A. (Fabianelli)............               2.47
Pastificio Felicetti S.r. L. (Felicetti).............               2.47
Pastificio Labor S.r.L. (Labor)......................               2.47
Pastificio Riscossa F. Ili Mastromauro S.p.A. (AKA                  2.47
 Pastificio Riscossa F. Ili. Mastromauro S.r.L.)
 (Riscossa)..........................................
Poiatti S.p.A. (Poiatti).............................               2.47
Premiato Pastificio Afeltra S.r. L. (Premiato) \8\...               2.47
Rustichella d'Abruzzo S.p.A. (Rustichella)...........               2.47
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Duty Assessment/Cash Deposits
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    \7\ In the Initiation Notice, the Department initiated an 
administrative review of ``P.A.P SNC DI Pazienza G.B. & C.'' See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 80 FR 53106 (September 2, 2015) (Initiation Notice). In the 
recently completed changed circumstances review of this company the 
Department determined that P.A.P. S.R.L. is the successor-in-
interest to P.A.P SNC DI Pazienza G.B. & C. See Certain Pasta from 
Italy: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 80 FR 48807 
(August 14, 2015) (P.A.P. S.R.L. CCR).
    The rate of 2.47 percent, as listed in the rate chart above, 
will apply to P.A.P SNC DI Pazienza G.B. & C. for assessment 
purposes. Effective December 16, 2016, the rate of 2.47 percent, as 
listed in the rate chart above for P.A.P SNC DI Pazienza G.B. & C., 
will apply to P.A.P. S.R.L. for cash deposit purposes.
    \8\ In the Initiation Notice, the Department inadvertently 
misspelled the name of Premiato as ``Premiato Pastificio Afreltra 
S.r.L.''
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    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 
days after the date of publication of these amended final results to 
liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by 
respondents listed above entered, or withdrawn form warehouse, for 
consumption on or after July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated dumping 
duties, in the amounts shown above for each of the respective companies 
shown above, on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 16, 2016, the date 
of publication of the Final Results. For all non-reviewed firms, we 
will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most-
recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, 
as appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the 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.

Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed for these amended final 
results to interested parties within five business days of the date of 
the publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b)
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e).

    Dated: January 17, 2017.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-01597 Filed 1-24-17; 8:45 am]
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