[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71371-71372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27936]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-819]


Certain Pasta from Italy; Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
pasta from Italy for the period of review (POR) January 1, 2018 through 
December 31, 2018, based on the timely withdrawal of the requests for 
review.

DATES: Applicable December 27, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Pearson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2631.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the CVD order on certain pasta from 
Italy for the POR January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.\1\ On July 
30 and 31, 2019, Commerce received timely-filed requests from 
Pastificio Fratelli DeLuca S.r.l. (DeLuca),\2\ Tesa S.r.l. (Tesa),\3\ 
and Industria Alimentare Colavita, S.p.A. (Indalco),\4\ for 
administrative reviews of themselves, in accordance with section 751(a) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b). 
Commerce received no other requests for administrative review.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 31295 (July 1, 2019).
    \2\ See DeLuca's Letter, ``Certain Dry Pasta from Italy; C-475-
819; Request for Administrative Review (Revised),'' dated July 30, 
2019.
    \3\ See Tesa's Letter, ``Pasta from Italy; Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated July 31, 2019.
    \4\ See Indalco's Letter, ``Certain Pasta from Italy: Request 
for Administrative Review on Behalf of Industria Alimentare 
Colavita, S.p.A.,'' dated July 31, 2019.
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    On September 9, 2019, pursuant to these requests and in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice initiating an 
administrative review of the CVD order

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on pasta from Italy.\5\ On November 15, 2019, Indalco withdrew its 
request for an administrative review.\6\ On November 18, 2019, DeLuca 
and Tesa withdrew their requests for administrative reviews.\7\
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    \5\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 47242 (September 9, 2019).
    \6\ See Indalco's Letter, ``Certain Pasta From Italy: Withdrawal 
of Request for CVD Administrative Review of Indalco S.p.A.,'' dated 
November 15, 2019.
    \7\ See DeLuca's Letter, ``Certain Dry Pasta from Italy; C-475-
819; Withdrawal of Request for Review,'' dated November 18, 2019; 
see also Tesa's Letter, ``Pasta from Italy: Withdrawal of Request 
for Administrative Review,'' dated November 18, 2019.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a 
review withdraws the request within 90 days of the publication date of 
the notice of initiation of the requested review. DeLuca, Indalco and 
Tesa withdrew their requests within 90 days of the publication date of 
the notice of initiation. No other parties requested an administrative 
review of the order. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce intends to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of 
pasta from Italy. Countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required 
at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to all 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, which continues to govern 
business proprietary information. 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 terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to 
sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: December 19, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-27936 Filed 12-26-19; 8:45 am]
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