[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34844-34845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12349]
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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 the Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Notice of
Amended Final Results
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 4, 2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT)
issued its final judgment in Ghigi 1870 S.p.A. v. United States,
Consol. Court no. 20-00023, sustaining the Department of Commerce
(Commerce)'s remand results pertaining to the administrative review of
the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain pasta (pasta) from Italy
covering the period July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018. Commerce is
notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony
with Commerce's final results and amended final results of the
administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results
and amended final results with respect to the weighted-average dumping
margin assigned to Ghigi 1870 S.p.A. and Pasta Zara S.p.A. (the
collapsed, single entity Ghigi/Zara), Agritalia S.r.l. (Agritalia), and
Tesa S.r.l. (Tesa).
DATES: Applicable May 14, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hall-Eastman, 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) 482-1468.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 16, 2020, Commerce published its Final Results in the
2017-2018 AD administrative review of pasta from Italy.\1\ Commerce
calculated weighted-average dumping margins of 91.76 percent and 0.50
percent for the mandatory respondents Ghigi/Zara and Industrie
Alimentare Colavita S.p.A. (Indalco), respectively. Commerce assigned
an average of the weighted-average dumping margins calculated for
Ghigi/Zara and Indalco (i.e., 44.56 percent) to the two non-examined
companies Agritalia and Tesa.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 85 FR 2714 (January 16, 2020)
(Final Results).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Pasta from Italy: Margin for
Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated January
10, 2020.
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After correcting a ministerial error contained in the Final
Results, on March 3, 2020, Commerce published the Amended Final
Results, and revised the weighted-average dumping margin for Indalco
from 0.50 percent to 0.00 percent. Consequently, Commerce revised the
review-specific rate applied to the two non-examined companies of to
91.76 percent, the rate from the Final Results for Ghigi/Zara.\3\
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\3\ See Certain Pasta from Italy: Amended Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 85 FR 12518
(March 3, 2020) (Amended Final Results).
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Ghigi/Zara, Agritalia, and Tesa appealed Commerce's Final Results.
On November 30, 2021, the CIT remanded the Final Results to Commerce,
holding that Commerce's use of adverse facts available with respect to
Ghigi's U.S. payment dates was unlawful and unsupported by substantial
evidence.\4\
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\4\ See Ghigi 1870 S.p.A. v. United States, 547 F. Supp. 3d 1332
(CIT 2021).
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In its final results of redetermination, issued in February 2022,
Commerce provided further explanation of why adverse inferences are
warranted when selecting from among the facts otherwise available, and
thus, continued to use adverse facts available with respect to Ghigi's
U.S. payment dates.\5\
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\5\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court
Remand: Ghigi 1870 S.P.A. and Pasta Zara S.P.A., et al v. United
States, Court No. 20-00023, Slip Op. 21-159 (February 25, 2022).
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Further, when applying adverse facts available to Ghigi's U.S.
payment dates, Commerce found an error where it had applied adverse
facts available to certain U.S. sales where the payment date was on the
record of the administrative review. Accordingly, Commerce corrected
this erroneous application of adverse facts available to those U.S.
sales for the final results of redetermination.\6\
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\6\ Id. at 8.
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The CIT sustained Commerce's final redetermination.\7\
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\7\ See Ghigi 1870 S.p.A. v. United States, Consol. Court No.
20-00023, Slip Op. 22-41 (CIT May 4, 2022).
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Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken,\8\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\9\
the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that, pursuant to
section 516A(c) and (e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), Commerce must publish a notice of court decision that is not ``in
harmony'' with a Commerce determination and must suspend liquidation of
entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's May 4, 2022,
judgment constitutes a final decision of the CIT that is not in harmony
with Commerce's Final Results and Amended Final Results. Thus, this
notice is published in fulfillment of the publication requirements of
Timken.
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\8\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.
1990) (Timken).
\9\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United
States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Results
Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending
its Final Results and Amended Final Results \10\ with respect to Ghigi/
Zara, Agritalia, and Tesa as follows:
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\10\ The current weighted-average dumping margins for Agritalia
and Tesa were determined in the Amended Final Results.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter or producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Ghigi 1870 S.p.A. and Pasta Zara S.pA....................... 91.74
Agritalia S.r.l............................................. 91.74
Tesa S.r.l.................................................. 91.74
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Because Ghigi/Zara, Agritalia, and Tesa have superseding cash
deposit rates, i.e., there have been final results published in
subsequent administrative reviews, we will not issue revised cash
deposit instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This
notice will not affect the current cash deposit rate.
Liquidation of Suspended Entries
At this time, Commerce remains enjoined by CIT order from
liquidating entries that: were produced and/or exported by Ghigi/Zara,
Agritalia, or Tesa, and were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption during the period July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.
These entries will remain enjoined pursuant to the terms of the
injunction during the pendency of any appeals process.
In the event the CIT's ruling is not appealed, or, if appealed,
upheld by a final and conclusive court decision, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on unliquidated entries of
subject merchandise produced and/or exported by Ghigi/Zara, Agritalia,
or Tesa in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b). We will instruct CBP to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review when the importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is not
zero or de minimis. Where an import-specific ad valorem assessment rate
is zero or de minimis,\11\ we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: June 2, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-12349 Filed 6-7-22; 8:45 am]
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