[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56302-56303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14986]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-819, C-489-806]


Certain Pasta From Italy and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Final 
Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Reviews of the Countervailing 
Duty Orders

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
revocation of the countervailing duty orders on certain pasta from 
Italy and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) would be likely 
to lead to continuation or recurrence of net countervailable subsidies 
at the rates indicated in the ``Final Results of Expedited Sunset 
Reviews'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable July 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blair Hood, 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) 482-8329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 24, 1996, Commerce published the countervailing duty orders 
on certain pasta from Italy and T[uuml]rkiye.\1\ On March 1, 2024, 
Commerce

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initiated the fifth sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ Commerce 
received a timely notice of intent to participate in each of these 
reviews from 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc., Philadelphia Macaroni 
Company, and Winland Foods, Inc. (collectively, the domestic interested 
parties) within the deadline specified 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The 
domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under 
section 771(9)(C) of the Act.\4\
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    \1\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty Order and Amended Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Certain Pasta 
(``Pasta'') from Italy, 61 FR 38544 (July 24, 1996); see also Notice 
of Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Pasta (``Pasta'') from Turkey, 
61 FR 38546 (July 24, 1996) (collectively, Orders).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 15139 
(March 1, 2024).
    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Notice of Intent 
to Participate,'' dated March 14, 2024.
    \4\ Id. at 3.
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    Commerce received adequate substantive responses from the domestic 
interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ Commerce did not receive substantive responses 
from any government or respondent interested party to these 
proceedings. On April 23, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. 
International Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate 
substantive response from other interested parties.\6\ As a result, in 
accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited, i.e., 120-day, 
sunset reviews of the Orders.
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    \5\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Substantive 
Response,'' dated March 29, 2024.
    \6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on March 
1, 2024,'' dated April 23, 2024.
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Scope of the Orders

    The product covered by the Orders is certain pasta. For a full 
description of the scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decision 
Memoranda.\7\
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    \7\ See Memoranda, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Pasta from Italy,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice; and ``Issues 
and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited Fifth 
Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Pasta from 
the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (collectively, Issues and Decision 
Memoranda).
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Analysis of the Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews, 
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization 
in the event of revocation of the Orders and the net countervailable 
subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Orders were to be revoked, is 
provided in the Issues and Decision Memoranda. A list of topics 
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memoranda is included as the 
appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memoranda are public 
documents and on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of each Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the Order with respect to Italy would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable 
subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy rates:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Agritalia, S.r.l........................................           10.45
Arrighi S.p.A. Industrie Alimentari.....................           10.34
De Matteis Agroalimentare S.p.A.........................            9.64
Delverde, S.r.l.........................................           13.25
F.lli DeCecco di Filippo Fara S. Martino S.p.A..........            9.90
Industria Alimentare Colavita, S.p.A....................            9.50
Isola del Grano, S.r.L..................................           17.19
Italpast S.p.A..........................................           17.19
Italpasta S.r.l.........................................           10.34
La Molisana Alimentari S.p.A............................           11.31
Labor, S.r.L............................................           17.19
Molino e Pastificio DeCecco S.p.A. Pescara..............            9.90
Pastificio Guido Ferrara................................            8.83
Pastificio Campano, S.p.A...............................            9.96
Pastificio Riscossa F.lli Mastromauro S.r.L.............           14.30
Tamma Industrie Alimentari di Capitanata................           13.25
All Others..............................................           11.01
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    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the Order with respect to T[uuml]rkiye 
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a 
countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy 
rates:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Filiz Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S........................            1.73
Maktas Makarnacilik ve Ticaret A.S......................           13.19
Oba Makarnacilik Sanayi ve Ticaret......................           13.18
All Others..............................................            8.95
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification 
of the return or 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

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.218.

    Dated: July 1, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memoranda

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-14986 Filed 7-8-24; 8:45 am]
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