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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A–351–840)
Certain Orange Juice from Brazil: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 2008.
SUMMARY: On April 7, 2008, the
Department of Commerce published its
preliminary results of the administrative
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review of the antidumping duty order
on certain orange juice from Brazil. The
period of review (POR) is August 24,
2005, through February 28, 2007. We are
rescinding the review with respect to
one company because this company had
no entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.
Based on our analysis of the
comments received, we have made
certain changes in the margin
calculations. Therefore, the final results
differ from the preliminary results. The
final weighted–average dumping
margins for the reviewed firms are listed
below in the section entitled ‘‘Final
Results of Review.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Eastwood or Henry Almond,
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 or (202) 482–
0049, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 7, 2008, the Department
published in the Federal Register the
preliminary results of administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on certain orange juice from Brazil. See
Certain Orange Juice from Brazil:
Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 73 FR 18773
(Apr. 7, 2008) (Preliminary Results).
We invited parties to comment on our
preliminary results of review. In May
2008, we received case briefs from the
petitioners (i.e., Florida Citrus Mutual,
A. Duda & Sons, Citrus World Inc., and
Southern Gardens Citrus Processing
Corporation) and the respondents (i.e.,
Fischer S.A. Comercio, Industria, and
Agricultura (Fischer) and Sucocitrico
Cutrale, S.A. (Cutrale)). Also in May
2008, we received rebuttal briefs from
the petitioners and the respondents.
The Department has conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order includes
certain orange juice for transport and/or
further manufacturing, produced in two
different forms: (1) frozen orange juice
in a highly concentrated form,
sometimes referred to as frozen
concentrated orange juice for
manufacture (FCOJM); and (2)
pasteurized single–strength orange juice
which has not been concentrated,
referred to as not–from-concentrate
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(NFC). At the time of the filing of the
petition, there was an existing
antidumping duty order on frozen
concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) from
Brazil. See Antidumping Duty Order;
Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice from
Brazil, 52 FR 16426 (May 5, 1987).
Therefore, the scope of this order with
regard to FCOJM covers only FCOJM
produced and/or exported by those
companies which were excluded or
revoked from the pre–existing
antidumping order on FCOJ from Brazil
as of December 27, 2004. Those
companies are Cargill Citrus Limitada,
Coinbra–Frutesp (SA) (Coinbra–
Frutesp), Cutrale, Fischer, and
Montecitrus Trading S.A.
Excluded from the scope of the order
are reconstituted orange juice and
frozen concentrated orange juice for
retail (FCOJR). Reconstituted orange
juice is produced through further
manufacture of FCOJM, by adding
water, oils and essences to the orange
juice concentrate. FCOJR is
concentrated orange juice, typically at
42 Brix, in a frozen state, packed in
retail–sized containers ready for sale to
consumers. FCOJR, a finished consumer
product, is produced through further
manufacture of FCOJM, a bulk
manufacturer’s product.
The subject merchandise is currently
classifiable under subheadings
2009.11.00, 2009.12.25, 2009.12.45, and
2009.19.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
These HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and for customs
purposes only and are not dispositive.
Rather, the written description of the
scope of the order is dispositive.
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Period of Review
The POR is August 24, 2005, through
February 28, 2007.
Partial Rescission of Review
On May 1, 2007, Coinbra–Frutesp
informed the Department that it had no
entries of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR. We have
confirmed this with U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP). See the March
31, 2008, memorandum to the file from
Elizabeth Eastwood entitled, ‘‘Placing
Customs Entry Data on the Record of the
2005–2007 Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Certain
Orange Juice from Brazil.’’ Therefore, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3),
and consistent with the Department’s
practice, we are rescinding our review
with respect to Coinbra–Frutesp. See,
e.g., Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing
Bars From Turkey; Final Results,
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review in Part, and
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Determination To Revoke in Part, 70 FR
67665, 67666 (Nov. 8, 2005).
Cost of Production
As discussed in the preliminary
results, we conducted an investigation
to determine whether Cutrale and
Fischer made home market sales of the
foreign like product during the POR at
prices below their costs of production
(COP) within the meaning of section
773(b) of the Act. See Preliminary
Results, 73 FR at 18777. For these final
results, we performed the cost test
following the same methodology as in
the Preliminary Results, except as
discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum (the Decision Memo).
We found 20 percent or more of each
respondent’s sales of a given product
during the reporting period were at
prices less than the weighted–average
COP for this period. Thus, we
determined that these below–cost sales
were made in ‘‘substantial quantities’’
within an extended period of time and
at prices which did not permit the
recovery of all costs within a reasonable
period of time in the normal course of
trade. See sections 773(b)(1) and (2) of
the Act.
Therefore, for purposes of these final
results, we found that Cutrale and
Fischer made below–cost sales not in
the ordinary course of trade.
Consequently, we disregarded these
sales for each respondent and used the
remaining sales as the basis for
determining normal value pursuant to
section 773(b)(1) of the Act.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties to this
administrative review, and to which we
have responded, are listed in the
Appendix to this notice and addressed
in the Decision Memo, which is adopted
by this notice. Parties can find a
complete discussion of all issues raised
in this review and the corresponding
recommendations in this public
memorandum, which is on file in the
Central Records Unit, room 1117, of the
main Department Building.
In addition, a complete version of the
Decision Memo can be accessed directly
on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/.
The paper copy and electronic version
of the Decision Memo are identical in
content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the
comments received, we have made
certain changes to the margin
calculations. These changes are
discussed in the relevant sections of the
Decision Memo.
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Final Results of Review
We determine that the following
weighted–average margin percentages
exist for the period August 24, 2005,
through February 28, 2007:
Manufacturer/Exporter
Fischer S.A. Comercio,
Industria, and
Agricultura .................
Sucocitrico Cutrale, S.A.
Percent Margin
4.81
0.45
Assessment
The Department shall determine, and
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
because Cutrale and Fischer reported
the entered value for some or all of their
U.S. sales, we have calculated importer–
specific ad valorem duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total
amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales to the
total entered value of the sales for which
entered value was reported. For
Fischer’s U.S. sales reported without
entered values, we have calculated
importer–specific per–unit duty
assessment rates by aggregating the total
amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales and
dividing this amount by the total
quantity of those sales. To determine
whether the duty assessment rates are
de minimis, in accordance with the
requirement set forth in 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we have calculated
importer–specific ad valorem ratios
based on the estimated entered value.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we
will instruct CBP to liquidate without
regard to antidumping duties any
entries for which the assessment rate is
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent).
The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of these
final results of review.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). This
clarification will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR
produced by companies included in
these final results of review for which
the reviewed companies did not know
their merchandise was destined for the
United States. This clarification will
also apply to POR entries of subject
merchandise produced by companies
for which we are rescinding the review
based on certifications of no shipments,
because these companies certified that
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they made no POR shipments of subject
merchandise for which they had
knowledge of U.S. destination. In such
instances, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the all–
others rate established in the LTFV
investigation if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Further, the following deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of certain orange juice from
Brazil entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the publication date of the final results
of this administrative review, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: 1) the cash deposit rates for the
reviewed companies will be the rates
shown above, except if the rate is less
than 0.50 percent, de minimis within
the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1),
the cash deposit will be zero; 2) for
previously investigated companies not
listed above, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company–specific
rate published for the most recent
period; 3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, or the LTFV
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recent period
for the manufacturer of the
merchandise; and 4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 16.51
percent, the all–others rate established
in the LTFV investigation. See
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain
Orange Juice from Brazil, 72 FR 12183
(Mar. 9, 2006). These deposit
requirements shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility,
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2), to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in the Secretary’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as the only
reminder to 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(a)(3). Timely
written notification of return/
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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.
We are issuing and publishing these
results of review in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act and section 351.221(b)(5) of the
Department’s regulations.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Dated: August 5, 2008.
David M. Spooner.
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugene Degnan or Robert Bolling, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–0414 or (202) 482–
3434, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Issues
1. Offsetting of Negative Margins
2. Granting an Offset for U.S. Duty
Drawback
3. Ministerial Errors in the Preliminary
Results
4. Universe of Reviewed U.S. Sales
Transactions
Company–Specific Issues
5. Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset
for Cutrale
6. Treating Sales to One of Cutrale’s
Home Market Customers as Affiliated
Party Transactions
7. Calculation of CEP Profit for Cutrale
8. The Calculation of the Denominator
used in the General and Administrative
(G&A) and Financial Expense Ratios for
Cutrale
9. Valuation of Fruit Purchased from
Affiliates for Cutrale
10. Inclusion of Export Financing
Expenses in the Calculation of the
Financial Expense Ratio for Cutrale
11. Unit of Measure for Comparison
Purposes for NFC for Fischer
12. Product Matching Methodology for
Fischer
13. Granting a Quantity Adjustment for
Fischer’s NFC Sales
14. Fischer’s Home Market NFC Sales
Used for Comparison Purposes
15. The Application of Inventory
Carrying Costs by Control Number for
Fischer
16. The Calculation of Harbor
Maintenance Fees for One U.S. Sales
Observation for Fischer
17. Request to Treat Two of Fischer’s
U.S. Sales as Export Price Transactions
18. Fischer’s Raw Material Cost
Allocation Methodology
19. Calculation of Fischer’s G&A
Expense Ratio
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A–570–933
Postponement of Preliminary
Determination of Antidumping Duty
Investigation: Frontseating Service
Valves from the People’s Republic of
China
AGENCY:
Appendix Issues in Decision
Memorandum
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International Trade Administration
Postponement of Preliminary
Determination
On April 8, 2008, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) initiated
an antidumping duty investigation on
frontseating service valves from the
People’s Republic of China. See Notice
of Initiation of Antidumping Duty
Investigation: Frontseating Service
Valves from the People’s Republic of
China, 73 FR 20250 (April 15, 2008).1
The notice of initiation stated that the
Department would issue its preliminary
determination no later than 140 days
after the date of issuance of the
initiation, in accordance with section
733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’). The preliminary
determination is currently due no later
than August 26, 2008.
On July 30, 2008, the petitioner,
Parker–Hannifin Corporation, made a
timely request, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.205(b)(2) and (e), for a 50-day
postponement of the preliminary
determination. Because there are no
compelling reasons to deny the request,
in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A)
of the Act, the Department is postponing
the deadline for the preliminary
determination under by 50 days to no
later than October 15, 2008. The
deadline for the final determination will
continue to be 75 days after the date of
the preliminary determination, unless
extended.
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
1 The Department issued the initiation notice on
April 8, 2008, and the initiation was published in
the Federal Register on April 15, 2008.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-351-840)
Certain Orange Juice from Brazil: Final Results and Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 2008.
SUMMARY: On April 7, 2008, the Department of Commerce published its
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on certain orange juice from Brazil. The period of review
(POR) is August 24, 2005, through February 28, 2007. We are rescinding
the review with respect to one company because this company had no
entries of subject merchandise during the POR.
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made
certain changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the final
results differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average
dumping margins for the reviewed firms are listed below in the section
entitled ``Final Results of Review.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or Henry Almond,
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 or (202) 482-0049, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 7, 2008, the Department published in the Federal Register
the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on certain orange juice from Brazil. See Certain Orange
Juice from Brazil: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 18773 (Apr. 7, 2008)
(Preliminary Results).
We invited parties to comment on our preliminary results of review.
In May 2008, we received case briefs from the petitioners (i.e.,
Florida Citrus Mutual, A. Duda & Sons, Citrus World Inc., and Southern
Gardens Citrus Processing Corporation) and the respondents (i.e.,
Fischer S.A. Comercio, Industria, and Agricultura (Fischer) and
Sucocitrico Cutrale, S.A. (Cutrale)). Also in May 2008, we received
rebuttal briefs from the petitioners and the respondents.
The Department has conducted this administrative review in
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order includes certain orange juice for transport
and/or further manufacturing, produced in two different forms: (1)
frozen orange juice in a highly concentrated form, sometimes referred
to as frozen concentrated orange juice for manufacture (FCOJM); and (2)
pasteurized single-strength orange juice which has not been
concentrated, referred to as not-from-concentrate
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(NFC). At the time of the filing of the petition, there was an existing
antidumping duty order on frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) from
Brazil. See Antidumping Duty Order; Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice
from Brazil, 52 FR 16426 (May 5, 1987). Therefore, the scope of this
order with regard to FCOJM covers only FCOJM produced and/or exported
by those companies which were excluded or revoked from the pre-existing
antidumping order on FCOJ from Brazil as of December 27, 2004. Those
companies are Cargill Citrus Limitada, Coinbra-Frutesp (SA) (Coinbra-
Frutesp), Cutrale, Fischer, and Montecitrus Trading S.A.
Excluded from the scope of the order are reconstituted orange juice
and frozen concentrated orange juice for retail (FCOJR). Reconstituted
orange juice is produced through further manufacture of FCOJM, by
adding water, oils and essences to the orange juice concentrate. FCOJR
is concentrated orange juice, typically at 42 Brix, in a frozen state,
packed in retail-sized containers ready for sale to consumers. FCOJR, a
finished consumer product, is produced through further manufacture of
FCOJM, a bulk manufacturer's product.
The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under subheadings
2009.11.00, 2009.12.25, 2009.12.45, and 2009.19.00 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). These HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and for customs purposes only and are not
dispositive. Rather, the written description of the scope of the order
is dispositive.
Period of Review
The POR is August 24, 2005, through February 28, 2007.
Partial Rescission of Review
On May 1, 2007, Coinbra-Frutesp informed the Department that it had
no entries of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.
We have confirmed this with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
See the March 31, 2008, memorandum to the file from Elizabeth Eastwood
entitled, ``Placing Customs Entry Data on the Record of the 2005-2007
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Orange Juice from
Brazil.'' Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), and
consistent with the Department's practice, we are rescinding our review
with respect to Coinbra-Frutesp. See, e.g., Certain Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; Final Results, Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review in Part, and Determination To Revoke in
Part, 70 FR 67665, 67666 (Nov. 8, 2005).
Cost of Production
As discussed in the preliminary results, we conducted an
investigation to determine whether Cutrale and Fischer made home market
sales of the foreign like product during the POR at prices below their
costs of production (COP) within the meaning of section 773(b) of the
Act. See Preliminary Results, 73 FR at 18777. For these final results,
we performed the cost test following the same methodology as in the
Preliminary Results, except as discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum (the Decision Memo).
We found 20 percent or more of each respondent's sales of a given
product during the reporting period were at prices less than the
weighted-average COP for this period. Thus, we determined that these
below-cost sales were made in ``substantial quantities'' within an
extended period of time and at prices which did not permit the recovery
of all costs within a reasonable period of time in the normal course of
trade. See sections 773(b)(1) and (2) of the Act.
Therefore, for purposes of these final results, we found that
Cutrale and Fischer made below-cost sales not in the ordinary course of
trade. Consequently, we disregarded these sales for each respondent and
used the remaining sales as the basis for determining normal value
pursuant to section 773(b)(1) of the Act.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
this administrative review, and to which we have responded, are listed
in the Appendix to this notice and addressed in the Decision Memo,
which is adopted by this notice. Parties can find a complete discussion
of all issues raised in this review and the corresponding
recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on file in the
Central Records Unit, room 1117, of the main Department Building.
In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memo can be
accessed directly on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/. The paper
copy and electronic version of the Decision Memo are identical in
content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made
certain changes to the margin calculations. These changes are discussed
in the relevant sections of the Decision Memo.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following weighted-average margin percentages
exist for the period August 24, 2005, through February 28, 2007:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturer/Exporter Percent Margin
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fischer S.A. Comercio, Industria, and Agricultura... 4.81
Sucocitrico Cutrale, S.A............................ 0.45
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assessment
The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because Cutrale and Fischer
reported the entered value for some or all of their U.S. sales, we have
calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on
the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales to the total entered value of the sales for which
entered value was reported. For Fischer's U.S. sales reported without
entered values, we have calculated importer-specific per-unit duty
assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales and dividing this amount by the total
quantity of those sales. To determine whether the duty assessment rates
are de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set forth in 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we have calculated importer-specific ad valorem ratios
based on the estimated entered value.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate
without regard to antidumping duties any entries for which the
assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent). The
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of these final results of review.
The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). This
clarification will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the
POR produced by companies included in these final results of review for
which the reviewed companies did not know their merchandise was
destined for the United States. This clarification will also apply to
POR entries of subject merchandise produced by companies for which we
are rescinding the review based on certifications of no shipments,
because these companies certified that
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they made no POR shipments of subject merchandise for which they had
knowledge of U.S. destination. In such instances, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate established in
the LTFV investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Further, the following deposit requirements will be effective for
all shipments of certain orange juice from Brazil entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: 1) the cash deposit rates for the reviewed
companies will be the rates shown above, except if the rate is less
than 0.50 percent, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), the cash deposit will be zero; 2) for previously
investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent
period; 3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or the
LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer
of the merchandise; and 4) the cash deposit rate for all other
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 16.51 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation. See Antidumping Duty
Order: Certain Orange Juice from Brazil, 72 FR 12183 (Mar. 9, 2006).
These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility, under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2), to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as the only reminder to 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(a)(3). Timely written
notification of 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.
We are issuing and publishing these results of review in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and section
351.221(b)(5) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: August 5, 2008.
David M. Spooner.
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix Issues in Decision Memorandum
General Issues
1. Offsetting of Negative Margins
2. Granting an Offset for U.S. Duty Drawback
3. Ministerial Errors in the Preliminary Results
4. Universe of Reviewed U.S. Sales Transactions
Company-Specific Issues
5. Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset for Cutrale
6. Treating Sales to One of Cutrale's Home Market Customers as
Affiliated Party Transactions
7. Calculation of CEP Profit for Cutrale
8. The Calculation of the Denominator used in the General and
Administrative (G&A) and Financial Expense Ratios for Cutrale
9. Valuation of Fruit Purchased from Affiliates for Cutrale
10. Inclusion of Export Financing Expenses in the Calculation of the
Financial Expense Ratio for Cutrale
11. Unit of Measure for Comparison Purposes for NFC for Fischer
12. Product Matching Methodology for Fischer
13. Granting a Quantity Adjustment for Fischer's NFC Sales
14. Fischer's Home Market NFC Sales Used for Comparison Purposes
15. The Application of Inventory Carrying Costs by Control Number for
Fischer
16. The Calculation of Harbor Maintenance Fees for One U.S. Sales
Observation for Fischer
17. Request to Treat Two of Fischer's U.S. Sales as Export Price
Transactions
18. Fischer's Raw Material Cost Allocation Methodology
19. Calculation of Fischer's G&A Expense Ratio
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