Certain Pasta From Italy: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 45837-45839 [2024-11527]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 102 / Friday, May 24, 2024 / Notices than 86 GSM, and a height of less than 11.5 inches; and • Paper sacks or bags (i) with non-paper handles made wholly of woven ribbon or other similar woven fabric 14 and (ii) that are finished with folded tops or for which tied knots or t-bar aglets (made of wood, metal, or plastic) are used to secure the handles to the bags. The above-referenced dimensions are provided for paper bags in the opened position. The height of the bag is the distance from the bottom fold edge to the top edge (i.e., excluding the height of handles that extend above the top edge). The depth of the bag is the distance from the front of the bag edge to the back of the bag edge (typically measured at the bottom of the bag). The width of the bag is measured from the left to the right edges of the front and back panels (upon which the handles typically are located). This merchandise is currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 4819.30.0040 and 4819.40.0040. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes only; the written description of the scope is dispositive. Appendix II ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Investigation IV. Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part V. Subsidies Valuation VI. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination VII. Analysis of Programs VIII. Discussion of the Issues Comment 1: Whether Commerce Correctly Calculated the Benefits Under Advance License Program (AAP) Comment 2(a):Whether Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export Products (RODTEP) Is Countervailable Comment 2(b):Whether Commerce Incorrectly Calculated the Benefits Under the RODTEP Program Comment 3: Whether Duty Drawback (DDB) Is Countervailable Comment 4: Whether Commerce Has Incorrectly Calculated Benefits Under the Government of Haryana’s Freight Assistance Scheme (FAS) Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Correct the Spelling of Aeroplast Packaging Solution Private Limited IX. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2024–11481 Filed 5–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 14 Paper sacks or bags with handles made of braided or twisted materials, such as rope or cord, do not qualify for this exclusion. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 May 23, 2024 Jkt 262001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C–475–819] Certain Pasta From Italy: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of certain pasta (pasta) from Italy, during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. In addition, Commerce is rescinding the review with respect to one company. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable May 24, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stefan Smith or Nicholas Czajkowski, 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) 482–4342 or (202) 482–1395, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On July 24, 1998, Commerce published in the Federal Register the countervailing duty order on pasta from Italy.1 On July 3, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of an administrative review of the Order.2 On October 6, 2023, Commerce selected Gruppo Alimentare Mediterraneo Milo S.r.l. (Milo) and Pastificio Gentile S.r.l. (Gentile) as the mandatory respondents in this review.3 On October 26, 2023, Milo withdrew its request for a review.4 On November 13, 2023, we also selected Sgambaro SpA. (Sgambaro) for individual examination as a mandatory respondent.5 On March 21, 2024, we 1 See Notice of Countervailing Duty order and Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Certain Pasta from Italy, 61 FR 38544 (July 24, 1996) (Order). 2 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023). 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection Memorandum,’’ dated October 6, 2023. 4 See Milo’s Letter, ‘‘Withdraw Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated October 26, 2023 (Milo’s Withdrawal of Review Request). 5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Second Respondent Selection Memorandum,’’ dated November 13, 2023. PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45837 extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review until May 21, 2024.6 For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.7 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included in the Appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 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 the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/ public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Scope of the Order The merchandise covered by the Order is pasta from Italy. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Methodology Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, Commerce preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy (i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific).8 For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, including our reliance, in part, on facts otherwise available with an adverse inference pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Recission of Administrative Review, in Part Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that requested a 6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated March 21, 2024. 7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Pasta from Italy; 2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 8 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1 45838 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 102 / Friday, May 24, 2024 / Notices Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. For the company for which this review is rescinded with these preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from Preliminary Results of Review warehouse, for consumption, during the We preliminary find that the period January 1, 2022, through following net countervailable subsidy December 31, 2022, in accordance with rates exist for the period January 1, 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). For the 2022, through December 31, 2022: companies remaining in the review, we intend to issue assessment instructions Subsidy rate to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the Company (percent ad date of publication of the final results of valorem) this review in the Federal Register. If a Pastificio Gentile S.r.l ........... 0.94 timely summons is filed at the U.S. Sgambaro SpA ..................... 2.37 Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the Cash Deposit Requirements time for parties to file a request for a In accordance with section statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also within 90 days of publication). intends upon publication of the final Disclosure and Public Comment results, to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash Commerce intends to disclose its deposits of the estimated countervailing calculations and analysis performed to duties in the amounts calculated in the interested parties for these preliminary final results of this review for the results within five days of any public respective companies listed above with announcement or, if there is no public regard to shipment of subject announcement, within five days of the merchandise entered, or withdrawn date of publication of this notice in from warehouse, for consumption on or accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). after the date of publication of the final Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), results of this review. If the rate interested parties may submit case briefs calculated in the final results is zero or no later than 30 days after the date of de minimis, no cash deposit will be publication of this notice. Rebuttal required on shipments of the subject briefs, limited to issues raised in the merchandise entered or withdrawn from case briefs, may be filed no later than warehouse, for consumption on or after five days after the date for filing case the date of publication of the final briefs.10 Interested parties who submit results of this review. case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will must submit: (1) a table of contents continue to collect cash deposits of listing each issue; and (2) a table of estimated countervailing duties at the authorities.11 all-others rate or the most recent As provided under 19 CFR company-specific rate applicable to the 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior company, as appropriate. These cash proceedings we have encouraged deposit requirements, when imposed, interested parties to provide an shall remain in effect until further executive summary of their brief that notice. should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this review, we Assessment Rates instead request that interested parties In accordance with section provide at the beginning of their briefs 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR a public, executive summary for each 351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminary issue raised in their briefs.12 Further, we determined subsidy rates in the amounts shown above for the producer/ 10 See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in exporters shown above. Upon issuance Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, of the final results of the administrative FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and review, consistent with section 751(a)(1) 88 Service Procedures). of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 11 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation. On October 26, 2023, Milo withdrew its request for an administrative review.9 Because the withdrawal request was timely filed, and no other party requested a review of this company, we are rescinding this review of the Order with respect to Milo, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 12 We 9 See Milo’s Withdrawal of Review Request. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 May 23, 2024 Jkt 262001 use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).13 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party’s name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce’s electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Final Results Unless extended, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis of the issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h). Notification to Interested Parties These preliminary results of review are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4). Dated: May 20, 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Order in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 13 See APO and Service Procedures. E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 102 / Friday, May 24, 2024 / Notices IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences VI. Subsidies Valuation VII. Analysis of Programs VIII. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2024–11527 Filed 5–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–552–836] Certain Paper Shopping Bags From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain paper shopping bags (paper bags) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) are being, or likely to be, sold in the United States at lessthan-fair value (LTFV) for the period investigation October 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. DATES: Applicable May 24, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myrna Lobo, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2371. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Background On January 3, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary determination in the LTFV investigation of paper bags from Vietnam, in which we also postponed the final determination until May 17, 2024.1 We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination.2 A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Determination, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by 1 See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 321 (January 3, 2024) (Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 2 See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 321. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 May 23, 2024 Jkt 262001 parties for this final determination, may be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.3 The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 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 the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/ public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are paper bags from Vietnam. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I. Scope Comments During the course of this investigation, Commerce received scope comments from parties. Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum to address these comments and set aside a period of time for parties to address scope issues in scope-specific case and rebuttal briefs.4 We received comments from parties on the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum, which we addressed in the Final Scope Decision Memorandum.5 We made no changes to the scope of the investigation from the scope published in the Preliminary Determination, as noted in Appendix I to this notice. Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances In accordance with section 733(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.206, Commerce continues to find that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of paper bags from Vietnam for Goldsun Packaging and Printing Joint Stock Company (Goldsun), the nonselected respondents eligible for a separate rate, and the Vietnam-wide 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative Determination in the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Paper Shopping Bags from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated December 27, 2023 (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value and Countervailing Duty Investigations of Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated March 11, 2024 (Final Scope Decision Memorandum). PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45839 entity. For a discussion and analysis of comments regarding Commerce’s critical circumstances analysis, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Verification As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we conducted verifications of the sales and factors of production information submitted by Goldsun for use in our final determination. We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by Goldsun.6 Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised is attached as Appendix II to this notice. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination We have made certain changes to the margin calculation for Goldsun.7 For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Vietnam-Wide Entity and Use of Adverse Facts Available (AFA) Consistent with the Preliminary Determination,8 Commerce continues to find, pursuant to sections 776(a)(1) and (a)(2)(A)–(C) of the Act, that the use of facts available is warranted in determining the rate of the Vietnamwide entity, which includes mandatory respondent Hi-Level Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Hi-Level), who did not fully respond to Commerce’s questionnaire, and for the following five non-responsive companies 9 that did not respond to our requests for information: NamCuong Packaging, Pan Pacific Vietnam, SIC Paper Bag, Kien Nang, Co., Ltd. and TLC Packaging. Furthermore, we continue to find that an adverse inference is warranted in selecting from among the facts otherwise available, pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act, because the Vietnam-wide entity, including the above-referenced companies, failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of their ability to comply with Commerce’s requests for information. For the final determination, consistent with the 6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Questionnaire Responses of Goldsun Packaging and Printing Joint Stock Company in the Antidumping Investigation of Certain Paper Shopping Bags from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated March 27, 2024. 7 See Issues and Decision Memorandum. 8 See Preliminary Determination PDM at 6–8. 9 Id. E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-819]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers 
and exporters of certain pasta (pasta) from Italy, during the period of 
review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. In addition, 
Commerce is rescinding the review with respect to one company. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable May 24, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stefan Smith or Nicholas Czajkowski, 
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) 482-4342 or (202) 
482-1395, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 24, 1998, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
countervailing duty order on pasta from Italy.\1\ On July 3, 2023, 
Commerce published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of 
an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On October 6, 2023, Commerce 
selected Gruppo Alimentare Mediterraneo Milo S.r.l. (Milo) and 
Pastificio Gentile S.r.l. (Gentile) as the mandatory respondents in 
this review.\3\ On October 26, 2023, Milo withdrew its request for a 
review.\4\ On November 13, 2023, we also selected Sgambaro SpA. 
(Sgambaro) for individual examination as a mandatory respondent.\5\ On 
March 21, 2024, we extended the deadline for the preliminary results of 
this administrative review until May 21, 2024.\6\
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    \1\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty order and Amended Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Certain Pasta from 
Italy, 61 FR 38544 (July 24, 1996) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection Memorandum,'' dated 
October 6, 2023.
    \4\ See Milo's Letter, ``Withdraw Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated October 26, 2023 (Milo's Withdrawal of Review 
Request).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Second Respondent Selection Memorandum,'' 
dated November 13, 2023.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 
21, 2024.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\7\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is included in the Appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 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 the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Certain Pasta from Italy; 2022,'' dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is pasta from Italy. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, Commerce 
preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy (i.e., a government-
provided financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the 
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific).\8\ For a full description 
of the methodology underlying our conclusions, including our reliance, 
in part, on facts otherwise available with an adverse inference 
pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \8\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Recission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that 
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review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of publication 
of the notice of initiation. On October 26, 2023, Milo withdrew its 
request for an administrative review.\9\ Because the withdrawal request 
was timely filed, and no other party requested a review of this 
company, we are rescinding this review of the Order with respect to 
Milo, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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    \9\ See Milo's Withdrawal of Review Request.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminary find that the following net countervailable subsidy 
rates exist for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Pastificio Gentile S.r.l................................            0.94
Sgambaro SpA............................................            2.37
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends upon publication of the final results, to instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits of the estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts calculated in the final results of 
this review for the respective companies listed above with regard to 
shipment of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this review. If the rate calculated in the final results is 
zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be required on shipments of 
the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of 
this review.
    For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or 
the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as 
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Assessment Rates

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminary determined subsidy rates in the 
amounts shown above for the producer/exporters shown above. Upon 
issuance of the final results of the administrative review, consistent 
with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce 
shall determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review.
    For the company for which this review is rescinded with these 
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess countervailing 
duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). For the companies remaining in the review, we intend 
to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after 
the date of publication of the final results of this review in the 
Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within 
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed no later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\10\ Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in 
this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each 
issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\11\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\12\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the 
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that 
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce 
has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of 
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
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    \12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \13\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, 
and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
the issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be 
limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. An 
electronically filed hearing request must be received successfully in 
its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.

Final Results

    Unless extended, we intend to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis 
of the issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication 
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: May 20, 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order

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IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Recommendation

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