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

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-475-819] 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. …