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Certain Pasta from Italy and Turkey Investigation Nos. 701-TA-365-366 and 731-TA-734-735 (Fourth Review) Publication 4876 April 2019 U.S. International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436 U.S. International Trade Commission COMMISSIONERS David S. Johanson, Chairman Irving A. Williamson Meredith M. Broadbent Rhonda K. Schmidtlein Jason E. Kearns Catherine DeFilippo Director of Operations Staff assigned Jordan Harriman, Investigator Renee Berry, Industry Analyst Roop Bhatti, Attorney Nathanel Comly, Supervisory Investigator Address all communications to Secretary to the Commission United States International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436 U.S. International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436 www.usitc.gov Certain Pasta from Italy and Turkey Investigation Nos. 701-TA-365-366 and 731-TA-734-735 (Fourth Review) Publication 4876 April 2019 CONTENTS Page Determinations ............................................................................................................................... 1 Views of the Commission ............................................................................................................... 3 Separate and Dissenting Views of Commissioner Meredith M. Broadbent ............................... 33 Information obtained in these reviews .................................................................................... 1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 1 Responses to the Commission’s Notice of Institution ................................................................ 2 Individual responses ................................................................................................................ 2 Party comments on adequacy ................................................................................................. 3 The original investigations and subsequent reviews .................................................................. 4 The original investigations ....................................................................................................... 4 The first five‐year reviews ....................................................................................................... 4 The second five‐year reviews .................................................................................................. 5 The third five‐year reviews ...................................................................................................... 6 Previous and related investigations ............................................................................................ 6 Actions at Commerce .................................................................................................................. 6 Scope rulings ............................................................................................................................ 6 Company revocations .............................................................................................................. 7 Changed circumstances reviews ............................................................................................. 8 Current five‐year reviews ........................................................................................................ 9 The product ................................................................................................................................. 9 Commerce’s scope .................................................................................................................. 9 U.S. tariff treatment .............................................................................................................. 10 Description and uses ............................................................................................................. 10 Manufacturing process .......................................................................................................... 12 The industry in the United States ............................................................................................. 13 U.S. producers ....................................................................................................................... 13 Recent developments ............................................................................................................ 13 U.S. producers’ trade and financial data ............................................................................... 14 Definitions of the domestic like product and domestic industry ............................................. 16 U.S. imports and apparent U.S. consumption ........................................................................... 18 U.S. importers ........................................................................................................................ 18 U.S. imports ........................................................................................................................... 19 Apparent U.S. consumption and market shares ................................................................... 21 Cumulation considerations ....................................................................................................... 24 The industry in Italy ................................................................................................................... 24 The industry in Turkey ............................................................................................................... 27 Antidumping or countervailing duty orders in third‐country markets ..................................... 30 The global market ..................................................................................................................... 30 i CONTENTS Page Appendixes A. Federal Register notices ................................................................................................. A‐1 B. Company‐specific data ................................................................................................... B‐1 C. Summary data compiled in prior proceedings ............................................................... C‐1 Note.—Information that would reveal confidential operations of individual concerns may not be published. Such information is identified (including by brackets or by parallel lines) in confidential reports and is deleted and replaced with asterisks in public reports. ii UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION Investigation Nos. 701‐TA‐365‐366 and 731‐TA‐734‐735 (Fourth Review) Certain Pasta from Italy and Turkey DETERMINATIONS On the basis of the record1 developed in the subject five‐year reviews, the United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), that revocation of the countervailing duty orders and antidumping duty orders on certain pasta from Italy and Turkey would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.2 BACKGROUND The Commission, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), instituted these reviews on August 1, 2018 (83 F.R. 37517) and determined on November 5, 2018 that it would conduct expedited reviews (84 F.R. 4535, February 15, 2019). 1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)). 2 Commissioner Meredith M. Broadbent dissenting with respect to the imports of certain pasta from Turkey. 1 Views of the Commission Based on the record in these five‐year reviews, we determine under section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (“the Tariff Act”), that revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain pasta (“pasta” or “dry pasta”) from Italy and Turkey would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.1 2 I. Background Original Investigations. On May 12, 1995, Borden, Inc., Hershey Foods Corp., and Gooch Foods, Inc. filed antidumping duty and countervailing duty petitions on imports of certain pasta from Italy and Turkey. On June 14, 1996, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) determined that imports of certain pasta from Italy and Turkey were being subsidized and sold at less than fair value (“LTFV”).3 In July 1996, the Commission found that a domestic industry was materially injured by reason of subsidized and LTFV imports of certain pasta from Italy and Turkey.4 On July 24, 1996, Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders for certain pasta from Italy and Turkey.5 1 Commissioner Broadbent determines that revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain pasta from Italy would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time, and that revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain pasta from Turkey would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Separate and Dissenting Views of Commissioner Meredith M. Broadbent. She joins sections I and II of these views unless otherwise stated. 2 Due to the lapse in appropriations and ensuing cessation of Commission operations, all import injury reviews conducted under authority of Title VII of the Tariff Act