MESSAGE NO: 8345112 DATE: 12 11 1997
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: SCO
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 475 - 818 C - 475 - 819
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PERIOD COVERED: 12 11 1997 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: CMC DIRECTORS,
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT OPERATIONS

RE: SCOPE RULING ON ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY
ORDERS ON CERTAIN PASTA FROM ITALY (A-475-818) AND
(C-475-819)

1. THE SCOPE OF THESE ORDERS CONSISTS OF CERTAIN NON-EGG DRY
PASTA IN PACKAGES OF FIVE POUNDS (OR 2.27 KILOGRAMS) OR LESS,
WHETHER OR NOT ENRICHED OR FORTIFIED OR CONTAINING MILK OR OTHER
OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS SUCH AS CHOPPED VEGETABLES, VEGETABLE
PUREES, MILK, GLUTEN, DIASTASES, VITAMINS, COLORING AND
FLAVORINGS, AND UP TO TWO PERCENT EGG WHITE. THE PASTA COVERED
BY THIS SCOPE IS TYPICALLY SOLD IN THE RETAIL MARKET, IN
FIBERBOARD OR CARDBOARD CARTONS OR POLYETHYLENE OR POLYPROPYLENE
BAGS, OF VARYING DIMENSIONS.

2. EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF THESE ORDERS ARE REFRIGERATED,
FROZEN, OR CANNED PASTAS, AS WELL AS ALL FORMS OF EGG PASTA, WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF NON-EGG DRY PASTA CONTAINING UP TO TWO PERCENT
EGG WHITE.

3. ALSO EXCLUDED, SINCE DECEMBER 12, 1996, HAVE BEEN IMPORTS OF
ORGANIC PASTA FROM ITALY THAT ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE APPROPRIATE
CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE ASSOCIAZIONE MARCHIGIANA AGRICULTURA
BIOLOGICA (AMAB), BY BIOAGRICOOP SCRL, OR BY QC&I INTERNATIONAL
SERVICES. IN JANUARY OF 1997, AMAB DELEGATED ITS CERTIFYING
AUTHORITY TO THE INSTITUTO MEDITERRANEO DI CERTIFICAZIONE (IMC).
ACCORDINGLY, AS OF JANUARY 1997, IMPORTS OF ORGANIC PASTA FROM
ITALY THAT ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE ISSUED
BY IMC, BIOAGRICOOP SCRL, OR BY QC&I INTERNATIONAL SERVICES ARE
EXEMPT FROM THESE ORDERS.

4. ANY DEPOSITS PAID ON ENTRIES ACCOMPANIED BY AN ORGANIC PASTA
CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY IMC SHOULD BE RETURNED.

5. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT, VIA E-MAIL, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE
SUPERVISORY CHANNELS, IMPORT OPERATIONS,
ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY, USING ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB". THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT:
ANTIDUMPING
JOHN BRINKMANN (202) 482-5288
EDWARD EASTON (202) 482-1777

COUNTERVAILING
VINCENT KANE (202) 482-2815
OFFICE OF AD/CVD ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

6. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.

PAUL SCHWARTZ