Italy Pasta: Commerce to Examine Molisana Name Change

The Commerce Department will conduct a changed circumstances review on pasta from Italy (A-475-818) to determine whether La Molisana S.p.A. is the successor company to La Molisana Industrie Alimentari and eligible for the latter’s zero percent antidumping duty rate. La Molisana says La Molisana Industrie underwent a name change after it was purchased in bankruptcy in 2011, but never ceased operations and continues to be the same business entity. Commerce could complete the review as soon as late September, but may take until May 2015 for its final decision.