[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45142-45143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21555]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-475-818, A-489-805]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determinations: Certain Pasta From Italy and Turkey

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 30, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Berg (202-482-0114) or Michelle 
Frederick (202-482-0186), Office of Antidumping Investigations, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS: On June 1, 1995, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated antidumping duty 
investigations of certain pasta from Italy and Turkey (60 FR 30268, 
June 8, 1995). The notice of initiation stated that if these 
investigations proceed normally, the Department would issue its 
preliminary determinations by October 19, 1995.
    On June 26, 1995, the U.S. International Trade Commission 

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    determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. domestic 
industry is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of 
pasta from Italy and Turkey (60 FR 35563, July 10, 1995).
    Pursuant to section 733(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), the Department is postponing the preliminary determinations 
in these investigations until no later than December 8, 1995. In 
accordance with section 773(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department has 
determined that all parties concerned in these investigations are 
cooperating. Further, we find these cases to be extraordinarily 
complicated for the following reasons. Due to the large combined number 
of exporters of pasta in Italy and Turkey, the Department devoted a 
considerable amount of time developing and implementing respondent 
selection procedures. This caused a delay in the issuance of the 
questionnaire. In addition, due to the large number of companies 
selected for investigation, the Department will be examining an 
extremely large number of complex transactions. Further, many of the 
issues in these investigations are novel given these are among the 
first cases conducted since the implementation of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act. For these reasons, we have determined that additional 
time is necessary to make the preliminary determinations. Accordingly, 
we are postponing our preliminary determinations in these 
investigations until no later than December 8, 1995.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act, 
as amended, and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

    Dated: August 25, 1995.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investigations.
[FR Doc. 95-21555 Filed 8-29-95; 8:45 am]
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