[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 198 (Thursday, October 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26087]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-475-819]


Notice of Initiation of Expedited Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Pasta From Italy

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of expedited countervailing duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: In response to requests from two exporters, the Department of 
Commerce (the ``Department'') is initiating an expedited administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order issued in July 1996 covering 
imports of certain pasta from Italy.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Yeske or Todd Hansen, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 
20230, telephone: (202) 482-0189 and 1276, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    We have received requests from two exporters of pasta from Italy, 
Pastificio Nuova Bettini S.p.A. and Pastificio Oleficio Mangimificio 
Bianconi S.p.A. for an expedited review of the countervailing duty 
order on certain pasta from Italy, which was published in the Federal 
Register on July 24, 1996 (61 FR 38544). These requests are consistent 
with 19 CFR 351.214(k), found in Antidumping Duties; Countervailing 
Duties; Proposed Rule published in the Federal Register on February 27, 
1996 (61 FR 7308, 7367-68) (``Proposed Regulations'').

Initiation of Review

    We are initiating an expedited review of the countervailing duty 
order on pasta from Italy as contemplated by 19 CFR 351.214(k) of the 
Proposed Regulations. We intend to issue the preliminary results of 
review not later than 180 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, and the final results of review within 90 days of the issuance 
of our preliminary determination.

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                                                          Period to be  
            Countervailing duty proceeding                  reviewed    
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Italy: Certain Pasta C-475-819                                          
  Pastificio Nuova Bettini S.p.A.....................    1/1/94-12/31/94
  Pastificio Oleficio Mangimificio Bianconi S.p.A....    1/1/94-12/31/94
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Scope

    The scope of the order for merchandise under review 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.
    Excluded from the scope 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. Also excluded are imports 
of organic pasta from Italy that are accompanied by the appropriate 
certificate issued by the Associazione Marchigiana Agricultura 
Biologica (``AMAB'') or by Bioagricoop scrl.
    The merchandise under order is currently classifiable under items 
1902.19.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of the order remains dispositive.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders not later than the deadlines set forth 
in 19 CFR 355.34(b)(1) (i) and (iii).
    This initiation and this notice are pursuant to section 751 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 as amended.

    Dated: October 4, 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-26087 Filed 10-9-96; 8:45 am]
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