[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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