[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 731-732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-183]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-475-819]


Notice of Rescission of Expedited Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Pasta from Italy

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

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') rescinds its 
expedited countervailing duty administrative review of the order 
covering certain pasta from Italy initiated on October 10, 1996 (61 FR 
53198).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 6, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Mowry, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-3798.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 10, 1996, at the request of two exporters of pasta, 
Pastificio Oleificio Mangimificio Bianconi S.p.A (``Bianconi'') and 
Pastificio Nuova Bettini S.p.A. (``Bettini''), we published

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in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an expedited 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order published in the 
Federal Register on July 24, 1996 (61 FR 38544) covering imports of 
certain pasta from Italy (61 FR 53198). On November 12 and 15, 1996, we 
received withdrawals of the requests for review from Bianconi and 
Bettini, respectively. These withdrawals are consistent with 19 CFR 
351.214(f)(1) and (k)(3), found in Antidumping Duties; Countervailing 
Duties; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Public Comments, 
published in the Federal Register on February 27, 1996 (61 FR 7308, 
7367-68). Accordingly, the Department is rescinding the expedited 
review.
    This rescission and this notice are pursuant to section 751 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: December 19, 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-183 Filed 1-3-97; 8:45 am]
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