[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6076]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-475-818, A-489-805]


Certain Pasta From Italy and Turkey: Notice of Extension of Time 
Limits for Second Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Brinkmann, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-5288.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Results

    On August 27, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated the second administrative reviews of the antidumping duty 
orders on certain pasta from Italy and Turkey, covering the period July 
1, 1997 through June 30, 1998 (63 FR 45796). The current deadline for 
the preliminary results of these reviews is April 1, 1999. Section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (``the Act''), requires the Department to make a 
preliminary determination in an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a 
review is requested. However, if it is not practicable to complete the 
reviews within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows 
the Department to extend this time period to up to 365 days.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete these reviews 
within the original time frame because they involve collecting and 
analyzing information from a large number of companies, including 
investigating sales below the cost of production for all companies. 
Although section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows for an extension of up 
to 120 days, we believe at this time that only a limited extension of 
the deadline is necessary to analyze the complex legal and 
methodological issues. Accordingly, the Department is extending the 
time limit for completion of the preliminary results of these 
administrative reviews by 90 days, or until June 30, 1999. We plan to 
issue the final results of these administrative reviews within 120 days 
after publication of the preliminary results.
    These extensions are in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: March 3, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-6076 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]
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