[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7362]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Extension of Preliminary Results of 
2001/2002 Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Kinsey at (202) 482-4793, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Time Limits: 

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of a 
review within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of 
an order/finding for which a review is requested and the final results 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary results to a 
maximum of 365 days and for the final results to 180 days (or 300 days 
if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary 
results) from the date of the publication of the preliminary results.

Background

    On August 27, 2002, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain 
pasta from Italy, covering the period July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002 
(67 FR 55002). The preliminary results are currently due no later than 
April 2, 2003.

Extension of Preliminary Results of Reviews

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of these reviews within the original time limits. Therefore, we 
are extending the time limits for completion of the preliminary results 
until no later than July 31, 2003. See Extension of Time Limits for the 
Preliminary Results Memorandum from Melissa Skinner, Director of Office 
VI, to Gary S. Taverman, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, dated March 
20, 2003, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, B-099 of the 
main Commerce Building. We intend to issue the final results no later 
than 120 days after the publication of the notice of preliminary 
results of these reviews.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: March 20, 2003.
Gary S. Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-7362 Filed 3-26-03; 8:45 am]
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