[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44284-44285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19140]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]


Certain Pasta from Italy: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 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)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to issue the 
preliminary results of a new shipper review within 180 days after the 
date on which the new shipper review was initiated and the final 
results within 90 days after the date on which the preliminary results 
are issued. See also 19 CFR Sec.  351.214(i)(1). However, if the 
Department determines that the case is extraordinarily complicated and 
that the review cannot be completed within that time period, section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, and 19 CFR Sec.  351.214(i)(2) allow the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary results up to 
300 days from the date of initiation and, for the final results, up to 
150 days from the date the preliminary results are issued.

[[Page 44285]]

Background

    On March 7, 2003, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
pasta from Italy, covering the period July 1, 2002 to December 31, 
2002. See Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Review, 68 FR 11044 (March 7, 2003). The preliminary 
results are currently due no later than September 3, 2003.

Extension of Preliminary Results of Reviews

    We determine that this case is extraordinarily complicated, and 
that it is not possible to complete the preliminary results of this 
review within the original time limits. Specifically, on June 24, 2003, 
the Department initiated a cost investigation and issued instructions 
to respondents to fill out the Section D questionnaire, specifying that 
responses would be due on July 25, 2003. To adequately analyze the 
responses and allow additional time necessary for the issuance and 
analysis of supplemental sales and cost questionnaires, the Department 
requires an extension of the time limit for the preliminary results. 
Therefore, we are extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than January 2, 2004. See Extension 
of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results Memorandum from Melissa 
Skinner, Director of Office VI, to Holly A. Kuga, Acting Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, dated July 21, 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 90 days after the publication of 
the notice of preliminary results of this new shipper review.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 
the Act.

    Dated: July 21, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-19140 Filed 7-25-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S