[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22166]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-819]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for 
Countervailing Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of the countervailing duty new shipper review on 
certain pasta from Italy. The period of review is January 1 through 
December 31, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel J. Alexy, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement I, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-1540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background:

    On February 27, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated a countervailing duty new shipper review for 
certain pasta from Italy, covering calendar year 2002. See Notice of 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty New Shipper Review, 68 FR 10446 
(March 5, 2003). Corrections to the initiation notice were published in 
the Federal Register on March 24, 2003 (See 68 FR 14198). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than August 26, 2003.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results within 
180 days after the date on which the new shipper review is initiated. 
However, if the proceeding is extraordinarily complicated, section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act allows the Department to extend this 
deadline to a maximum of 300 days.

Postponement

    The Department has determined that additional time is necessary to 
issue the preliminary results in this new shipper review for the 
reasons stated in our memorandum from Susan Kuhbach to Jeffrey May, 
dated August 25, 2003. Therefore, in accordance with section 751 
(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, we are postponing the preliminary results of 
this new shipper review until no later than December 24, 2003.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 25, 2003.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-22166 Filed 8-28-03; 8:45 am]
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