[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65679-65680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29171]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]


Certain Pasta from Italy: Extension of Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 21, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Young at (202) 482-6397, 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.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue (1) the preliminary results of a 
review within 245 days after the last day of the month in which occurs 
the anniversary of the date of publication of an order or finding for 
which a review is requested,

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and (2) 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 the final results to a 
maximum of 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. See also 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

Background

    On August 19, 2002, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
pasta from Italy, covering the period July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002 (67 
FR 55000). On March 27, 2003, the Department fully extended the 
preliminary results of the aforementioned review by 120 days (68 FR 
14945). On August 7, 2003, the Department published the preliminary 
results of its review (68 FR 47020). The final results of this review 
are currently due no later than December 5, 2003.

Extension of Final Results of Reviews

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit, because the 
Department needs additional time to fully consider certain arguments 
raised by parties in their case briefs. See Decision Memorandum from 
Melissa Skinner to Holly Kuga, dated November 7, 2003, which is on file 
in the Central Records Unit, B-099 of the main Commerce Building. 
Therefore, we are extending the deadline for the final results of the 
above-referenced review until February 3, 2004.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: November 14, 2003.
Holly Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-29171 Filed 11-20-03; 8:45 am]
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