[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53413-53414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1983]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping 
Duty New Shipper Review for the Period July 1, 2003, Through June 30, 
2004

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

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping New Shipper Review in 
Certain Pasta from Italy.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2004.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
request to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty (AD) 
order on certain pasta from Italy. In accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.214(d) (2003), we are initiating an AD new shipper review for 
Atar S.r.L. (Atar).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or James Terpstra at 
(202) 482-5973 and (202) 482-3965, respectively; AD/CVD Operations 3, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 30, 2004, the Department received a timely request from 
Atar, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b), for a new shipper review of 
the AD order on certain pasta from Italy, which has a July anniversary 
month.\1\
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    \1\ See Certain Pasta from Italy, 61 FR 38547 (July 24, 1996).
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    As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (iii)(A), Atar certified 
that it did not export subject merchandise to the United States during 
the period of investigation (POI), and that it has never been 
affiliated with any exporter or producer which exported subject 
merchandise during the POI.\2\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), 
the company submitted documentation establishing the date on which it 
first shipped the subject merchandise to the United States, the date of 
entry of that first shipment, the volume of that and subsequent 
shipments, and the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated customer 
in the United States.\3\
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    \2\ See submission from Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman 
& Klestadt LLP on behalf of Atar S.r.L. to the Department regarding 
Request for New Shipper Review, Case A-475-818, dated July 30, 2004.
    \3\ Id.
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Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d), and based on information on the record, we are initiating 
an AD new shipper review for Atar. We intend to issue the preliminary 
results of this new shipper review not later than 180 days after 
initiation of this review. We intend to issue final results of this 
review no

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later than 90 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
issued. See 19 CFR 351.214(i).

 
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             New shipper review proceeding                                Period to be reviewed
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Atar S.r.L............................................                                    07/01/03-06/30/04 (AD)
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    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow, at 
the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the 
reviews, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry 
of the subject merchandise from the above-listed company in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Atar certified that it both produces 
and exports the subject merchandise, the sale of which is the basis for 
these new shipper review requests, we will permit the bonding privilege 
only with respect to entries of subject merchandise for which Atar is 
both the producer and exporter.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d).

    Dated: August 24, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-1983 Filed 8-31-04; 8:45 a.m.]
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