[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13584-13585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3816]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-475-818)


Certain Pasta from Italy: Extension of Time Limits for the 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 16, 2006.
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Brian Ledgerwood 
(202) 482-5973 or (202) 482-3836, respectively, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 29, 2005, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy, 
covering the period from July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 
Requests for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 51009 (August 29, 2005). The 
preliminary results of this review are currently due no later than 
April 3, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
or finding for which a review is requested. Consistent with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may extend the 245-day period 
to 365 days if it is not practicable to complete the review within a 
245-day period.
    We determine that completion of the preliminary results of this 
review within the 245-day period is not practicable because additional 
time is needed by the Department to gather supplemental responses from 
the companies participating in the review. In order to obtain and 
analyze necessary additional information, and in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are extending the time period for 
issuing the preliminary results of review by 45 days to May 18, 2006. 
Therefore, the preliminary results are now due no later than May 18, 
2006. The final results continue to be due 120 days after publication 
of the preliminary results.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(I) of the Act.


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    Dated: March 10, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-3816 Filed 3-15-06; 8:45 am]
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