[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 68128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23488]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-819]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for 
the Final Results of the Tenth Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

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

DATES: Effective Dates: December 4, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew McAllister or Brandon 
Farlander, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-1174 and (202) 482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 6, 2007, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the 2005 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
certain pasta (``pasta'') from Italy. See Certain Pasta from Italy: 
Preliminary Results of the Tenth Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review, 72 FR 43616 (August 6, 2007). This review covers three 
manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United 
States: De Matteis Agroalimetare S.p.A. (``De Matteis''), Atar S.r.L. 
(``Atar''), and Antonio Pallante S.r.L. (``Pallante''). In the 
preliminary results, we stated that we would issue our final results 
for the countervailing duty administrative review no later than 120 
days after the date of publication of the preliminary results (i.e., 
December 4, 2007).

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results in an 
administrative review within 120 days of the publication date of the 
preliminary results. However, if it is not practicable to complete the 
review within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows 
the Department to extend the time limit for the final results to a 
maximum of 180 days.
    The Department has determined that completion of the final results 
of this review within the original time period is not practicable due 
to legal and factual issues that have arisen since the issuance of our 
preliminary results of review. Specifically, the Department requires 
additional time to review interested parties' comments on De Matteis' 
November 5, 2007, supplemental questionnaire response. Thus, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is 
extending the time period for issuing the final results of review by an 
additional 60 days, until February 4, 2008.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 28, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-23488 Filed 12-3-07; 8:45 am]
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