[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 15725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-819]


Certain Pasta from Italy: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 2008

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.

Background

    On July 24, 1996, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a countervailing duty order on certain pasta (``pasta'' or 
``subject merchandise'') from Italy. See Notice of Countervailing Duty 
Order and Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: 
Certain Pasta From Italy, 61 FR 38544 (July 24, 1996). On July 3, 2007, 
the Department published a notice of ``Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review'' of this countervailing duty order for calendar 
year 2006, the period of review (``POR''). See Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 72 FR 36420 (July 3, 
2007). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we published a 
notice of initiation of the review on August 24, 2007, for the 2006 
POR. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 72 FR 48613 
(August 24, 2007). The preliminary results for this review are 
currently due no later than April 1, 2008.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and the 
final results of review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.
    We are awaiting supplemental information from the respondents and 
the Government of Italy in this review. Because the Department will 
require additional time to review and analyze this supplemental 
information and may issue further supplemental questionnaires, it is 
not practicable to complete this review within the originally 
anticipated time limit (i.e., by April 1, 2008). Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results to not later than July 30, 2008, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 19, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-6053 Filed 3-24-08; 8:45 am]
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