[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 235 (Friday, December 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 74141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28869]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-819]


Certain Pasta From Italy: Extension of Time Limit for the Final 
Results of the Eleventh (2006) Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 6, 2008, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the 2006 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
certain pasta (``pasta'') from Italy. See Certain Pasta from Italy: 
Preliminary Results of the 11th (2006) Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 73 FR 45721 (August 6, 2008). This review covers 
four manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United 
States: De Matteis Agroalimentare S.p.A. (``De Matteis''), Pastificio 
Lucio Garofalo S.p.A. (``Garofalo''), F.lli De Cecco di Filippo Fara 
San Martino S.p.A. (``De Cecco''), and Pastificio Felicetti SrL 
(``Felicetti''). 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, 2008).

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 
because the Department requires additional time to review a response to 
a supplemental questionnaire issued after the preliminary results. 
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 2, 2009.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 01, 2008.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-28869 Filed 12-4-08; 8:45 am]
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