[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 231 (Thursday, December 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63386-63387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28272]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]


Pasta From Italy: Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Cho at (202) 482-5075, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Background

    On August 26, 2008, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Department) 
published a notice of initiation of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy, covering the period 
July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 50308 (August 26, 
2008). On August 6, 2009, the Department published the preliminary 
results of this review. See Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Twelfth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
74 FR 39285 (August 6, 2009).

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The final results of this review are currently due no later than 
December 4, 2009.

Extension of Time Limit of the Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act), 
requires the Department to issue the final results of a review within 
120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are published. 
However, if it is not practicable to complete the review within that 
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. 
See also 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit because the 
Department is considering modifying the model-match methodology, which 
is a complex issue that requires additional time to adequately analyze. 
Therefore, the Department is fully extending the final results. The 
final results are now due not later than February 2, 2010.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: November 17, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-28272 Filed 12-2-09; 8:45 am]
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