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

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Federal Register: December 5, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 235)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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.

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