Antidumping: Pasta from— Italy and Turkey,

[Federal Register: June 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 115)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818, A-489-805]

Certain Pasta From Italy and Turkey: Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Second Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Brinkmann, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5288.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Results

On August 27, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated the second administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain pasta from Italy and Turkey, covering the period July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998 (63 FR 45796). Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``the Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination in an administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However, if it is not practicable to complete the reviews within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend this time period to up to 365 days. Accordingly, on March 12, 1999, the Department extended the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of the administrative review by 90 days (64 FR 12287). We have now concluded, however, that the full 120-day extension is necessary. Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of these administrative reviews by the full 120 days, or until August 2, 1999. We plan to issue the final results of these administrative reviews within 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.

These extensions are in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Dated: June 4, 1999. Richard W. Moreland, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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