[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 46 (Friday, March 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 10709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4315]


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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 9, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander or Audrey Twyman, 
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-
0182 and (202) 482-3534, 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, 2006, 
the Department published a notice of ``Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review'' of this countervailing duty order for calendar 
year 2005, the period of review (``POR''). See Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 37890 (July 3, 
2006). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we published a 
notice of initiation of the review on August 30, 2006 for the 2005 POR. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 51573 (August 30, 
2006). The preliminary results for this review are currently due no 
later than April 2, 2007.

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 currently analyzing supplemental information provided by the 
respondents and the Government of Italy in this review. Because the 
Department requires additional time to review, analyze, and issue 
additional supplemental questionnaires, it is not practicable to 
complete this review within the originally anticipated time limit 
(i.e., by April 2, 2007). Therefore, the Department is extending the 
time limit for completion of the preliminary results to not later than 
July 31, 2007, 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 05, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-4315 Filed 3-8-07; 8:45 am]
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