[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 49 (Monday, March 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 11084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5646]


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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 12th (2007) Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 16, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew McAllister or Shelly Atkinson, 
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) 482-0116, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 24, 1996, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a countervailing duty order on certain pasta 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 11, 2008, the Department published a 
notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of this 
countervailing duty order for calendar year 2007, the period of review 
(``POR''). See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 
73 FR 39948 (July 11, 2008). In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), we published a notice of initiation of the review on 
August 26, 2008, for the POR. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 50308 (August 26, 
2008). The preliminary results for this review are currently due no 
later than April 2, 2009.

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 awaiting supplemental information from the respondent and 
the Government of Italy in this review. Because the Department will 
require additional time to review and analyze this supplemental 
information and may issue further supplemental questionnaires, it is 
not practicable to complete this review within the originally 
anticipated time limit (i.e., by April 2, 2009). Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results to not later than June 1, 2009, 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 10, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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