Notice of Postponement of Final Countervailing Duty Determinations and Termination of Suspension of Liquidation: Certain Pasta From Italy and Turkey

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[C-475-819, C-489-806]

Notice of Postponement of Final Countervailing Duty

Determinations and Termination of Suspension of Liquidation: Certain

Pasta From Italy and Turkey

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vincent Kane (Italy) and Elizabeth Graham (Turkey), Office of

Countervailing Investigations, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3099,

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482-2815 and (202) 482-4105, respectively.

POSTPONEMENT OF FINAL DETERMINATIONS AND TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF

LIQUIDATION: On October 17, 1995, we published the preliminary

affirmative countervailing duty determinations with respect to certain

pasta from Italy (60 FR 53739) and Turkey (60 FR 53747). On October 26,

1995, we published a notice of alignment of the final countervailing

duty determinations with the final antidumping duty determinations of

certain pasta from Italy and Turkey (60 FR 54847). The notice stated

that the final countervailing duty determinations would be made on

February 21, 1996.

On January 19, 1996, the notices of preliminary determination of

sales at less than fair value and postponement of final determination

for certain pasta from Italy and Turkey were published in the Federal

Register. These notices stated that the final determinations in the

antidumping duty investigations and the companion countervailing duty

investigations would be made 135 days after the date of publication of

the Department's preliminary determination in the antidumping cases,

i.e., June 3, 1996. Accordingly, the date for the final countervailing

duty determinations for certain pasta from Italy and Turkey will be

June 3, 1996.

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In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, the Department will

direct the U.S. Customs Service to terminate the suspension of

liquidation in the countervailing duty investigations on February 14,

1996, which is four months (120 days) from the date of publication of

the preliminary determinations in these countervailing duty

investigations. No cash deposits or bonds for potential countervailing

duties will be required for merchandise which enters on or after

February 14, 1996. The suspension of liquidation will not be resumed

unless and until the Department publishes countervailing duty orders.

We will also direct the U.S. Customs Service to continue to suspend

liquidation of entries made between October 17, 1995, through February

13, 1996 until the conclusion of these investigations.

The U.S. International Trade Commission is being advised of this

postponement of final determinations in accordance with section 705(d)

of the Act and the termination of suspension of liquidation in

accordance with section 703(f) of the Act. This notice is published

pursuant to section 705(d) of the Act and 19 C.F.R. 355.20(c)(3).

Dated: January 24, 1996.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 96-1993 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]

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