Certain Pasta From Italy: Termination of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-818]

Certain Pasta From Italy: Termination of New Shipper Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On August 22, 1997, the Department of Commerce published a

notice of initiation of a new shipper administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy. The Department is

now terminating that review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Easton or John Brinkmann,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-1777 or 482-5288,

respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to

the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's

(``the Department'') regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR

Section 353, as amended by the interim regulations published in the

Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On June 17, 1997, Amabile S.r.l. (``Amabile'') requested that the

Department conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order

on certain pasta from Italy. On August 15, 1997, the Department

initiated a new shipper review for Amabile relating to the antidumping

duty order on certain pasta from Italy, covering the period July 1,

1996 through June 30, 1997 (62 FR 44643, August 22, 1997). On September

4, 1997, we issued the Department's antidumping duty questionnaire

1 to Amabile. On October 3, 1997, Amabile requested an

extension to respond and consequently submitted its response to

Sections A-C of the questionnaire on November 3, 1997. The Department

initiated a cost investigation on December 24, 1997, and Amabile

submitted its response to Section D of the antidumping questionnaire on

January 28, 1998.

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\1\ Section A of the questionnaire requests information

concerning a company's corporate structure and business practices,

the merchandise under review that it sells, and the sales of the

merchandise in all of its markets. Sections B and C of the

questionnaire request home market sales listings and U.S. sales

listings, respectively. Section D requests additional information

about the cost of production.

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On January 22, 1998, the Department extended the time for

completion of the preliminary results of this review to no later than

June 11, 1998 (63 FR 4218, January 28, 1998).

Termination of New Shipper Review

On February 19, 1998, counsel for Amabile informed the Department

in writing that its only U.S. sales during the period of review had

been canceled. Given its lack of sales to the United States during the

period of review, Amabile withdrew its request for a new shipper review

and requested that the Department terminate the new shipper review.

Therefore, the Department is terminating the new shipper review

concerning Amabile.

This notice is published pursuant to 19 CFR 353.22(h).

Dated: March 19, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-8106 Filed 3-26-98; 8:45 am]

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