Solid Urea From the Russian Federation and Ukraine: Final Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Orders, 96434-96435 [2016-31719]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 251 / Friday, December 30, 2016 / Notices
The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is rescinding the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on solid urea
from the Russian Federation for the
period of July 1, 2015 through June 30,
2016.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective December 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Smith or Denisa Ursu,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1766 or
(202) 482–2285, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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On July 5, 2016, the Department
published in the Federal Register a
notice of ‘‘Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review’’ of the
antidumping duty order on solid urea
from the Russian Federation for the
period of July 1, 2015 through June 30,
2016.1 On July 29 2016, in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.213(b), the Department received a
timely request from the petitioners, the
Ad Hoc Committee of Domestic
Nitrogen Producers and its individual
members, CF Industries, Inc. and PCS
Nitrogen Fertilizer L.P., to conduct an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on solid urea
from the Russian Federation
manufactured or exported by MCC
EuroChem, or its urea production
subsidiaries OJSC Nevinnomysskiy Azot
and OJSC NAKAzot (MCC EuroChem),
and Joint Stock Company PhosAgroCherepovets.2
On September 12, 2016, the
Department published in the Federal
Register a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order.3 This
administrative review covers MCC
EuroChem and Joint Stock Company
PhosAgro-Cherepovets during the
period July 1, 2015 through June 30,
2016. On November 21, 2016, the
petitioners timely withdrew their
request for an administrative review for
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 81 FR 43584
(July 5, 2016).
2 See Petitioner’s letter, ‘‘Solid Urea from the
Russian Federation; Request for Administrative
Review,’’ dated July 29, 2016.
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
62720 (September 12, 2016).
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both MCC EuroChem and Joint Stock
Company PhosAgro-Cherepovets.4
Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Department will rescind an
administrative review, if the party that
requested the review withdraws its
request within 90 days of the date of
publication of notice of initiation of the
requested review. The petitioner
withdrew its review request before the
90-day deadline, and no other party
requested an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order. Therefore,
in response to the timely withdrawal of
the review request, the Department is
rescinding in its entirety the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on solid urea
from the Russian Federation for the
review period July 1, 2015 through June
30, 2016.
Assessment
The Department will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. Antidumping duties
shall be assessed at rates equal to the
cash deposit of estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department
intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as the only
reminder to importers whose entries
will be liquidated as a result of this
rescission notice, of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties and/or
countervailing duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement may
result in the presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
and/or countervailing duties occurred
and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
4 See
Letter from Counsel to the Ad Hoc
Committee of Domestic Nitrogen Producers dated
November 21, 2016.
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with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of return/
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
This notice is published in
accordance with section 751 of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: December 23, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–821–801, A–823–801]
Solid Urea From the Russian
Federation and Ukraine: Final Results
of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of
Antidumping Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 1, 2016, the
Department of Commerce (Department)
initiated the sunset reviews of the
antidumping duty orders on solid urea
from the Russian Federation and
Ukraine. Because the domestic
interested parties did not participate in
these sunset reviews, the Department is
revoking these antidumping duty
orders.
AGENCY:
DATES:
Effective December 20, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert James or John Anwesen, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: 202–482–0649 and 202–482–
0131, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 14, 1987, the Department
issued an antidumping duty order on
solid urea from the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR).1 In
December 1991, the USSR divided into
15 republics. In response to the
dissolution, the Department transferred
the original order to all 15 republics and
applied a uniform cash deposit rate.2
1 See Urea from the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, 52 FR 26367 (July 14, 1987).
2 See Solid Urea from the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics; Transfer of the Antidumping
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On March 1, 1999, the Department
initiated sunset reviews on these orders
and later published its notice of
continuation of the antidumping duty
orders for certain countries.3 On
October 1, 2004, the Department
initiated the second sunset reviews of
these orders and later published its
notice of continuation of the
antidumping duty orders on solid urea
from the Russian Federation and
Ukraine.4 On December 1, 2010, the
Department initiated the third sunset
reviews of these orders and later
published its notice of continuation of
the antidumping duty orders.5 On
November 1, 2016, the Department
initiated the fourth sunset reviews of
these orders.6
We did not receive a notice of intent
to participate from domestic interested
parties in these fourth sunset reviews by
the deadline date.7 As a result, the
Department determined that no
domestic interested party intends to
participate in the sunset reviews,8 and
on November 21, 2016, we notified the
International Trade Commission, in
writing, that we intended to issue a final
determination revoking these
antidumping duty orders.9 On
December 1, 2016, the Department
Duty Order on Solid Urea from the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics to the Commonwealth of
Independent States and the Baltic States and
Opportunity to Comment, 57 FR 28828 (June 29,
1992).
3 See Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders:
Solid Urea from Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania,
Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, 64 FR 62653 (November
17, 1999); see also Antidumping Duty Order; Urea
from the Socialist Republic of Romania, 52 FR 2636
(July 14, 1987) and Final Results of Expedited
Sunset Review: Solid Urea from Romania, 64 FR
48360 (September 3, 1999) (Because Romania was
not part of the USSR, the initial investigation and
the first five-year review on urea from Romania
were conducted separately, but the continuation
order combined the remaining former Soviet
Socialist Republics and Romania together.);
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order: Solid Urea
from Armenia, 64 FR 62654 (November 17, 1999);
March 1999 Sunset Reviews: Final Results and
Revocations, 64 FR 24137 (May 5, 1999) (revoking
the antidumping duty orders on solid urea from
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and
Moldova); and March and April 1999 Sunset
Reviews: Final Results and Revocations, 64 FR
28974 (May 28, 1999) (revoking the antidumping
duty order on solid urea from Latvia).
4 See Notice of Continuation of Antidumping
Duty Orders: Solid Urea from the Russian
Federation and Ukraine, 71 FR 581 (January 5,
2006); see also Solid Urea from Belarus, Estonia,
Lithuania, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and
Uzbekistan: Final Results and Revocation of Orders,
69 FR 77993 (December 29, 2004).
5 Solid Urea from the Russian Federation and
Ukraine: Continuation of Antidumping Duty
Orders, 76 FR 78885 (December 20, 2011).
6 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews,
81 FR 75808 (November 1, 2016).
7 See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).
8 See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(A).
9 See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(2).
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received a submission from the Ministry
of Economic Development and Trade of
Ukraine regarding its position on this
matter.10
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise subject to the orders
is solid urea, a high-nitrogen content
fertilizer which is produced by reacting
ammonia with carbon dioxide. The
product is currently classified under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) item number
3102.10.00.00. Previously such
merchandise was classified under item
number 480.3000 of the Tariff
Schedules of the United States.
Although the HTSUS subheading is
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
merchandise subject to the orders is
dispositive.
Determination To Revoke
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no
domestic interested party files a notice
of intent to participate, the Department
shall, within 90 days after the initiation
of the review, issue a final
determination revoking the order.
Because the domestic interested parties
did not file a notice of intent to
participate in these sunset reviews, the
Department finds that no domestic
interested party is participating in these
sunset reviews. Therefore, consistent
with 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i) we are
revoking these antidumping duty orders
effective December 20, 2016, the fifth
anniversary of the date the Department
published its most recent notice of
continuation of the antidumping duty
orders.
Effective Date of Revocation
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the
Department will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection to terminate the
suspension of liquidation of the
merchandise subject to these orders
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
on or after December 20, 2016. Entries
of subject merchandise prior to the
effective date of revocation will
continue to be subject to suspension of
liquidation and antidumping duty
deposit requirements. The Department
will complete any pending
administrative reviews of these orders
and will conduct administrative reviews
of subject merchandise entered prior to
the effective date of revocation in
10 See Letter from Ministry of Economic
Development and Trade of Ukraine, ‘‘Solid Urea
from Ukraine, 4th Sunset Review: A–823–801,’’
dated December 1, 2016.
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response to appropriately filed requests
for review.
We are issuing and publishing the
final determination in these five-year
(sunset) reviews and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c) and
777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 23, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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International Trade Administration
[A–580–810]
Welded ASTM A–312 Stainless Steel
Pipe From the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2014–
2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on welded
ASTM A–312 stainless steel pipe from
Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of
review (POR) is December 1, 2014,
through November 30, 2015. The review
covers two exporters and/or producers
of the subject merchandise: SeAH Steel
Corporation (SeAH) and LS Metal Co.,
Ltd. (LS Metal). The Department
preliminarily determines that during the
POR SeAH made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value
and LS Metal had no shipments. We
invite interested parties to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective December 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lingjun Wang, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2316.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 9, 2016, the Department
published a notice of initiation of this
review.1 On January 27, 2016, the
Department exercised its discretion to
toll all administrative deadlines by four
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
6832 (February 9, 2016).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-821-801, A-823-801]
Solid Urea From the Russian Federation and Ukraine: Final Results
of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 1, 2016, the Department of Commerce (Department)
initiated the sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on solid
urea from the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Because the domestic
interested parties did not participate in these sunset reviews, the
Department is revoking these antidumping duty orders.
DATES: Effective December 20, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert James or John Anwesen, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-0649
and 202-482-0131, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 14, 1987, the Department issued an antidumping duty order
on solid urea from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).\1\
In December 1991, the USSR divided into 15 republics. In response to
the dissolution, the Department transferred the original order to all
15 republics and applied a uniform cash deposit rate.\2\
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\1\ See Urea from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 52 FR
26367 (July 14, 1987).
\2\ See Solid Urea from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;
Transfer of the Antidumping Duty Order on Solid Urea from the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Commonwealth of Independent
States and the Baltic States and Opportunity to Comment, 57 FR 28828
(June 29, 1992).
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On March 1, 1999, the Department initiated sunset reviews on these
orders and later published its notice of continuation of the
antidumping duty orders for certain countries.\3\ On October 1, 2004,
the Department initiated the second sunset reviews of these orders and
later published its notice of continuation of the antidumping duty
orders on solid urea from the Russian Federation and Ukraine.\4\ On
December 1, 2010, the Department initiated the third sunset reviews of
these orders and later published its notice of continuation of the
antidumping duty orders.\5\ On November 1, 2016, the Department
initiated the fourth sunset reviews of these orders.\6\
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\3\ See Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Solid Urea from
Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, 64 FR 62653 (November 17,
1999); see also Antidumping Duty Order; Urea from the Socialist
Republic of Romania, 52 FR 2636 (July 14, 1987) and Final Results of
Expedited Sunset Review: Solid Urea from Romania, 64 FR 48360
(September 3, 1999) (Because Romania was not part of the USSR, the
initial investigation and the first five-year review on urea from
Romania were conducted separately, but the continuation order
combined the remaining former Soviet Socialist Republics and Romania
together.); Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order: Solid Urea from
Armenia, 64 FR 62654 (November 17, 1999); March 1999 Sunset Reviews:
Final Results and Revocations, 64 FR 24137 (May 5, 1999) (revoking
the antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova); and March and April 1999
Sunset Reviews: Final Results and Revocations, 64 FR 28974 (May 28,
1999) (revoking the antidumping duty order on solid urea from
Latvia).
\4\ See Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Solid
Urea from the Russian Federation and Ukraine, 71 FR 581 (January 5,
2006); see also Solid Urea from Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania,
Romania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan: Final Results and
Revocation of Orders, 69 FR 77993 (December 29, 2004).
\5\ Solid Urea from the Russian Federation and Ukraine:
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders, 76 FR 78885 (December 20,
2011).
\6\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 81 FR
75808 (November 1, 2016).
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We did not receive a notice of intent to participate from domestic
interested parties in these fourth sunset reviews by the deadline
date.\7\ As a result, the Department determined that no domestic
interested party intends to participate in the sunset reviews,\8\ and
on November 21, 2016, we notified the International Trade Commission,
in writing, that we intended to issue a final determination revoking
these antidumping duty orders.\9\ On December 1, 2016, the Department
received a submission from the Ministry of Economic Development and
Trade of Ukraine regarding its position on this matter.\10\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(A).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(2).
\10\ See Letter from Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
of Ukraine, ``Solid Urea from Ukraine, 4th Sunset Review: A-823-
801,'' dated December 1, 2016.
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise subject to the orders is solid urea, a high-
nitrogen content fertilizer which is produced by reacting ammonia with
carbon dioxide. The product is currently classified under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item number
3102.10.00.00. Previously such merchandise was classified under item
number 480.3000 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Although
the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes,
the written description of the merchandise subject to the orders is
dispositive.
Determination To Revoke
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no domestic
interested party files a notice of intent to participate, the
Department shall, within 90 days after the initiation of the review,
issue a final determination revoking the order. Because the domestic
interested parties did not file a notice of intent to participate in
these sunset reviews, the Department finds that no domestic interested
party is participating in these sunset reviews. Therefore, consistent
with 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i) we are revoking these antidumping duty
orders effective December 20, 2016, the fifth anniversary of the date
the Department published its most recent notice of continuation of the
antidumping duty orders.
Effective Date of Revocation
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.222(i)(2)(i), the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to terminate the suspension of liquidation of the
merchandise subject to these orders entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, on or after December 20, 2016. Entries of subject
merchandise prior to the effective date of revocation will continue to
be subject to suspension of liquidation and antidumping duty deposit
requirements. The Department will complete any pending administrative
reviews of these orders and will conduct administrative reviews of
subject merchandise entered prior to the effective date of revocation
in response to appropriately filed requests for review.
We are issuing and publishing the final determination in these
five-year (sunset) reviews and notice in accordance with sections
751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 23, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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