81 FR 96434 - Solid Urea From the Russian Federation and Ukraine: Final Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Orders

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 251 (December 30, 2016)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 251 (Friday, December 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96434-96435]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31719]


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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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