Solid Urea From Estonia; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

A-447-801 (Formerly A-461-601)

Solid Urea From Estonia; Final Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative

review.

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SUMMARY: On February 23, 1994, the Department of Commerce published the

joint notice of initiation of antidumping duty administrative review

and notice of preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative

review of the antidumping duty order on solid urea from Estonia. The

review covers exports of the subject merchandise to the United States

from Estonia during the period July 1, 1991, through June 30, 1992.

We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the

preliminary results. No comments were received from interested parties.

Therefore, the final results remain unchanged from the preliminary

results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: (May 17, 1994.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas O. Barlow or Wendy Frankel,

Office of Antidumping Compliance, International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)

482-5256 and 482-5253, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On July 14, 1987, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published in the Federal Register (52 FR 26367) an antidumping duty

order on solid urea from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

(52 FR 19557 (May 26, 1987)). On June 29, 1992, following dissolution

of the USSR, the Department transferred the order to the Commonwealth

of Independent States and the Baltic States, including Estonia. The

substance of each new order remained the same and the estimated cash

deposit rate of 68.26 percent was applied to exports from each

independent state (57 FR 28828 (June 29, 1992)).

On July 31, 1992, in accordance with 19 CFR 353.22(a), the

Department received a timely request from the Government of Estonia for

an administrative review of the order for the time period July 1, 1991,

through June 30, 1992. On August 10, 1992, the Department requested the

U.S. Customs Service (Customs) to determine whether there was any

record of entries of subject merchandise from the former USSR or any of

the 15 independent republics during the review period. On August 13,

1992, Customs advised the Department that there was no record of any

entries of the subject merchandise under HTS item 3102.10.00 during the

period July 1, 1991, to June 30, 1992, from the former USSR or any of

the 15 independent republics.

On February 23, 1994, the Department published the joint notice of

initiation of antidumping duty administrative review and notice of

preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on solid urea from Estonia (59 FR 8600). In that

notice, because there were no entries of the subject merchandise into

the United States during the period of review, the cash deposit rate

for all firms was maintained at the present rate of 68.26 percent. This

rate is the applicable rate transferred to the Republic of Estonia on

June 29, 1992.

The Department has now completed this administrative review in

accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

Act).

Scope of Review

Imports covered by this review are all shipments of solid urea from

Estonia. During the original investigation such merchandise was

provided for under item number 480.30 of the Tariff Schedules of the

United States (TSUS). This merchandise is currently classifiable under

item number 3102.10.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the

United States. HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and

Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive as to the

scope of the product coverage.

The period of review is July 1, 1991, through June 30, 1992.

Final Results of Review

We have not changed the final results from those presented in the

preliminary results of review.

The following deposit requirements will be effective for all

shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these

final results of this administrative review, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: The cash deposit rate for entries of solid urea

from Estonia for all firms will be 68.26 percent.

These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication

of the final results of the next administrative review.

This administrative review and notice are in accordance with

section 751(a)(1) of the Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)), and 19

CFR 353.22 (1993).

Dated: May 3, 1994.

Paul L. Joffe,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-11967 Filed 5-16-94; 8:45 am]

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