Solid Urea From Estonia; Joint Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-447-801 (FORMERLY A-461-601)]

Solid Urea From Estonia; Joint Notice of Initiation of

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Preliminary

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Joint notice of initiation of antidumping duty administrative

review and preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative

review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request

from the Government of Estonia to conduct an administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on solid urea from Estonia. In response to

this request, and in accordance with the Commerce Regulations, the

Department is initiating this administrative review and is concurrently

issuing these preliminary results. The review covers the period July 1,

1991, through June 30, 1992. There were no known shipments of this

merchandise to the United States from Estonia by any party during the

period and there are no known unliquidated entries.

Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary

results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 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 482-0367, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On July 14, 1987, 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)).

This was the highest rate established in the LTFV investigation.

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.

Initiation of Review

In accordance with Sec. 353.22(c) of the Department's regulations,

we are initiating an administrative review of the antidumping duty

order on solid urea from Estonia (case number A-447-801) and are

concurrently issuing these preliminary results. This review covers all

manufacturers and exporters, of solid urea from Estonia for the period

July 1, 1991 through June 30, 1992, and its results will be applied to

all manufacturers and exporters of solid urea from Estonia.

Interested parties must submit requests for disclosure under

administrative protective order in accordance with Sec. 353.34(b) of

the Department's regulations.

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.

Preliminary Results of Review

As stated in the background section of this notice, Customs has

advised the Department that there were no entries of the subject

merchandise into the United States during the period of review.

Therefore, the cash deposit rate for all firms will be 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. This rate was

the highest calculated rate from the original LTFV investigation.

Case briefs and/or written comments from interested parties may be

submitted no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this

notice. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals to written comments, limited to

issues raised in the case briefs and comments, may be filed no later

than 37 days after the date of publication of this notice.

Within 10 days of the date of publication of this notice,

interested parties to this proceeding may request a disclosure and/or a

hearing. The hearing, if requested, will take place no later than 44

days after publication of this notice. Persons interested in attending

the hearing should contact the Department for the date and time of the

hearing.

The Department will subsequently publish the final results of this

administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues

raised in any such written comments or a hearing.

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 the

final results of this administrative review, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: the cash deposit rate for all firms shall

be 68.26 percent.

These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect

until publication of the final results of the next administrative

review.

This initiation, this review, and this notice are in accordance

with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C.

1675(a)) and 19 CFR 353.22(c) (1993).

Dated: February 14, 1994.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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