Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium From Kazakhstan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-834-802]

Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium

From Kazakhstan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States

Department of Commerce and the Republic of Kazakhstan Suspending the

Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from Kazakhstan.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') and the Republic

of Kazakhstan (``Kazakhstan'') have signed an Amendment (``Amendment'')

to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium

from Kazakhstan (``Agreement'').

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James C. Doyle or Juanita H. Chen,

Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0159 or (202)

482-0409, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 16, 1992, the Department and Kazakhstan signed the

Agreement and, on October 20, 1992, the Agreement was published in the

Federal Register (57 FR 49220, 49222). On August 11, 1998, the

Department and Kazakhstan initialed an amendment to permit entry of

certain uranium from Kazakhstan under the re-export provision of the

Agreement (``Initialed Amendment''). The Department subsequently

released the Initialed Amendment to interested parties for comment.

After careful consideration by the Department of the comments

submitted, and further consultations between the parties, the

Department and Kazakhstan signed a final Amendment on September 29,

1998. The text of said final Amendment follows this notice. On October

2, 1998, to satisfy a condition subsequent, in compliance with the

terms of the Amendment, Kazakhstan submitted a numerical chart to the

record showing that the entire volume of Kazakhstan's imported enriched

uranium and uranium received in consideration for Kazakhstan's uranium,

both in terms of separative work units (SWU) and pounds U3O8

equivalent, would be re-exported.

Dated: November 27, 1998.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.

Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States Department of

Commerce and the Republic of Kazakhstan Suspending the Antidumping

Investigation on Uranium From Kazakhstan

The United States Department of Commerce (``the Department'')

and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (``Kazakhstan'')

hereby amend their Agreement Suspending the Antidumping

Investigation on Uranium from Kazakhstan, signed October 16, 1992

(``the Agreement''), to permit entry, under Section IV.H of the

Agreement, of uranium from Kazakhstan, identified in submissions to

the Department dated December 30, 1997, January 22, 1998, February

2, 1998, March 3, 1998, April 30, 1998, and September 1, 1998. The

Department and Kazakhstan acknowledge that they are also negotiating

an amendment to this Agreement. As part of these negotiations, the

parties shall seek to establish pre-shipment notification and

approval procedures for shipments under Section IV.H.

Section IV.H of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the

following sentence:

The uranium identified as Kazakhstani uranium in submissions to

the Department dated December 30, 1997, January 22, 1998, February

2, 1998, March 3, 1998, April 30, 1998, and September 1, 1998, may

enter the United States pursuant to this provision, consistent with

the transaction described in such submissions, notwithstanding

whether such transaction involves a sale in the United States. In

addition, the Government of Kazakhstan must provide, on the record,

a full description of the disposition of all uranium to be delivered

pursuant to this Amendment, including all relevant contracts. All

documents submitted in connection with such transactions are subject

to verification. This Amendment will become effective upon the

filing of such submission. All other requirements of this Section

apply in full.

Signed on this 29th day of September, 1998.

For the Government of Kazakhstan:

Bolat Nurgaliev,

Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Kazakhstan.

For the United States Department of Commerce:

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-32723 Filed 12-8-98; 8:45 am]

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