Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Solid Urea From Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

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Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Solid Urea From Belarus,

Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,

and Uzbekistan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of continuation of antidumping orders: solid urea from

Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,

Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

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SUMMARY: On September 3, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the

Department''), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act

from 1930, as amended (``the Act''), determined that revocation of the

antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania,

Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan and the

antidumping duty order on solid urea from Romania would be likely to

lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping (64 FR 4835 (September 3,

1999) and 64 FR 48360 (September 3, 1999), respectively). On November

4, 1999, the International Trade Commission (``the Commission''),

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, determined that revocation of

the antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Belarus, Estonia,

Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and

Uzbekistan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of

material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably

foreseeable time (64 FR 60225 (November 4, 1999)). Therefore, pursuant

to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(4), the Department is publishing notice of the

continuation of the antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Belarus,

Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,

and Uzbekistan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit or Melissa G.

Skinner, Office of Policy for Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050

or (202) 482-1560, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 1, 1999, the Department initiated, and the Commission

instituted, sunset reviews (64 FR 9970 and 64 FR 10020, respectively)

of the antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Belarus, Estonia,

Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and

Uzbekistan pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. As a result of these

reviews, the Department found that revocation of the antidumping duty

orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and

notified the Commission of the magnitude of the margin likely to

prevail were the orders to be revoked (see Final Results of Expedited

Sunset Reviews: Solid Urea from Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania,

Russia, Ukraine, Tajkistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, 64 FR 48358

(September 3, 1999), and Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review:

Solid Urea from Romania, 64 FR 48360 (September 3, 1999)).

On November 4, 1999, the Commission determined, pursuant to section

751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on

solid urea from Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia,

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan would be likely to

lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in

the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time (see Solid Urea

from Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan,

Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, 64 FR 60225 (November 4, 1999),

and USITC Pub. 3248, Investigations Nos. 731-TA-339 and 340-A-I

(Review) October 1999).

Scope

The merchandise subject to these antidumping duty orders is solid

urea. This merchandise was previously subject to an antidumping duty

order on solid urea from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

(``U.S.S.R''). However, with the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., the order

was subsequently

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transferred to all 15 republics (57 FR 28828, June 29, 1992). This

merchandise is currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (``HTS'') of the United States item number 3201.10.00. The HTS

item number is provided for convenience and customs purposes only. The

written description remains dispositive.

Determination

As a result of the determinations by the Department and the

Commission that revocation of these antidumping duty orders would be

likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material

injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section

751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of

the antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Belarus, Estonia,

Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and

Uzbekistan. The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

continue to collect antidumping duty deposits at the rate in effect at

the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise. The effective

date of continuation of these orders will be the date of publication in

the Federal Register of this Notice of Continuation.

Pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A) of the Act, the Department intends

to initiate the next five-year review of these orders not later than

October 2004.

Dated: November 10, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-30042 Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]

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