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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.
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