[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24184]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-429-601]


Solid Urea From the German Democratic Republic: Termination of 
Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of changed circumstances review of solid 
urea from the German Democratic Republic.

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SUMMARY: On May 30, 1996, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated a changed circumstances review of the 
antidumping duty order on solid urea from the former German Democratic 
Republic (GDR). The purpose of the review was to calculate a new cash 
deposit rate using a market-economy analysis for any shipments of solid 
urea from the five German states (Brandenbrug, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 
Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia (plus any other territory included 
in the former GDR)) that formerly constituted the GDR (hereinafter 
``the Five States'') occurring after May 1, 1995 and before May 31, 
1996. On August 15, 1996, the Department initiated, based upon receipt 
of a timely request from the Ad Hoc Committee of Domestic Nitrogen 
Producers (hereinafter ``the petitioners''), an administrative review 
covering shipments by SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH (hereinafter 
``SKW Piesteritz'') from the Five States for the period July 1, 1995 to 
June 30, 1996. Because the time periods covered by the changed 
circumstances review and the administrative review substantially 
overlap, and because the Department would conduct essentially the same 
analysis in both reviews, the Department is now terminating the changed 
circumstances review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna L. Kinsella, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-4093 
or telefax (202) 273-0957.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 30, 1996, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(61 FR 27049) the initiation of a changed circumstances review in which 
the Department stated that it would calculate a new cash deposit rate 
using a market-economy analysis for any shipments of solid urea from 
the Five States occurring after May 1, 1995 and before May 31, 1996. On 
August 15, 1996, the Department initiated, in accordance with 19 CFR 
353.22(c), an administrative review covering shipments of solid urea by 
SKW Piesteritz from the Five States for the period July 1, 1995 to June 
30, 1996 (61 FR 42416). This initiation was based upon a timely request 
for review submitted by petitioners in accordance with 19 CFR 
353.22(a). Because the time periods covered by the changed 
circumstances review and the administrative review substantially 
overlap, and because the Department would conduct essentially the same 
analysis in both reviews, the Department is now terminating the changed 
circumstances review. This notice does not affect the pending changed 
circumstances review of the antidumping duty order covering solid urea 
from the former GDR initiated on February 12, 1992 (57 FR 5130).
    This notice is published pursuant to Sec. 353.22(f) of the 
Department's regulations (19 CFR 353.22(f) (1995)).

    Dated: September 11, 1996.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 96-24184 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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