[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16471-16472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8847]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-429-601]


Solid Urea from the Former German Democratic Republic: Final 
Results (Revocation of Order) of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances antidumping 
duty review.

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SUMMARY: In response to a letter filed on January 26, 1998, by the Ad 
Hoc Committee of Domestic Nitrogen Producers (petitioners) indicating 
that they have no further interest in the relief provided by the 
antidumping duty order on solid urea from the former German Democratic 
Republic (G.D.R.), the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated a changed circumstances review issued a preliminary intent to 
revoke the antidumping duty finding on solid urea from the former 
G.D.R. on February 12, 1998. We have now completed that review. Based 
on the fact that the petitioners have expressed no further interest in 
the antidumping duty order on solid urea from the former G.D.R. and the 
Department has not received any comments from interested parties, we 
are revoking this finding.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna Kinsella at (202) 482-4093 or Steven D. Presing at (202) 482-
0194, AD/CVD Enforcement Office VII, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 by the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all 
citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations 
codified at 19 CFR 351 (62 FR 27296).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 26, 1998, petitioners informed the Department in writing 
that they do not object to a changed circumstances review and have no 
further interest in the relief provided by the antidumping duty order 
on solid urea from the former G.D.R.

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by this review are those of solid urea. At the time 
of the publication of the antidumping duty order, such merchandise was 
classifiable under item 480.30 of the Tariff Schedules of the United 
States Annotated (TSUSA). This merchandise is currently classified 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) item 
number 3102.10,00. These TSUSA and HTS item numbers are provided for 
convenience and Customs purposes only. The Department's written 
description of the scope remains dispositive for purposes of the order.

Comments

    Although we gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on 
the preliminary results, none were submitted.

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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review

    Pursuant to section 751(d) of the Act, the Department may revoke an 
antidumping duty order based on a review under section 751(b) of the 
Act (i.e., a changed circumstances review). Section 751(b)(1) of the 
Act requires a changed circumstances review to be conducted upon 
receipt of a request containing information concerning changed 
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review.
    The Department's regulations at 19 C.F.R. 351.222(g) permit the 
Department to conduct a changed circumstances review under 19 C.F.R. 
351.216 based upon an affirmative statement of no interest from 
producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the 
domestic like product to which the order pertains. Therefore, based on 
an affirmative statement of no interest in this proceeding by 
petitioners, we are issuing final results in this changed circumstances 
review pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act and 19 C.F.R. 
Secs. 351.216, and 351.222. Based on the fact that no interested 
parties have objected to the revocation of the antidumping duty order 
on solid urea from the former G.D.R., we have determined that there are 
changed circumstances sufficient to warrant revocation of this finding.
    This revocation applies to all entries of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption made on or after 
the effective date of this notice. The Department will order the 
suspension of liquidation ended and will instruct the Customs Service 
to refund with interest any cash deposits or bonds for all affected 
entries. This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties. This notice also serves as a 
reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of 
their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
353.34(d). Failure to comply is a violation of the APO. This changed 
circumstances review and notice are in accordance with section 751(b) 
of the Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(b)), and 19 CFR 351.216.

    Dated: March 27, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-8847 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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