[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6983-6984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3153]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-811]


Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the Russian 
Federation; Notice of Postponement of Final Determination in the 
Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  February 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Doreen Chen, Laurel LaCivita, or Rick 
Johnson, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0408, (202) 482-4243, and 
(202) 482-3818, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (1998).

Postponement of Final Determination

    The Department received a request pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) to postpone its final determination to 
135 days after publication of the Department's preliminary 
determination and to extend the imposition of provisional measures from 
a four-month period to not more than six months from respondent JSC 
Nevinnomyssky Azot, a producer/exporter of the subject merchandise.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) Our 
preliminary determination is affirmative, (2) the respondent requesting 
a postponement accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the 
subject merchandise, and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we 
are granting respondent's request and are postponing the final 
determination to no later than May 22, 2000, which is 135 days after 
the publication of the preliminary determination. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Solid 
Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation. 
Suspension of

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liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.210(g).

    Dated: February 2, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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