[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 22681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10550]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-818]


Notice of Termination of Suspension Agreement: Urea Ammonium 
Nitrate Solutions From the Russian Federation

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

ACTION: Notice of termination of suspension agreement.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 29, 2003.
SUMMARY: On April 16, 2003, the United States International Trade 
Commission (ITC) published its negative final determination in this 
case. Therefore, in accordance with U.S. law, both the investigation 
and the agreement suspending the investigation, were terminated as of 
April 16, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paige Rivas or Tom Futtner at (202) 
482-0651 or (202) 482-3814, respectively; Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 
2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 9, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated antidumping duty investigations to determine whether imports 
of urea ammonium nitrate solutions (UANS) from Lithuania, Belarus, 
Russia, and Ukraine are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United 
States at less than fair value (LTFV). See Initiation of Antidumping 
Investigations: Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from Belarus, 
Lithuania, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, 67 FR 35492 (May 20, 
2002). On June 4, 2002, the ITC preliminarily determined that there was 
a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States was 
materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of 
imports of UANS from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. See Urea Ammonium 
Nitrate Solution from Belarus, Lithuania, the Russian Federation and 
Ukraine, 67 FR 39439 (June 7, 2002). On October 3, 2002, the Department 
published its preliminary determination that UANS was being, or was 
likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Urea 
Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from the Russian Federation, 67 FR 62008.
    On February 19, 2003, the Department signed a suspension agreement 
with three producers accounting for substantially all of the U.S. 
imports of UANS from Russia (JSC Nevinnomysskij Azot, JSC 
Kuybyshevazot/Togliatti, and S.P. Novolon/Novomoskovsk). See Suspension 
of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions From 
the Russian Federation, 68 FR 9980 (March 3, 2003). On February 20, 
2003, we received a request from the petitioner that we continue the 
investigation. On March 3, 2003, Department published its final 
determination that UANS was being, or was likely to be, sold in the 
United States at LTFV. Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from the Russian 
Federation, 68 FR 9977.

Termination of Suspension Agreement

    On April 10, 2003, the ITC notified the Department of its finding 
that the relevant U.S. industry was neither materially injured by, nor 
threatened with material injury by imports of UANS from Russia. On 
April 16, 2003, the ITC published its negative final determination in 
this case in the Federal Register (68 FR 18673). Therefore, in 
accordance with U.S. law, both the investigation and the agreement 
suspending the investigation, were terminated as of April 16, 2003. See 
19 CFR 351.207(d) and (e).

Liquidation

    The terms of the suspension agreement called for the liquidation of 
entries without regard to antidumping duties. The Department will 
advise the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) of the 
termination of the agreement and will instruct the BCBP to refund all 
estimated antidumping duties deposited on all unliquidated entries of 
UANS from Russia and release any bonds or other security.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 734(f)(3)(A) and 735(c)(2)-(3) and (d) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, and with 19 CFR 351.208(g) and (h).

    Dated: April 23, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
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