[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 581-582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8326]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-801 and A-823-801]


Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Solid Urea 
from the Russian Federation and Ukraine

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (``Department'') and the International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') that revocation of these antidumping duty orders would 
be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(c) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department 
hereby orders the continuation of the antidumping duty orders on solid 
urea from the Russian Federation (``Russia'') and Ukraine. The 
Department is publishing notice of the continuation of these 
antidumping duty orders.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 5, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hilary E. Sadler, Esq. or Maureen 
Flannery, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4340 or 482-3020, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 1, 2004, the Department initiated and the Commission 
instituted sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on solid urea 
from Russia and Ukraine pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act.\1\ As a 
result of its reviews, the Department found that revocation of the 
antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and notified the Commission of the magnitude of 
the margins likely to prevail were the orders to be revoked.\2\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 69 FR 
58890 (October 1, 2004).
    \2\ See Solid Urea from Ukraine; Final Results of the Expedited 
Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 70 FR 24394 (May 9, 
2005) and Solid Urea from the Russian Federation; Final Results of 
the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 70 FR 
24528 (May 10, 2005).
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    On November 17, 2005, the Commission determined, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty 
orders on solid urea from Russia and Ukraine would be

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likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See 
Solid Urea from Russia and Ukraine, 70 FR 74846 (December 16, 2005), 
USITC Publication 3821 (December 2005) (Investigations Nos. 731-TA-340-
E & H (Second Review)).

Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is solid urea, a high-
nitrogen content fertilizer which is produced by reacting ammonia with 
carbon dioxide. The product is currently classified under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (``HTS'') 
item 3102.10.00.00. During previous reviews such merchandise was 
classified under item number 480.3000 of the Tariff Schedules of the 
United States. The HTS item number is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive as to the 
scope of the product coverage.

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the 
Commission that revocation of these antidumping duty orders would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 
751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of 
the antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Russia and Ukraine.
    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
continue to collect antidumping duty deposits at the rates in effect at 
the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise. The effective 
date of the continuation for these orders is the date of publication in 
the Federal Register of this Notice of Continuation. Pursuant to 
section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department intends to initiate the 
next five-year review of these antidumping orders not later than 
December 2010.
    These sunset reviews and this Notice of Continuation are in 
accordance with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to 
777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 23, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-8326 Filed 1-4-06; 8:45 am]
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