[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66690-66692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27446]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-801]


Solid Urea From the Russian Federation: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: On June 17, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on solid urea from the Russian Federation. The 
solid urea subject to this review was produced and exported by MCC 
EuroChem (EuroChem). The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2009, 
through June 30, 2010.
    Based on our analysis of comments received, we have not made any 
changes in the margin calculation for EuroChem. The final weighted-
average dumping margin for EuroChem is listed below in the section 
entitled ``Final Results of the Administrative Review.''

DATES: Effective Date: October 27, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dustin Ross or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of

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Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-0747 and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 17, 2011, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on solid 
urea from the Russian Federation. See Solid Urea From the Russian 
Federation: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 76 FR 35405 (June 17, 2011) (Preliminary Results).
    On August 9, 2011, we received a case brief from the petitioners 
\1\ and a letter in lieu of a case brief from EuroChem. On August 18, 
2011, we received rebuttal briefs from the petitioners and from 
EuroChem. There were no requests for a hearing.
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    \1\ The Ad Hoc Committee of Domestic Nitrogen Producers and its 
individual urea-producing members, CF Industries, Inc., and PCS 
Nitrogen.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the antidumping duty order 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 Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item number 
3102.10.00.00. Previously such merchandise was classified under item 
number 480.3000 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Although 
the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the merchandise is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the petitioners' case brief and EuroChem's 
letter in lieu of a case brief are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues 
raised is attached to this notice as Appendix I. The Issues and 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). Access to IA ACCESS 
is available in the Central Records Unit (CRU), room 7046 of the main 
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet 
at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We determine that the weighted-average margin on solid urea from 
the Russian Federation produced and exported by EuroChem for the period 
July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, is 1.17 percent.

Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated an 
importer-specific assessment rate for EuroChem reflecting these final 
results of review.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by EuroChem for which EuroChem did 
not know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries of 
merchandise produced by EuroChem at the all-others rate if there is no 
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. For 
a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
    The Department intends to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after 
the publication of these final results of review.

Cash-Deposit Requirements

    The following cash-deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
date of the final results of this review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act): (1) The 
cash-deposit rate for EuroChem will be 1.17 percent; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash-deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash-deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; (4) the cash-deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 64.93 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation. See Urea From the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics; Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value, 52 FR 19557, 19561 (May 26, 1987). Following the break-up 
of the Soviet Union, the antidumping duty order on solid urea from the 
Soviet Union was transferred to the individual members of the 
Commonwealth of Independent States. See Solid Urea From the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics; Transfer of the Antidumping Order on Solid 
Urea From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Commonwealth 
of Independent States and the Baltic States and Opportunity to Comment, 
57 FR 28828 (June 29, 1992). The rate established in the LTFV 
investigation for the Soviet Union was applied to each new independent 
state, including the Russian Federation. These cash-deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notifications

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 17, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

Comment 1: Affiliation of EuroChem's Franchisees
Comment 2: Freight and Transportation Revenue
Comment 3: Imputed Credit Expenses

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Comment 4: Publication of Final Results
Comment 5: Zeroing


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