[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46571-46573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18551]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-801]


Solid Urea From the Russian Federation: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on solid urea from 
the Russian Federation (Russia). The period of review (POR) is July 1, 
2011, through June 30, 2012. The review covers one producer/exporter of 
the subject merchandise, MCC EuroChem (EuroChem). We preliminarily find 
that EuroChem has not sold subject merchandise at less than normal 
value during the POR.

DATES: Effective Date: August 1, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Hansen or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3683 or (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is solid urea. The product is 
currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the 
United States (HTSUS) item number 3102.10.00.00. The HTSUS subheading 
is provided for convenience and customs purposes. A full description of 
the scope of the order is contained in the memorandum from Gary 
Taverman, Senior Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Solid Urea from the Russian 
Federation'' dated concurrently with this notice (``Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum''), which is hereby adopted by this notice. The 
written description is dispositive.
    The Preliminary 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 to registered users at 
http://

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iaaccess.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The 
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 
export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. 
Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. 
To determine the appropriate comparison method, the Department applied 
a ``differential pricing'' analysis and has preliminarily determined to 
use the average-to-average method in making comparisons of constructed 
export price and normal value for EuroChem. For a full description of 
the methodology underlying our conclusions, see Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that a 
dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for EuroChem for the period July 
1, 2011, through June 30, 2012.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\1\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\2\
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    \1\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed document 
must be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's 
electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 
30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should 
contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2) the 
number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the 
respective case briefs. The Department intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If EuroChem's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results 
of this review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on 
the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties 
calculated for an importer's examined sales and the total entered value 
of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If EuroChem's 
weighted-average dumping margin continues to be zero or de minimis in 
the final results of review, we will instruct CBP not to assess duties 
on any of its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for 
Reviews, i.e., ``{w{time} here the weighted-average margin of dumping 
for the exporter is determined to be zero or de minimis, no antidumping 
duties will be assessed.'' \3\
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    \3\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\4\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by EuroChem for which it did not 
know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.
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    \4\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of solid urea from Russia entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 
EuroChem will be the rate established in the final results of this 
administrative review; (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 recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 
in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the 
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the manufacturer of the merchandise for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 64.93 percent, the all-
others rate established in Urea From the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics; Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 52 FR 
19557 (May 26, 1987). These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 26, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

Scope of the Order
Comparisons to Normal Value
    A. Determination of Comparison Method
    B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
Product Comparisons
Date of Sale
Constructed Export Price
Normal Value

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    A. Home Market Viability as Comparison Market
    B. Level of Trade
    C. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
Currency Conversion


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