[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29417-29419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11886]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-811]


Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the Russian 
Federation; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2012-2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 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 fertilizer 
grade ammonium nitrate (ammonium nitrate) from the Russian Federation. 
The review covers two groups of producers/exporters of the subject 
merchandise, JSC Acron and its affiliate JSC Dorogobuzh (collectively, 
Acron) and MCC EuroChem and its affiliates OJSC NAK Azot and OJSC 
Nevinnomyssky Azot (collectively, EuroChem). The period of review (POR) 
is April 1, 2012, through March 31, 2013. We preliminarily determine 
that sales of subject merchandise to the United States have not been 
made at prices below normal value (NV). We invite all interested 
parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: May 22, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or David Crespo, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration,

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U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3874, or (202) 482-3693, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this order is solid, fertilizer grade 
ammonium nitrate products. The merchandise subject to this order is 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) at subheadings 3102.30.00.00 and 3102.290000. Although the 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the merchandise within the scope is 
dispositive.\1\
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    \1\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
the memorandum from Gary Taverman, Senior Advisor for Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled, 
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 2012-2013 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Solid 
Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation,'' 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with and 
hereby adopted by this notice.
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Methodology

    The Department 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. 
NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as 
an Appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to registered users 
at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and it is available to all paries 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 at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and the electronic versions of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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                                                     Weighted-average
               Producer/exporter                      dumping margin
                                                        (percent)
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JSC Acron/JSC Dorogobuzh.......................                     0.00
MCC EuroChem/OJSC NAK Azot/OJSC Nevinnomyssky                       0.00
 Azot..........................................
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results 
within five days of the date of publication of this notice.\2\ Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs to the 
Department no later than seven days after the date of the final 
verification report issued in this proceeding. Rebuttal briefs, the 
content of which is limited to the issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed within five days from the deadline date for the submission 
of case briefs.\3\ A list of authorities used, a table of contents, and 
an executive summary of issues should accompany any briefs submitted to 
the Department.\4\ Executive summaries should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. Interested parties who wish to comment on 
the preliminary results must file briefs electronically using IA 
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by the Department's electronic records system, IA 
ACCESS, by 5 p.m. on the date the document is due.
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
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    In accordance with section 774 of the Act, the Department will hold 
a hearing, if timely requested, to afford interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on arguments raised in case or rebuttal briefs, 
provided that such a hearing is requested by an interested party.\5\ 
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 Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically using IA ACCESS, as noted above. Requests should 
contain the following information: (1) The party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the 
issues to be discussed.\6\ If a request for a hearing is made, we will 
inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing which will be held 
at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230.\7\ Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ Id.
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    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 and 19 CFR 351.213(h), unless this deadline is extended.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\8\ If Acron's 
or EuroChem's weighted-average dumping margins are not zero or de 
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), we will calculate importer-
specific assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total 
entered value of those sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 
We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review when the importer-specific assessment 
rate calculated in the final results of this review is not zero or de 
minimis. Where either of the respondent's weighted-average dumping 
margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific assessment rate 
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).

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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\9\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Acron or EuroChem for which 
these companies did not know that the 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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    \9\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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 the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates 
for Acron and EuroChem will be equal to the weighted-average dumping 
margins established in the final results of this administrative review, 
except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash 
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by 
manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to 
be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed 
segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or 
the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed 
segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to 
be 253.98 percent, the all-others rate established in the order.\10\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \10\ See Termination of the Suspension Agreement on Solid 
Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the Russian Federation and 
Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 23569, 23570 (April 27, 
2011).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 16, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

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

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Normal Value Comparisons
    b. Determination of Comparison Method
    c. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
    d. Product Comparisons
    e. Date of Sale
    f. Constructed Export Price
    g. Normal Value
    h. Currency Conversion
5. Recommendation

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