96-13584. Solid Urea From the Former German Democratic Republic; Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 27049]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-13584]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    [A-429-601]
    
    
    Solid Urea From the Former German Democratic Republic; Initiation 
    of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review
    
    AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
    Commerce.
    
    ACTION: Initiation of changed circumstances antidumping duty review.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is initiating a changed 
    circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on solid urea from 
    the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) in order to calculate a new 
    cash deposit rate using a market economy analysis for any shipments of 
    solid urea from the five German states (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-
    Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia (plus any other 
    territory included in the former GDR)) that formerly constituted the 
    GDR (hereinafter ``the Five States'') occurring after May 1, 1995 and 
    before May 31, 1996.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: May 30, 1996.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Donna Kinsella, Office of Agreements Compliance, Import Administration, 
    International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
    and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    
    Background
    
        Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
    (the Tariff Act) and 19 CFR 353.22(f), the Department may review a 
    determination whenever changed circumstances are sufficient to warrant 
    such a review. In the instant case, the current cash deposit rate is 
    based upon the non-market economy analysis provided for in section 
    773(c) of the Act. However, the Department has determined that as of 
    October 3, 1990, producers located in the five German states that 
    formerly constituted the GDR have been operating in a market-oriented 
    economy. See Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations; 
    Certain Steel Products from Germany, 58 FR 37315, 37324 (July 9, 1993).
        On May 1, 1995, the Department published in the Federal Register 
    (60 FR 21068) the initiation of a changed circumstances review to 
    calculate a new cash deposit rate using a market-economy analysis for 
    any shipments of solid urea from the Five States occurring after 
    October 2, 1990, and before May 1, 1995. On March 14, 1996, the 
    Department published in the Federal Register (61 FR 10563) a 
    termination of that changed circumstances review because it found no 
    evidence of shipments occurring during this period.
        The Department now has evidence of shipment(s) of solid urea from 
    the Five States occurring after May 1, 1995. As a result, and in 
    accordance with 19 CFR 353.22(f), we are initiating a changed 
    circumstance review of the antidumping duty order on solid urea from 
    the former GDR. In this review, the Department will calculate a new 
    cash deposit rate using a market economy analysis for any shipments of 
    solid urea from the Five States occurring after May 1, 1995, and before 
    May 31, 1996. See Antidumping Duty Order and Initiation of a Changed 
    Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Cut-to-
    Length Carbon Steel Plates from Poland, 58 FR 44166 (1993) (change from 
    a non-market to market economy justified a changed circumstances review 
    to calculate a new cash deposit rate).
        We intend to issue the final results of this review not later than 
    December 31, 1996.
    
        Dated: May 22, 1996.
    Holly A. Kuga,
    Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
    [FR Doc. 96-13584 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
5/30/1996
Published:
05/30/1996
Department:
Commerce Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Initiation of changed circumstances antidumping duty review.
Document Number:
96-13584
Dates:
May 30, 1996.
Pages:
27049-27049 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
A-429-601
PDF File:
96-13584.pdf