Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 22 / Wednesday, February 2, 2022 / Notices 5783 

1See Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from the 

Russian Federation and the Republic of Trinidad 

and Tobago: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 86 FR 40008 (July 26, 2021) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from the 

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Russian 

Federation: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 86 FR 66530 (November 23, 2021). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Urea Ammonium Nitrate 

Solutions from the Republic of Trinidad and 

Tobago,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–274–808] 

Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions 

From the Republic of Trinidad and 

Tobago: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of 

Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that urea ammonium nitrate solutions 

(UAN) from the Republic of Trinidad 

and Tobago (Trinidad) is being, or is 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV). The period 

of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2020, 

through March 31, 2021. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit 

Astvatsatrian, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6412. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on July 26, 2021.1 On November 23, 

2021, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now January 26, 2022.2 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3 A list of topics included 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is UAN from Trinidad. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. Commerce is not 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated constructed export prices in 

accordance with section 772(b) of the 

Act. Normal value (NV) is calculated in 

accordance with section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that in the 

preliminary determination Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated an estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for the sole 

mandatory respondent, Methanol 

Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd. (MHTL), that is 

not zero, de minimis, or based entirely 

on facts otherwise available. Because 

the only individually calculated 

dumping margin is not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

calculated for MHTL is the dumping 

margin assigned to all other producers 

and exporters, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd 63.08 

All Others .................................... 63.08 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Further, pursuant 

to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for the respondents listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins determined in this 

preliminary determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above, but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. 

Commerce normally adjusts cash 

deposits for estimated antidumping 

duties by the amount of export subsidies 

countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding, 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. However, Commerce did not 

make an affirmative preliminary 

determination for countervailable export 


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6See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 7See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 17006 

(March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule Modifying 

AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; 

Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 

2020). 

8See MHTL’s Letter, ‘‘Urea Ammonium Nitrate 

Solutions from the Republic of Trinidad and 

Tobago: MHTL’s Request for Postponement of Final 

Determination and Provisional Measures Period,’’ 

dated December 10, 2021; and Petitioner’s Letter, 

‘‘Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from the 

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (A–274–808): 

Petitioner’s Request for Postponement of Final 

Antidumping Determination,’’ dated January 21, 

2022. 

subsidies. Therefore, we have not offset 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin by the CVD rate for 

export subsidies. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this investigation. Accordingly, we 

intend to verify the information relied 

upon in making the final determination 

through alternative means in lieu of an 

on-site verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. A timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments will be notified to interested 

parties at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in case briefs, 

may be submitted no later than seven 

days after the deadline date for case 

briefs.6 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.7

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation 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. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce’s 

regulations requires that a request by 

exporters for postponement of the final 

determination be accompanied by a 

request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On December 10, 2021 and January 

21, 2022, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e), 

the petitioner and MHTL, respectively, 

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.8 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: January 26, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is all mixtures of urea and 

ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammonia 

solution, regardless of nitrogen concentration 

by weight, and regardless of the presence of 

additives, such as corrosion inhibiters and 

soluble micro or macronutrients (UAN). 

Subject merchandise includes merchandise 

matching the above description that has been 

processed in a third country, including by 

commingling, diluting, adding or removing 

additives, or performing any other processing 

that would not otherwise remove the 

merchandise from the scope of the 

investigations if performed in the subject 

country. 

The scope also includes UAN that is 

commingled with UAN from sources not 

subject to this investigation. Only the subject 

component of such commingled products is 

covered by the scope of this investigation. 

The covered merchandise is currently 

classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) at subheading 

3102.80.0000. Although the HTSUS 

subheading is provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, the written description of 

the scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 


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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 22 / Wednesday, February 2, 2022 / Notices 5785 

1See Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from the 

Russian Federation and the Republic of Trinidad 

and Tobago: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 86 FR 40008 (July 26, 2021) 

(Initiation Notice). 2See Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from the 

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Russian 

Federation: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 86 FR 66530 November 23, 2021). 3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Urea Ammonium Nitrate 

Solutions from the Russian Federation,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

6We used ‘‘EuroChem’’ to refer to the collapsed 

entity comprising the following companies: Azot, 

Joint Stock Company; Joint Stock Company 

‘‘Nevinnomyssky Azot’’; Mineral and Chemical 

Company EuroChem, Joint Stock Company; and 

EuroChem Trading Rus, Limited Liability Company. 

7With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins calculated for the examined respondents; 

(B) a simple average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins calculated for the 

examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 

calculated for the examined respondents using each 

company’s publicly-ranged U.S. sale quantities for 

the merchandise under consideration. Commerce 

then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate 

closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all 

other producers and exporters. See Ball Bearings 

and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, 

Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final 

Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and 

Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 

(September 1, 2010). As complete publicly ranged 

sales data was available, Commerce based the allothers rate on the publicly ranged sales data of the 

mandatory respondents. For a complete analysis of 

the data, please see the All-Others Rate Calculation 

Memorandum. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions 

from the Russian Federation: Preliminary 

Calculations and Analysis for PJSC Acron,’’ dated 

concurrently with this memorandum; see also 

Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation 

of Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from the 

Russian Federation: Preliminary Calculations and 

Analysis for EuroChem,’’ dated concurrently with 

this memorandum; and Memorandum, 

‘‘Preliminary Determination Calculation for the AllOthers,’’ dated concurrently with this 

memorandum. 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–821–831] 

Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions 

From the Russian Federation: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that urea ammonium nitrate solutions 

(UAN) from the Russian Federation are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is April 1, 2020, through March 

31, 2021. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krisha Hill or Drew Jackson, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4037 or (202) 482–4406, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on July 26, 2021.1 On November 23, 

2021, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination in this 

investigation until January 26, 2022.2

For a complete description of the events 

that followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of the 

sections in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is in Appendix II 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 (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are UAN from Russia. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 in the 

Initiation Notice, Commerce set aside a 

period of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5

No interested party commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice. Commerce is 

not preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce calculated 

constructed export prices in accordance 

with section 772(b) of the Act. 

Commerce calculated normal value in 

accordance with section 773 of the Act. 

Furthermore, pursuant to section 776(a) 

and (b) of the Act, Commerce 

preliminarily based the dumping 

margins for PJSC Kuibyshev Azot and 

SBU Azot upon facts otherwise 

available, with adverse inferences, 

because these companies failed to 

timely respond to Commerce’s quantity 

and value questionnaire. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying the preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that in the 

preliminary determination, Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins established for exporters and 

producers individually investigated, 

excluding any zero and de minimis 

dumping margins, and any dumping 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins for the mandatory 

respondents, Public Joint Stock 

Company Acron (Acron) and 

EuroChem,6 that are not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available. Commerce 

calculated the all-others rate by weight 

averaging the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins that it 

calculated for the individually 

examined respondents. Commerce 

weight averaged these dumping margins 

by the publicly-ranged total values of 

their sales of subject merchandise to the 

United States during the POI.7

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 


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