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1See 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, 87 FR 5785 

(February 2, 2022) (Preliminary Determination), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions 

from the Russian Federation,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

disclose such information, either 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Because Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of AB Rubber from Mexico 

no later than 45 days after this final 

determination. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does not exist, this 

proceeding will be terminated, and all 

cash deposits posted will be refunded 

and suspension of liquidation will be 

lifted. If the ITC determines that such 

injury does exist, Commerce will issue 

an antidumping duty order directing 

CBP to assess, upon further instruction 

by Commerce, antidumping duties on 

all imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

February 2, 2022, effective date of the 

suspension of liquidation. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice will serve as a reminder 

to the parties subject to APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: June 17, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix—Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this investigation 

is commonly referred to as acrylonitrile 

butadiene rubber or nitrile rubber (AB 

Rubber). AB Rubber is a synthetic rubber 

produced by the emulsion polymerization of 

butadiene and acrylonitrile with or without 

the incorporation of a third component 

selected from methacrylic acid or isoprene. 

AB Rubber products that include a third 

component that is not methacrylic acid or 

isoprene are not covered by the scope. This 

scope covers AB Rubber in solid or nonaqueous liquid form. The scope also includes 

carboxylated AB Rubber. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is AB Rubber in latex form 

(commonly classified under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading 4002.51.0000). Latex AB Rubber 

is commonly either (a) acrylonitrile/ 

butadiene polymer in latex form or (b) 

acrylonitrile/butadiene/methacrylic acid 

polymer in latex form. The broader definition 

of latex refers to a water emulsion of a 

synthetic rubber obtained by polymerization. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is: (a) AB Rubber containing 

additives incorporated during the 

compounding, mixing, molding, or use of AB 

Rubber comprising greater than twenty 

percent of the total weight of the product. 

Additives would include, but are not limited 

to, fillers (e.g., carbon black, silica, clay); 

reinforcement agents (e.g., fibers, carbon 

black, silica); vulcanization agents (e.g., 

sulfur, sulfur complexes, peroxide); or AB 

Rubber containing extension oils making up 

greater than forty percent of the total weight 

of the product. Such products would be 

generally classified under HTSUS 

subheading 4005; (b) AB Rubber containing 

polyvinyl chloride (PVC) making up greater 

than twenty percent of total weight of the 

product; (c) hydrogenated AB Rubber 

(commonly referred to as HNBR) produced 

by subsequent dissolution and hydrogenation 

of AB Rubber; (d) reactive liquid polymers 

containing acrylonitrile and butadiene with 

amine, epoxy, carboxyl or methacrylate vinyl 

chemical functionality. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by modifying 

physical form or packaging with another 

product, or performing any other finishing, 

packaging, or processing that would not 

otherwise remove the merchandise from the 

scope of the investigation if performed in the 

country of manufacture of the AB Rubber. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is classified in the HTSUS at 

subheading 4002.59.0000. While the HTSUS 

subheading numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise under 

investigation is dispositive. 

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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: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

urea ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN) 

from the Russian Federation (Russia) are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). 

DATES: Applicable June 24, 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 

On February 2, 2022, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination in this investigation.1 A 

summary of the events that occurred 

since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, may 

be found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation (POI) is 

April 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021. 

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 

No interested party commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Preliminary Determination. We 

made no changes to the scope of the 

investigation. 

Use of Adverse Facts Available 

Pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), we have continued to base the 

dumping margins for PJSC Kuibyshev 

Azot and SBU Azot upon facts 

otherwise available, with adverse 

inferences, because these companies 


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3See Commerce’s Letter to Acron on February 14, 

2022 (Acron’s ILOV Questionnaire); see also 

Commerce’s Letter to EuroChem on February 15, 

2022 (EuroChem’s ILOV Questionnaire); Acron’s 

Letter, ‘‘Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from 

the Russian Federation: Response to Questionnaire 

in Lieu of Verification,’’ dated February 24, 2022; 

and EuroChem’s Letter, ‘‘Urea Ammonium Nitrate 

Solutions from the Russian Federation,’’ dated 

February 24, 2022. 

4We used ‘‘EuroChem’’ to refer to the collapsed 

entity comprising the following companies: Azot, 

Joint Stock Company (i.e., NAK Azot), Joint Stock 

Company ‘‘Nevinnomyssky Azot’’ (i.e., Nevinka), 

Mineral and Chemical Company EuroChem, Joint 

Stock Company, and EuroChem Trading Rus, 

Limited Liability Company. 

5With 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. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions 

from the Russian Federation: Final Calculations and 

Analysis for PJSC Acron,’’ dated concurrently with 

this memorandum; see also Memorandum, ‘‘LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation of Urea Ammonium 

Nitrate Solutions from the Russian Federation: 

Preliminary Calculations and Analysis for 

EuroChem,’’ dated January 26, 2022; and 

Memorandum, ‘‘Final Determination Calculation for 

the All-Others,’’ dated concurrently with this 

memorandum. 

failed to timely respond to Commerce’s 

quantity and value questionnaire. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case briefs and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by interested 

parties in this proceeding are discussed 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues raised 

by parties and responded to by 

Commerce in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is attached to this notice 

as Appendix II. The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is available 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 Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation. 

However, we took additional steps in 

lieu of an on-site verification to verify 

the information relied upon in making 

this final determination, in accordance 

with section 782(i) of the Act.3

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received and additional 

information obtained since our 

preliminary determination, we made 

certain changes to the dumping margin 

calculation for Public Joint Stock 

Company Acron (Acron) after the 

Preliminary Determination. 

Additionally, since we based the 

adverse facts available (AFA) rate for 

PJSC Kuibyshev Azot and SBU Azot on 

the highest non-aberrational transaction 

margin calculated for either mandatory 

respondent, and that margin has 

changed due to changes in our 

calculations at the final determination, 

we have revised the AFA dumping 

margin assigned to PJSC Kuibyshev 

Azot and SBU Azot to equal the highest 

non-aberrational transaction margin 

calculated for either mandatory 

respondent for the final determination. 

For a discussion of these changes, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

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

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters not 

individually investigated shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for individually investigated 

exporters and producers, excluding any 

dumping margins that are zero or de 

minimis or any dumping margins 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. Commerce calculated 

individual estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins for Acron and 

EuroChem,4 the mandatory respondents 

in this investigation, 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.5

Final Determination 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offset(s)) 

(percent) 6

Public Joint Stock Company Acron ......................................................................................................... 8.16 8.02 

Azot, Joint Stock Company/Joint Stock Company ‘‘Nevinnomyssky Azot’’/Mineral and Chemical 

Company EuroChem, Joint Stock Company/EuroChem Trading Rus, Limited Liability Company .... 23.98 23.98 

PJSC Kuibyshev Azot * ............................................................................................................................ 122.93 122.84 

SBU Azot * ............................................................................................................................................... 122.93 122.84 

All Others ................................................................................................................................................. 14.91 14.82 

* Rate is based on facts otherwise available with an adverse inference. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this final 

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). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 


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(CBP) to continue the suspension of 

liquidation of all appropriate entries of 

UAN, as described in Appendix I of this 

notice, which were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after February 2, 

2022, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in this 

investigation in the Federal Register. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act, we will instruct CBP to require 

a cash deposit equal to the estimated 

amount by which the normal value 

exceeds the U.S. price in this final 

determination, as follows: (1) the cash 

deposit rate for each of the respondents 

listed in the table above is the companyspecific cash deposit rate listed for the 

respondent in the table; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent listed in the 

table above, but the producer is, then 

the cash deposit rate is the companyspecific cash deposit rate listed for the 

producer of the subject merchandise in 

the table above; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters is the ‘‘All Others’’ cash 

deposit rate listed in the table above. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

In the event that a countervailing duty 

(CVD) order is issued, and suspension of 

liquidation is resumed in the 

companion CVD investigation of UAN 

from Russia, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require, for this antidumping 

duty investigation, cash deposits 

adjusted by the amount of export 

subsidies, as appropriate. These 

adjustments are reflected in the final 

column of the rate table, above. Until 

such suspension of liquidation is 

resumed in the companion CVD 

investigation, and so long as suspension 

of liquidation continues under this 

antidumping duty investigation, the 

cash deposit rates for this antidumping 

duty investigation will be the rates 

identified in the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin column in the 

rate table, above. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its final affirmative determination of 

sales at LTFV. Because the final 

determination in this proceeding is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make 

its final determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, no later than 45 days 

after our final determination. If the ITC 

determines that material injury or threat 

of material injury does not exist, the 

proceeding will be terminated, and all 

cash deposits will be refunded. If the 

ITC determines that material injury or 

threat of material injury does exist, 

Commerce will issue an antidumping 

duty order directing CBP to assess, upon 

further instruction by Commerce, 

antidumping duties on all imports of the 

subject merchandise, entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an 

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 the return or 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 violation subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: June 17, 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 Sections in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether to Reconsider 

Russia’s Status as a Market Economy 

Country 

Comment 2: Whether to Base Acron’s 

Dumping Margin on Adverse Facts 

Available 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Made 

Certain Ministerial Errors 

Comment 4: Whether to Base EuroChem’s 

Dumping Margin on Adverse Facts 

Available (AFA) 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Grant EuroChem a Difference in Quantity 

Adjustment 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Grant EuroChem a Constructed Export 

Price (CEP) Offset 

Comment 7: Whether to Apply the Cohen’s 

d Test to EuroChem’s Sales 

Comment 8: Proper Enforcement of 

Antidumping Duty Laws 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–427–832] 

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber From 

France: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (AB 

rubber) from France is being, or is likely 

to be, sold in the United States at less 

than fair value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation is April 1, 2020, through 

March 31, 2021. 

DATES: Applicable June 24, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Barton, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0012. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 2, 2022, Commerce 

published its Preliminary 


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