[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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