[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69832-69833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27759]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-811]


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

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 22, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the 2012-
2013 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on solid 
fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate (ammonium nitrate) from the Russian 
Federation.\1\ This 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 gave 
interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results 
and, based upon our analysis of the comments, we continue to find that 
sales of subject merchandise to the United States have not been made at 
prices below normal value (NV).
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    \1\ See Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the Russian 
Federation; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 29417 (May 22, 2014) (Preliminary Results), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective Date: November 24, 2014.

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

Background

    On May 22, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
in the Federal Register. In July 2014, we received a case brief from CF 
Industries, Inc. and El Dorado Chemical Company (collectively, the 
petitioners). In August 2014, we received rebuttal briefs from Acron 
and EuroChem. In October 2014, the Department held an ex-parte

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meeting with the petitioners at their request.

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.\2\
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    \2\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
the memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
entitled, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2012-
2013 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Solid 
Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation'' 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with and hereby 
adopted by this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues which parties 
raised and to which we respond in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is 
attached to this notice as Appendix I. The Issues and 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 parties in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046, of the 
main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version 
of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and the 
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we have made no 
changes to Acron's or EuroChem's margin calculations.

Period of Review

    The POR is April 1, 2012, through March 31, 2013.

Final Results of the Review

    We are assigning the following dumping margins to the firms listed 
below as follows:

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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 Azot......            0.00
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), the Department has 
determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise and deposits of estimated duties, where 
applicable, in accordance with the final results of this review. The 
Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this 
administrative review pursuant to 19 CFR 351.356.8(a).
    Pursuant to the Final Modification for Reviews,\3\ because the 
respondents' weighted-average dumping margins are zero, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\4\ The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these 
final results of review.
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    \3\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) 
(Final Modification for Reviews).
    \4\ Id., 77 FR at 8102.
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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 are less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de 
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1); accordingly, no 
cash deposits will be required; (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.\5\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \5\ 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 serves as the only reminder to importers of their 
responsibility, under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2), 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
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 written 
notification of return/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 sanctionable violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 17, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

General Comments

    1. Adjusting Respondents' Costs to Account for Alleged 
Distortions in the Price of Natural Gas
    2. Level of Trade.

[FR Doc. 2014-27759 Filed 11-21-14; 8:45 a.m.]
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