[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61185-61186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21332]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-811]


Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the Russian 
Federation: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-
2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on solid fertilizer 
grade ammonium nitrate (ammonium nitrate) from the Russian Federation 
(Russia). The review covers the following producers/exporters of the 
subject merchandise: (1) JSC Acron/JSC Dorogobuzh (collectively, 
``Acron'') and (2) MCC EuroChem and its affiliates OJSC NAK Azot and 
OJSC Nevinnomyssky Azot (collectively, ``EuroChem''). The period of 
review (POR) is April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016.

DATES: Effective September 6, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Crespo, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance,

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International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-3693.

Background

    On April 28, 2016, the Department received a timely request, in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), from CF Industries, Inc. and El Dorado Chemical Company 
(collectively, petitioners) to conduct an administrative review of the 
sales of Acron and EuroChem.\1\ On June 6, 2016, the Department 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on ammonium nitrate 
from Russia with respect to Acron and EuroChem.\2\ On June 30, 2016, 
the Department received a timely notice from Acron notifying the 
Department that it had no shipments of subject merchandise to the 
United States during the POR.\3\ On August 18, 2016, the petitioners 
withdrew their request for an administrative review with respect to 
Acron and EuroChem.\4\
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    \1\ See the letter from the petitioners to the Department, 
entitled, ``Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation: Request 
for Review,'' dated April 28, 2016.
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 36268 (June 6, 2016).
    \3\ See the letter from Acron to the Department, entitled, 
``Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian 
Federation: No Shipment Letter,'' dated June 30, 2016.
    \4\ See the letter from the petitioners to the Department, 
entitled, ``Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation: Withdrawal 
of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated August 18, 2016.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
petitioners withdrew their request for review by the 90-day deadline, 
and no other party requested an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on ammonium nitrate from Russia for the POR. 
Accordingly, the Department is rescinding the administrative review of 
the antidumping order on ammonium nitrate from Russia covering the 
period April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to issue appropriate 
assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

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 may result in the presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
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), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
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 issued and published in accordance with section 751 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: August 26, 2016.
Gary Tavernman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-21332 Filed 9-2-16; 8:45 am]
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