[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28974-28975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13560]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


March and April 1999 Sunset Reviews: Final Results and 
Revocations

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Sunset Reviews, Revocation of 
Antidumping Duty Order on Solid Urea from Latvia (A-449-801), and 
Termination of Suspended Antidumping Duty Investigation on Potassium 
Chloride (Potash) from Canada (A-122-701).

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SUMMARY: On March 1, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order 
on solid urea from Latvia. On April 1, 1999, the Department initiated a 
sunset review of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on 
potassium chloride (``potash'') from Canada. Because no domestic party 
responded to the sunset review notices of initiation by the applicable 
deadline, the Department is revoking this order and terminating this 
suspended investigation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa G. Skinner, Office of Policy, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1560.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department issued an antidumping duty order on solid urea from 
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on July 14, 1987 (52 FR 
26367). On June 29, 1992, following the dissolution of the USSR, the 
Department transferred the order to the Commonwealth of Independent 
States (CIS) and the Baltic States, including Latvia (57 FR 28828, June 
29, 1992). The substance of the order remained the same. The Department 
also suspended the antidumping duty investigation on potash from Canada 
(53 FR 1393, January 19, 1988). Pursuant to section 751(c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department initiated 
sunset reviews of this order and this suspended investigation by 
publishing notices of the initiation in the Federal Register (64 FR 
9970, March 1, 1999, and 64 FR 15727, April 1, 1999). In addition, as a 
courtesy to interested parties, the Department sent letters, via 
certified and registered mail, to each party listed on the Department's 
most current service list for these proceedings to inform them of the 
automatic initiation of a sunset review on this order and this 
suspended investigation.
    No domestic interested parties in the sunset reviews on this order 
or this suspended investigation responded to the notice of initiation 
by the March 16, 1999, or April 16, 1999, deadlines, respectively (see 
section 351.218(d)(1)(i) of the Procedures for Conducting Five-year 
(``Sunset'') Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 63 
FR 13520 (March 20, 1998) (``Sunset Regulations'')).

Determination To Revoke

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and section 
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3) of the Sunset Regulations, if no domestic 
interested party responds to the notice of initiation, the Department 
shall issue a final determination, within 90 days after the initiation 
of the review,

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revoking the finding or order or terminating the suspended 
investigation. Because no domestic interested party responded to the 
notice of initiation by the applicable deadlines, March 16, 1999, or 
April 16, 1999, we are revoking this antidumping duty order and 
terminating the suspended antidumping duty investigation.

Effective Date of Revocation

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A)(iv) of the Act, the Department 
will instruct the United States Customs Service to terminate the 
suspension of liquidation of the merchandise subject to this order 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after January 1, 2000. 
Entries of subject merchandise prior to the effective date of 
revocation will continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and 
antidumping duty deposit requirements. The suspension agreement on 
potash from Canada will remain in effect until January 1, 2000. The 
Department will complete any pending administrative reviews on this 
order and this suspension agreement and will conduct administrative 
reviews of all entries prior to the effective date of revocation in 
response to appropriately filed requests for review.

    Dated: May 19, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-13560 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]
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