Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect for Russia, Trinidad
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping determinations that urea ammonium nitrate solutions from Russia (A-821-831) and Trinidad and Tobago (A-274-808) are being sold at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on Feb. 2, the publication date of these preliminary determinations in the Federal Register.
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Urea ammonium nitrate solutions from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago are already subject to suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements that took effect Dec. 3 (see 2112020046). CV duty cash deposit rates for Russian exporters currently range from 9.66% to 9.84%, and are set at 1.83% for all Trinidadian exporters.
​AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for AD duty purposes for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Feb. 2 (liquidation is already suspended for CV duty purposes), and require AD duty cash deposits as follows:
Russia
| Producer | AD Rate | Adjusted* |
|---|---|---|
| Public Joint Stock Company Acron | 9.15% | 9.01% |
| 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 | 127.19% | 127.1% |
| SBU Azot | 127.19% | 127.1% |
| All Others | 15.48% | 15.39% |
*As adjusted for export subsidies found in the concurrent CV duty investigation. This rate is the AD duty cash deposit rate while CV duty suspension of liquidation remains in effect.
Trinidad and Tobago
| Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd. | 63.08% |
| All Others | 63.08% |
(The period of investigation is 04/01/20 - 03/31/21. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope, suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 2107230047 for a summary of initiation of this investigation, and 2107010086 for the underlying petition.)