The US Department of Commerce (DOC) is terminating the changed circumstances review (CCR) under the antidumping (AD) investigation of UAN from the Russian Federation in which DOC was examining whether Russia has remained a market economy (ME) country for the purposes of AD law. The US International Trade Commission found no injury in the UAN case, and the case did not proceed on to DOC for a ME decision.
The question now goes to another case, one involving imports of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESBR) from Russia. Notice of the transfer was published in the Sept. 23, 2002, edition of the Federal Register.
A DOC decision in the ESBR case is expected on Nov. 9, 2022. While DOC intends to complete the review of the ME status by that date, it does not intend to reconsider the calculation methodology used for determining AD margins in the decision, saying there will not be sufficient time to do so.