Washington, D.C.-In its five-year review of the antidumping duty order on ammonium nitrate from Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) on Dec. 5 determined that revocation of the duties would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of AN imports from that country selling at below fair market value in the U.S. That decision, along with a separate ruling from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), will be used to determine if the antidumping duties remain in place for another five years. The ITC voted Nov. 6 to conduct a full review of the issue (GM Nov. 13, p. 8), and is soliciting comments from interested parties before it decides whether revocation of the order would likely cause material injury to the domestic AN industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. Parties who wish to submit comments, including industrial users of the subject merchandise and consumer organizations representing the retail industry, have 45 days from a Dec. 8 effective date published in the Federal Register to file an “entry of appearance” with the Secretary of the ITC. The ITC will hold a hearing in connection with the review beginning at 9:30 a.m. on April 17, 2007, at the U.S. International Trade Commission Building in Washington, D.C. Requests to appear at the hearing should be filed in writing with the Secretary to the Commission on or before April 10, 2007. The pre-hearing staff report in the review will be placed in the nonpublic record on March 29, 2007. The antidumping duty order on AN imports from Ukraine has been in place since 2001, when a 156.9 percent dumping duty was set following a contentious fight between respondents (GM July 23, 2001).
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