MESSAGE NO: 3106115
DATE: 04 16 1993
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: OTH
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 462 - 302
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PERIOD COVERED:
04 12 1993
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
03 05 1992
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: DETERMINATION TO CANCEL SUSPENSION AGREEMENT AND
RESUMPTION OF INVESTIGATION OF URANIUM FROM UKRAINE
1.
ON FEBRUARY 12,
1993,
THE GOVERNMENT OF
UKRAINE (GOU)
WITHDREW FROM
THE SUSPENSION AGREEMENT ON URANIUM.
AS
A RESULT
OF
THE
GOU
WITHDRAWAL
FROM
THE
SUSPENSION
AGREEMENT,
THE
DEPARTMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE
IS
NO LONGER A
BASIS
FOR
SUSPENDING
THE ANTIDUMPING
DUTY INVESTIGATION ON
URANIUM
FROM
UKRAINE.
THUS,
THE
DEPARTMENT
IS TERMINATING THIS
AGREEMENT
EFFECTIVE
APRIL
12,
1993,
AND
RESUMING
THE
ANTIDUMPING
INVESTIGATION.
2.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WILL
PUBLISH
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE NOTICE OF ITS DETERMINATION TO CANCEL
SUSPENSION
AGREEMENT
AND
RESUMPTION
OF INVESTIGATION: URANIUM
FROM
UKRAINE.
FOR
CUSTOMS
PURPOSES,
THIS
TERMINATION
IS
EFFECTIVE APRIL 12, 1993.
3.
THE
MERCHANDISE
COVERED
BY
THIS INVESTIGATION INCLUDES
NATURAL URANIUM IN
THE
FORM
OF URANIUM ORES
AND CONCENTRATES;
NATURAL
URANIUM
METAL
AND
NATURAL
URANIUM COMPOUNDS; ALLOYS,
DISPERSIONS (INCLUDING CERMETS), CERAMIC
PRODUCTS
AND
MIXTURES
CONTAINING NATURAL URANIUM OR
NATURAL URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM
ENRICHED
IN
U235
AND
ITS
COMPOUNDS;
ALLOYS,
DISPERSIONS
(INCLUDING CERMETS), CERAMIC
PRODUCTS,
AND
MIXTURES CONTAINING
URANIUM ENRICHED
IN
U235
OR COMPOUNDS OF
URANIUM ENRICHED
IN
U235.
BOTH
LOW
ENRICHED URANIUM
(LEU)
AND
HIGHLY
ENRICHED
URANIUM
(HEU)
ARE
INCLUDED
WITHIN
THE
SCOPE
OF
THIS
INVESTIGATION.
LEU IS URANIUM ENRICHED IN U235 TO
A LEVEL OF UP
TO
20 PERCENT, WHILE HEU IS URANIUM ENRICHED IN U235 TO
A LEVEL
OF 20 PERCENT OR MORE.
THE URANIUM SUBJECT TO THIS INVESTIGATION
IS PROVIDED
FOR
UNDER SUBHEADINGS 2612.10.00.00, 2844.10.10.00,
2844.10.20.10,
2844.10.20.25,
2844.10.20.50,
2844.10.20.55,
2844.10.50.00, 2844.20.00.10, 2844.20.00.20,
2844.20.00.30,
AND
2844.20.00.50, OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS).
ALTHOUGH
THE
HTS SUBHEADINGS ARE
PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE
AND
CUSTOMS
PURPOSES, OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROCEEDING
IS DISPOSITIVE.
4.
DUE TO
A PRELIMINARY FINDING OF THE EXISTENCE OF CRITICAL
CIRCUMSTANCES,
THE
U.S.
CUSTOMS
SERVICE
SHALL
(1)
SUSPEND
LIQUIDATION OF
ALL UNLIQUIDATED ENTRIES OF
URANIUM FROM UKRAINE
THAT ARE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON
OR AFTER MARCH 5, 1992 (90 DAYS PRIOR TO
THE DATE OF PUBLICATION
OF
OUR PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION) THROUGH OCTOBER 16,
1992 (THE
SIGNING OF
THE SUSPENSION AGREEMENT) AND (2) SUSPEND LIQUIDATION
OF
ALL ENTRIES
OF
URANIUM FROM
UKRAINE
THAT
ARE ENTERED, OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON
OR
AFTER APRIL 12,
1993, (THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE TERMINATION).
THE U.S. CUSTOMS
SERVICE SHALL REQUIRE A
CASH DEPOSIT OR
BOND
EQUAL
TO
115.82
PERCENT AD VALOREM.
5.
FOR INVESTIGATION PURPOSES ONLY, THIS ANTIDUMPING DUTY CASE
HAS
BEEN
ASSIGNED INVESTIGATION NUMBER A-823-802.
FOR
CUSTOMS
REPORTING
PURPOSES,
PLEASE
USE
THE
FOLLOWING
CASE
NUMBER:
A-462-302.
6.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, THEY
SHOULD
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER
AGENCY
BRANCH
VIA
EMAIL
TO
ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB".
THE
IMPORTING
PUBLIC
AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
SHOULD
CONTACT
MELISSA
SKINNER
OF
THE
OFFICE
OF
AGREEMENTS COMPLIANCE (FOR
MATTERS
PERTAINING
TO
THE
CANCELLATION
OF
THE
SUSPENSION
AGREEMENT), OR LAWRENCE P. SULLIVAN AND CAROLE A. SHOWERS, OFFICE
OF COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS (FOR
MATTERS PERTAINING TO
THE
INVESTIGATION),
IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE,
TELEPHONE
(202)
482-2822, 482-0114, 482-3217, RESPECTIVELY.
NANCY MCTIERNAN