Trade commission affirms antidumping duties on Russian/Ukrainian urea

摘要

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), in response to an August 2007 remand order from the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), has upheld its earlier decision that the revocation of antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Russia and Ukraine would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to the domestic urea industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. The decision was the result of a review process that began when CIT Judge Judith Barzilay in August remanded certain parts of the ITC's original 2005 sunset review decision back to the ITC for clarification and reconsideration. Judge Barzilay's remand order came after an appeal launched by the defendants in the case, Russian urea producers Nevinnomysskiy Azot, Novomoskovsk Azot JSC, JSC MCC Eurochern, Kuybyshevazot JSC, JSC "Azot" Berezniki, and JSC "Azot" Kemerovo.