France Low Enriched Uranium: Initiation of AD Changed Circumstances Review
The International Trade Administration is initiating an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of low enriched uranium (LEU) from France (A-427-818) in order to determine whether the circumstances described by the petitioner support an extension of the 18-month period to re-export the specified entry of LEU that is currently under the 18-month exclusion from the AD duty order.
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The petitioner, Eurodif S.A. and AREVA NP Inc. (collectively, AREVA), requested a changed circumstances review to amend the scope of the AD duty order as it applies to one entry of LEU entered by AREVA that was not subject to the AD duty order at the time of entry. At the time of entry at issue, the entry met the requirements of a narrow exclusion from the scope of the order. However, as a result of the temporary shutdown of the petitioner’s Japanese customer caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, AREVA will be unable to meet the requirements of the scope exclusion by re-exporting the LEU within the specified deadline. As a result, AREVA is requesting that the ITA conduct a changed circumstances review for the purpose of amending the scope of the order to extend by 18 months the deadline for re-exporting the LEU entry at issue.
(See ITA notice for the scope of the order, the ITA’s schedule for its preliminary and final results, ITA’s denial of request for simultaneous issuance of preliminary results of review, etc.)
ITA contact -- Emily Halle (202) 482-0176
(FR Pub 01/09/12, Case No. A-427-818)