2020 Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium From the Russian Federation

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-821-802] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the Russian Federation's State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (ROSATOM) have signed an amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation (Agreement). The amendment extends the Agreement through 2040 and allows the Russian Federation to export Russian uranium products to the United States in accordance with the export limits and other terms detailed in the amended Agreement. DATES: Applicable October 5, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or Jill Buckles, Bilateral Agreements Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-6230, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On October 16, 1992, Commerce signed an agreement with the Russian ( printed page 64113) Federation's Ministry for Atomic Energy (MINATOM), the predecessor to ROSATOM, under section 734(l) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), suspending the antidumping duty investigation on uranium from the Russian Federation. [ 1 ] The Agreement was subsequently amended, by agreement of both governments, on March 11, 1994, [ 2 ] October 3, 1996, [ 3 ] May 7, 1997, [ 4 ] a…