International Trade Commission: No Duties on Urea Ammonium Nitrate

After a year-long investigation, The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) announced its decision to not issue countervailing and anti-dumping duties on imports of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solutions from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago.

Previously, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determined the imports are subsidized and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. However, the decision by USITC takes effect immediately after it was concluded the U.S. industry is not “materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports.” 

“This comes as a welcome relief,” said National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Chris Edgington. “We have been sounding the alarms and telling the ITC commissioners that tariffs will drive up input prices to even more unaffordable levels for farmers and cripple our supply. I am so glad they listened.”
Other grower groups, including the American Soybean Association also welcomed the news. 

“ASA has expressed concerns with fertilizer prices and availability for over a year,” said Brad Doyle, president of the American Soybean Association and Arkansas soybean grower. “Today’s ruling by the ITC against the imposition of final duties on imports of UAN from Trinidad and Tobago and Russia will provide much-needed relief from tariffs for U.S. soybean growers and farmers across the country. We thank the ITC for considering the impact on farmers in their determination, and ASA will continue to advocate for the removal of tariffs.”

Per the USITC report, there are eight U.S. producers of UAN.

In 2021, the leading importers of UAN into the U.S. were: Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Algeria, and the Netherlands. 

 

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