82 FR 56218 - Ripe Olives From Spain: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 227 (November 28, 2017)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 227 (November 28, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-25660 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 56218-56219] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-25660] [[Page 56218]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-469-818] Ripe Olives From Spain: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of ripe olives from Spain. The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. DATES: Application November 28, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, Lana Nigro, or Jennifer Shore, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 1785, (202) 482-1779, (202) 482-2778, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 703(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The Department published the notice of initiation of this investigation on July 19, 2017.\1\ On August 30, 2017, the Department postponed the preliminary determination of this investigation to November 20, 2017.\2\ For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Ripe Olives from Spain: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 33050 (July 19, 2017) (Initiation Notice). \2\ See Ripe Olives from Spain: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 41210 (August 30, 2017). \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination of the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Ripe Olives from Spain,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are ripe olives from Spain. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I. Scope Comments In accordance with the preamble to the Department's regulations,\4\ the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage, (i.e., scope).\5\ No interested party commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). \5\ See Initiation Notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Methodology The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with section 701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, the Department preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\6\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department notes that, in making these findings, it relied, in part, on facts available pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act because information necessary for our analysis was not available on the record. For further information, see ``Partial Use of Facts Available'' in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Alignment As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), the Department is aligning the final countervailing duty (CVD) determination in this investigation with the final determination in the companion antidumping duty (AD) investigation of Ripe Olives from Spain, based on a request made by the petitioner.\7\ Consequently, the final CVD determination will be issued on the same date as the final AD determination, which is currently scheduled to be issued no later than April 3, 2018, unless postponed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See Letter from the petitioner, ``Request for Alignment of Final Determination,'' dated November 16, 2017. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All-Others Rate Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in the preliminary determination, the Department shall determine an estimated all-others rate for companies not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated subsidy rates established for those companies individually examined, excluding any zero and de minimis rates and any rates based entirely under section 776 of the Act. In this investigation, the Department calculated individual estimated countervailable subsidy rates for Aceitunas Guadalquivir S.L.U. (Aceitunas Guadalquivir), Agro Sevilla Aceitunas S.Coop.And. (Agro Sevilla), Angel Camacho Alimentaci[oacute]n, S.L. (Camacho), that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. The Department calculated the all- others rate using a weighted-average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the individually examined respondents using each company's business proprietary data for the merchandise under consideration.\8\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ For a complete analysis of the data, please see the All- Others Calculation Memorandum dated concurrently with this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Determination The Department preliminarily determines that the following estimated countervailable subsidy rates exist: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, the Department has found the following companies to be cross-owned with Aceitunas Guadalquivir S.L.U.: Coromar Inv., S.L., AG Explotaciones Agricolas, S.L.U., and Grupo Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L. \10\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, the Department has found the following companies to be cross-owned with Angel Camacho Alimentaci[oacute]n, S.L.: Grupo Angel Camacho Alimentac[iacute]on, Cuarterola S.L., and Cucanoche S.L. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subsidy rate Company (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aceitunas Guadalquivir S.L.U.\9\........................ 2.31 Agro Sevilla Aceitunas S.Coop.And....................... 2.47 Angel Camacho Alimentaci[oacute]n, S.L.\10\............. 7.24 All-Others.............................................. 4.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the [[Page 56219]] Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise as described in the scope of the investigation section entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), the Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the rates indicated above. Disclosure The Department intends to disclose its calculations and analysis performed to interested parties in this preliminary determination within five days of its public announcement, or if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Verification As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, the Department intends to verify the information relied upon in making its final determination. Public Comment Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline date for case briefs.\11\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date. International Trade Commission Notification In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, the Department will notify the International Trade Commission (ITC) of its determination. If the final determination is affirmative, the ITC will make its determination before the later of 120 days after the date of this preliminary determination or 45 days after the final determination. Notification to Interested Parties This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c). Dated: November 20, 2017. Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are certain processed olives, usually referred to as ``ripe olives.'' The subject merchandise includes all colors of olives; all shapes and sizes of olives, whether pitted or not pitted, and whether whole, sliced, chopped, minced, wedged, broken, or otherwise reduced in size; all types of packaging, whether for consumer (retail) or institutional (food service) sale, and whether canned or packaged in glass, metal, plastic, multi-layered airtight containers (including pouches), or otherwise; and all manners of preparation and preservation, whether low acid or acidified, stuffed or not stuffed, with or without flavoring and/or saline solution, and including in ambient, refrigerated, or frozen conditions. Included are all ripe olives grown, processed in whole or in part, or packaged in Spain. Subject merchandise includes ripe olives that have been further processed in Spain or a third country, including but not limited to curing, fermenting, rinsing, oxidizing, pitting, slicing, chopping, segmenting, wedging, stuffing, packaging, or heat treating, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in Spain. Excluded from the scope are: (1) Specialty olives \12\ (including ``Spanish-style,'' ``Sicilian-style,'' and other similar olives) that have been processed by fermentation only, or by being cured in an alkaline solution for not longer than 12 hours and subsequently fermented; and (2) provisionally prepared olives unsuitable for immediate consumption (currently classifiable in subheading 0711.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ Some of the major types of specialty olives and their curing methods are:``Spanish-style'' green olives. Spanish-style green olives have a mildly salty, slightly bitter taste, and are usually pitted and stuffed. This style of olive is primarily produced in Spain and can be made from various olive varieties. Most are stuffed with pimento; other popular stuffings are jalapeno, garlic, and cheese. The raw olives that are used to produce Spanish-style green olives are picked while they are unripe, after which they are submerged in an alkaline solution for typically less than a day to partially remove their bitterness, rinsed, and fermented in a strong salt brine, giving them their characteristic flavor. ``Sicilian-style'' green olives. Sicilian-style olives are large, firm green olives with a natural bitter and savory flavor. This style of olive is produced in small quantities in the United States using a Sevillano variety of olive and harvested green with a firm texture. Sicilian-style olives are processed using a brine-cured method, and undergo a full fermentation in a salt and lactic acid brine for 4 to 9 months. These olives may be sold whole unpitted, pitted, or stuffed. ``Kalamata'' olives: Kalamata olives are slightly curved in shape, tender in texture, and purple in color, and have a rich natural tangy and savory flavor. This style of olive is produced in Greece using a Kalamata variety olive. The olives are harvested after they are fully ripened on the tree, and typically use a brine-cured fermentation method over 4 to 9 months in a salt brine. Other specialty olives in a full range of colors, sizes, and origins, typically fermented in a salt brine for 3 months or more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The merchandise subject to this investigation is currently classifiable under subheadings 2005.70.0230, 2005.70.0260, 2005.70.0430, 2005.70.0460, 2005.70.5030, 2005.70.5060, 2005.70.6020, 2005.70.6030, 2005.70.6050, 2005.70.6060, 2005.70.6070, 2005.70.7000, 2005.70.7510, 2005.70.7515, 2005.70.7520, and 2005.70.7525 HTSUS. Subject merchandise may also be imported under subheadings 2005.70.0600, 2005.70.0800, 2005.70.1200, 2005.70.1600, 2005.70.1800, 2005.70.2300, 2005.70.2510, 2005.70.2520, 2005.70.2530, 2005.70.2540, 2005.70.2550, 2005.70.2560, 2005.70.9100, 2005.70.9300, and 2005.70.9700. Although HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and US Customs purposes, they do not define the scope of the investigation; rather, the written description of the subject merchandise is dispositive. Appendix II List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope Comments IV. Scope of the Investigation V. Subsidies Valuation VI. Partial Use of Facts Available VII. Analysis of Programs VIII. Calculation of the All-Others Rate IX. ITC Notification X. Disclosure and Public Comment XI. Verification XII. Conclusion [FR Doc. 2017-25660 Filed 11-27-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to Consequently, the final CVD
registered users at http:// determination will be issued on the
International Trade Administration access.trade.gov, and is available to all same date as the final AD
[C–469–818] parties in the Central Records Unit, determination, which is currently
room B8024 of the main Department of scheduled to be issued no later than
Ripe Olives From Spain: Preliminary Commerce building. In addition, a April 3, 2018, unless postponed.
Affirmative Countervailing Duty complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed All-Others Rate
Determination, and Alignment of Final
Determination With Final Antidumping directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of
Duty Determination frn/. The signed and electronic versions the Act provide that in the preliminary
of the Preliminary Decision determination, the Department shall
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Memorandum are identical in content. determine an estimated all-others rate
International Trade Administration, for companies not individually
Department of Commerce. Scope of the Investigation examined. This rate shall be an amount
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce The products covered by this equal to the weighted average of the
(the Department) preliminarily investigation are ripe olives from Spain. estimated subsidy rates established for
determines that countervailable For a complete description of the scope those companies individually
subsidies are being provided to of this investigation, see Appendix I. examined, excluding any zero and de
producers and exporters of ripe olives minimis rates and any rates based
Scope Comments
from Spain. The period of investigation entirely under section 776 of the Act. In
is January 1, 2016, through December In accordance with the preamble to this investigation, the Department
31, 2016. the Department’s regulations,4 the calculated individual estimated
DATES: Application November 28, 2017.
Initiation Notice set aside a period of countervailable subsidy rates for
time for parties to raise issues regarding Aceitunas Guadalquivir S.L.U.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
product coverage, (i.e., scope).5 No (Aceitunas Guadalquivir), Agro Sevilla
Mary Kolberg, Lana Nigro, or Jennifer interested party commented on the
Shore, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Aceitunas S.Coop.And. (Agro Sevilla),
scope of the investigation as it appeared Angel Camacho Alimentación, S.L.
Enforcement and Compliance, in the Initiation.
International Trade Administration, (Camacho), that are not zero, de
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Methodology minimis, or based entirely on facts
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, The Department is conducting this available. The Department calculated
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1785, investigation in accordance with section the all-others rate using a weighted-
(202) 482–1779, (202) 482–2778, 701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy average of the estimated subsidy rates
respectively. programs found countervailable, the calculated for the individually
Department preliminarily determines examined respondents using each
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial company’s business proprietary data for
Background contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that the merchandise under consideration.8
This preliminary determination is gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, Preliminary Determination
made in accordance with section 703(b) and that the subsidy is specific.6
The Department notes that, in making TheDepartment preliminarily
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended determines that the following estimated
(the Act). The Department published the these findings, it relied, in part, on facts
available pursuant to section 776(a) of countervailable subsidy rates exist:
notice of initiation of this investigation
on July 19, 2017.1 On August 30, 2017, the Act because information necessary
Subsidy rate
the Department postponed the for our analysis was not available on the Company (percent)
preliminary determination of this record. For further information, see
investigation to November 20, 2017.2 ‘‘Partial Use of Facts Available’’ in the Aceitunas Guadalquivir
For a complete description of the events Preliminary Decision Memorandum. S.L.U.9 ............................... 2.31
Agro Sevilla Aceitunas
that followed the initiation of this Alignment S.Coop.And ....................... 2.47
investigation, see the Preliminary Angel Camacho
As noted in the Preliminary Decision
Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics Alimentación, S.L.10 .......... 7.24
Memorandum, in accordance with
discussed in the Preliminary Decision All-Others .............................. 4.47
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
Memorandum is included as Appendix
351.210(b)(4), the Department is
II to this notice. The Preliminary Suspension of Liquidation
aligning the final countervailing duty
Decision Memorandum is a public
(CVD) determination in this In accordance with section
document and is on file electronically
investigation with the final 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
determination in the companion
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
antidumping duty (AD) investigation of 8 For a complete analysis of the data, please see
Centralized Electronic Service System the All-Others Calculation Memorandum dated
Ripe Olives from Spain, based on a
concurrently with this notice.
1 See Ripe Olives from Spain: Initiation of
request made by the petitioner.7 9 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 33050 Memorandum, the Department has found the
4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
(July 19, 2017) (Initiation Notice). following companies to be cross-owned with
Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
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2 See Ripe Olives from Spain: Postponement of Aceitunas Guadalquivir S.L.U.: Coromar Inv., S.L.,
5 See Initiation Notice.
Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing AG Explotaciones Agricolas, S.L.U., and Grupo
Duty Investigation, 82 FR 41210 (August 30, 2017). 6 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 10 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision
the Preliminary Determination of the of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of Memorandum, the Department has found the
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Ripe Olives the Act regarding specificity. following companies to be cross-owned with Angel
from Spain,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 7 See Letter from the petitioner, ‘‘Request for Camacho Alimentación, S.L.: Grupo Angel
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Alignment of Final Determination,’’ dated Camacho Alimentacı́on, Cuarterola S.L., and
Memorandum). November 16, 2017. Cucanoche S.L.
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Department will direct U.S. Customs date to be determined. Parties should ‘‘Sicilian-style,’’ and other similar olives) that
and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend confirm by telephone the date, time, and have been processed by fermentation only, or
liquidation of entries of subject location of the hearing two days before by being cured in an alkaline solution for not
merchandise as described in the scope the scheduled date. longer than 12 hours and subsequently
of the investigation section entered, or International Trade Commission fermented; and (2) provisionally prepared
Notification olives unsuitable for immediate consumption
withdrawn from warehouse, for
In accordance with section 703(f) of (currently classifiable in subheading 0711.20
consumption on or after the date of of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
publication of this notice in the Federal the Act, the Department will notify the United States (HTSUS)).
Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR International Trade Commission (ITC) of The merchandise subject to this
351.205(d), the Department will instruct its determination. If the final investigation is currently classifiable under
CBP to require a cash deposit equal to determination is affirmative, the ITC subheadings 2005.70.0230, 2005.70.0260,
the rates indicated above. will make its determination before the 2005.70.0430, 2005.70.0460, 2005.70.5030,
later of 120 days after the date of this 2005.70.5060, 2005.70.6020, 2005.70.6030,
Disclosure preliminary determination or 45 days 2005.70.6050, 2005.70.6060, 2005.70.6070,
The Department intends to disclose after the final determination. 2005.70.7000, 2005.70.7510, 2005.70.7515,
its calculations and analysis performed 2005.70.7520, and 2005.70.7525 HTSUS.
Notification to Interested Parties Subject merchandise may also be imported
to interested parties in this preliminary
determination within five days of its This determination is issued and under subheadings 2005.70.0600,
published pursuant to sections 703(f) 2005.70.0800, 2005.70.1200, 2005.70.1600,
public announcement, or if there is no
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 2005.70.1800, 2005.70.2300, 2005.70.2510,
public announcement, within five days 2005.70.2520, 2005.70.2530, 2005.70.2540,
of the date of this notice in accordance 351.205(c).
2005.70.2550, 2005.70.2560, 2005.70.9100,
with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Dated: November 20, 2017. 2005.70.9300, and 2005.70.9700. Although
Verification Gary Taverman, HTSUS subheadings are provided for
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping convenience and US Customs purposes, they
As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the and Countervailing Duty Operations, do not define the scope of the investigation;
Act, the Department intends to verify performing the non-exclusive functions and rather, the written description of the subject
the information relied upon in making duties of the Assistant Secretary for merchandise is dispositive.
its final determination. Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix II
Public Comment Appendix I
Case briefs or other written comments Scope of the Investigation List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
may be submitted to the Assistant Decision Memorandum
The products covered by this investigation
Secretary for Enforcement and are certain processed olives, usually referred I. Summary
Compliance no later than seven days to as ‘‘ripe olives.’’ The subject merchandise II. Background
after the date on which the last includes all colors of olives; all shapes and III. Scope Comments
verification report is issued in this sizes of olives, whether pitted or not pitted, IV. Scope of the Investigation
investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to and whether whole, sliced, chopped, minced, V. Subsidies Valuation
issues raised in case briefs, may be wedged, broken, or otherwise reduced in VI. Partial Use of Facts Available
size; all types of packaging, whether for VII. Analysis of Programs
submitted no later than five days after
consumer (retail) or institutional (food VIII. Calculation of the All-Others Rate
the deadline date for case briefs.11 IX. ITC Notification
service) sale, and whether canned or
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and packaged in glass, metal, plastic, multi- X. Disclosure and Public Comment
(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or layered airtight containers (including XI. Verification
rebuttal briefs in this investigation are pouches), or otherwise; and all manners of XII. Conclusion
encouraged to submit with each preparation and preservation, whether low [FR Doc. 2017–25660 Filed 11–27–17; 8:45 am]
argument: (1) A statement of the issue; acid or acidified, stuffed or not stuffed, with
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(2) a brief summary of the argument; or without flavoring and/or saline solution,
and (3) a table of authorities. and including in ambient, refrigerated, or
frozen conditions. produce Spanish-style green olives are picked while
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), they are unripe, after which they are submerged in
interested parties who wish to request a Included are all ripe olives grown,
processed in whole or in part, or packaged an alkaline solution for typically less than a day to
hearing, limited to issues raised in the partially remove their bitterness, rinsed, and
in Spain. Subject merchandise includes ripe fermented in a strong salt brine, giving them their
case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a olives that have been further processed in characteristic flavor.
written request to the Assistant Spain or a third country, including but not • ‘‘Sicilian-style’’ green olives. Sicilian-style
Secretary for Enforcement and limited to curing, fermenting, rinsing, olives are large, firm green olives with a natural
Compliance, U.S. Department of oxidizing, pitting, slicing, chopping, bitter and savory flavor. This style of olive is
Commerce within 30 days after the date segmenting, wedging, stuffing, packaging, or produced in small quantities in the United States
of publication of this notice. Requests heat treating, or any other processing that using a Sevillano variety of olive and harvested
would not otherwise remove the green with a firm texture. Sicilian-style olives are
should contain the party’s name, processed using a brine-cured method, and undergo
address, and telephone number, the merchandise from the scope of the
a full fermentation in a salt and lactic acid brine
investigation if performed in Spain.
number of participants, whether any for 4 to 9 months. These olives may be sold whole
Excluded from the scope are: (1) Specialty unpitted, pitted, or stuffed.
participant is a foreign national, and a olives 12 (including ‘‘Spanish-style,’’ • ‘‘Kalamata’’ olives: Kalamata olives are slightly
list of the issues to be discussed. If a curved in shape, tender in texture, and purple in
request for a hearing is made, the
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12 Some of the major types of specialty olives and color, and have a rich natural tangy and savory
Department intends to hold the hearing their curing methods are: flavor. This style of olive is produced in Greece
at the U.S. Department of Commerce, • ‘‘Spanish-style’’ green olives. Spanish-style using a Kalamata variety olive. The olives are
green olives have a mildly salty, slightly bitter taste, harvested after they are fully ripened on the tree,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW., and typically use a brine-cured fermentation
and are usually pitted and stuffed. This style of
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and olive is primarily produced in Spain and can be method over 4 to 9 months in a salt brine.
made from various olive varieties. Most are stuffed • Other specialty olives in a full range of colors,
11 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 with pimento; other popular stuffings are jalapeno, sizes, and origins, typically fermented in a salt
(for general filing requirements). garlic, and cheese. The raw olives that are used to brine for 3 months or more.
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| Contact | Mary Kolberg, Lana Nigro, or Jennifer Shore, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 1785, (202) 482-1779, (202) 482-2778, respectively. | |
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