83_FR_37613 83 FR 37465 - Ripe Olives From Spain: Antidumping Duty Order

83 FR 37465 - Ripe Olives From Spain: Antidumping Duty Order

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 148 (August 1, 2018)

Page Range37465-37466
FR Document2018-16450

Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty order on ripe olives from Spain.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-469-817]


Ripe Olives From Spain: Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), 
Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty order on ripe olives from 
Spain.

DATES: Applicable August 1, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Hansen or Peter Zukowski, 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) 482-3683 or (202) 482-0189, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on June 18, 2018, 
Commerce published its affirmative final determination in the less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of ripe olives from Spain.\1\ On 
July 25, 2018, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination 
pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A) of the Act that an industry in the 
United States is materially injured by reason of the LTFV imports of 
ripe olives from Spain.\2\
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    \1\ See Ripe Olives from Spain: Final Affirmative Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 28193 (June 18, 2018) (Final 
Determination).
    \2\ See Notification Letter from the ITC dated July 25, 2018 
(ITC Letter).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is ripe olives. For a 
complete description of the scope of the order, see the Appendix to 
this notice.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On July 25, 2018, in accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A) and 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination 
in this investigation, in which it found that an industry in the United 
States is materially injured by reason of imports of ripe olives from 
Spain that are sold in the United States at LTFV.\3\ Therefore, in 
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are issuing this 
antidumping duty order. Because the ITC determined that imports of ripe 
olives from Spain are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated 
entries of such merchandise from Spain, entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping 
duties.
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    \3\ See ITC Letter.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal 
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the 
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all 
relevant entries of ripe olives from Spain. Antidumping duties will be 
assessed on unliquidated entries of ripe olives from Spain entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 26, 2018, 
the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination,\4\ but will 
not be assessed on entries occurring after the expiration of the 
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final 
injury determination as further described below.
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    \4\ See Ripe Olives from Spain: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 83 FR 
3677 (January 26, 2018) (Preliminary Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all appropriate 
entries of ripe olives from Spain as described in the Appendix to this 
notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after January 26, 2018, the date of publication of 
the preliminary determination of this investigation in the Federal 
Register. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in 
effect until further notice.
    Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), 
Commerce will instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the 
amounts indicated below. Accordingly, effective on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP 
will require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit 
estimated antidumping duties on this subject merchandise, a cash 
deposit equal to the cash deposit rates listed below.\5\ The all-others 
rate applies to producers or exporters not specifically listed, as 
appropriate. For the purpose of determining cash deposit rates, the 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins for imports of subject 
merchandise have been adjusted, as appropriate, for estimated domestic 
subsidy pass-through rates calculated based on the final determination 
of the companion countervailing duty investigation of ripe olives from 
Spain.\6\
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    \5\ See sections 736(a)(3) of the Act.
    \6\ See Final Determination, 83 FR at 28194.
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in 
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
Commerce to extend that four-month period to no more than six months. 
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion 
of ripe olives from Spain, Commerce extended the four-month period to 
six months.\7\ In the underlying investigation, Commerce published the 
preliminary determination on January 26, 2018. Therefore, the extended 
period, beginning on the date of publication of the Preliminary 
Determination, ended on July 24, 2018. Furthermore, section 737(b) of 
the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
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    \7\ See Preliminary Determination, 83 FR at 3679.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice,\8\ we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of ripe olives from Spain entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption after July 24, 2018, the date the 
provisional measures expired, through the day preceding the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal 
Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.
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    \8\ See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 
India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea 
and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for 
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 
2016).

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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The weighted-average antidumping duty margin percentages and cash 
deposit rates are as follows:
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    \9\ The cash deposit rate is equal to the calculated estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin adjusted for the appropriate subsidy 
offset(s).

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                                             Estimated
                                             weighted-     Cash deposit
            Exporter producer                 average     rate (percent)
                                          dumping margin        \9\
                                             (percent)
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Aceitunas Guadalquivir S.L..............           17.45           17.46
Agro Sevilla Aceitunas S.COOP Andalusia.           25.50           25.39
Angel Camacho Alimentacion S.L..........           16.88           16.83
All-Others..............................           20.04           19.98
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
ripe olives from Spain pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently 
in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    This order is issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: July 25, 2018.
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

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order 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, multilayered 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 order if 
performed in Spain.
    Subject merchandise includes ripe olives that otherwise meet the 
definition above that are packaged together with non-subject 
products, where the smallest individual packaging unit (e.g., can, 
pouch, jar, etc.) of any such product--regardless of whether the 
smallest unit of packaging is included in a larger packaging unit 
(e.g., display case, etc.)--contains a majority (i.e., more than 50 
percent) of ripe olives by net drained weight. The scope does not 
include the non-subject components of such product.
    Excluded from the scope are: (1) Specialty olives \10\ 
(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)).
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    \10\ 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.
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    The merchandise subject to this order 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 U.S. Customs purposes, 
they do not define the scope of the order; rather, the written 
description of the subject merchandise is dispositive.

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                                                                            Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 148 / Wednesday, August 1, 2018 / Notices                                                     37465

                                                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                   issuing this antidumping duty order.                  determining cash deposit rates, the
                                                                                                         Because the ITC determined that                       estimated weighted-average dumping
                                                International Trade Administration                       imports of ripe olives from Spain are                 margins for imports of subject
                                                [A–469–817]                                              materially injuring a U.S. industry,                  merchandise have been adjusted, as
                                                                                                         unliquidated entries of such                          appropriate, for estimated domestic
                                                Ripe Olives From Spain: Antidumping                      merchandise from Spain, entered or                    subsidy pass-through rates calculated
                                                Duty Order                                               withdrawn from warehouse for                          based on the final determination of the
                                                                                                         consumption, are subject to the                       companion countervailing duty
                                                AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                     assessment of antidumping duties.
                                                International Trade Administration,                                                                            investigation of ripe olives from Spain.6
                                                                                                            Therefore, in accordance with section
                                                Department of Commerce.                                  736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will                   Provisional Measures
                                                SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final                      direct U.S. Customs and Border
                                                determinations by the Department of                      Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further                 Section 733(d) of the Act states that
                                                Commerce (Commerce) and the                              instruction by Commerce, antidumping                  suspension of liquidation pursuant to an
                                                International Trade Commission (ITC),                    duties equal to the amount by which the               affirmative preliminary determination
                                                Commerce is issuing an antidumping                       normal value of the merchandise                       may not remain in effect for more than
                                                duty order on ripe olives from Spain.                    exceeds the export price (or constructed              four months, except where exporters
                                                DATES: Applicable August 1, 2018.                        export price) of the merchandise, for all             representing a significant proportion of
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                         relevant entries of ripe olives from                  exports of the subject merchandise
                                                Bryan Hansen or Peter Zukowski, AD/                      Spain. Antidumping duties will be                     request Commerce to extend that four-
                                                CVD Operations Office I, Enforcement                     assessed on unliquidated entries of ripe              month period to no more than six
                                                and Compliance, International Trade                      olives from Spain entered, or withdrawn               months. At the request of exporters that
                                                Administration, U.S. Department of                       from warehouse, for consumption on or                 account for a significant proportion of
                                                Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                       after January 26, 2018, the date of                   ripe olives from Spain, Commerce
                                                NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                     publication of the Preliminary                        extended the four-month period to six
                                                                                                         Determination,4 but will not be assessed
                                                (202) 482–3683 or (202) 482–0189,                                                                              months.7 In the underlying
                                                                                                         on entries occurring after the expiration
                                                respectively.                                                                                                  investigation, Commerce published the
                                                                                                         of the provisional measures period and
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                               before publication of the ITC’s final                 preliminary determination on January
                                                                                                         injury determination as further                       26, 2018. Therefore, the extended
                                                Background                                                                                                     period, beginning on the date of
                                                                                                         described below.
                                                  In accordance with sections 735(d)                                                                           publication of the Preliminary
                                                and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,                 Continuation of Suspension of                         Determination, ended on July 24, 2018.
                                                as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR                         Liquidation                                           Furthermore, section 737(b) of the Act
                                                351.210(c), on June 18, 2018, Commerce                      In accordance with section                         states that definitive duties are to begin
                                                published its affirmative final                          735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will                on the date of publication of the ITC’s
                                                determination in the less-than-fair-value                instruct CBP to continue to suspend                   final injury determination.
                                                (LTFV) investigation of ripe olives from                 liquidation of all appropriate entries of
                                                                                                                                                                  Therefore, in accordance with section
                                                Spain.1 On July 25, 2018, the ITC                        ripe olives from Spain as described in
                                                notified Commerce of its final                                                                                 733(d) of the Act and our practice,8 we
                                                                                                         the Appendix to this notice, which were
                                                determination pursuant to section                        entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                 will instruct CBP to terminate the
                                                735(b)(1)(A) of the Act that an industry                 for consumption on or after January 26,               suspension of liquidation and to
                                                in the United States is materially                       2018, the date of publication of the                  liquidate, without regard to
                                                injured by reason of the LTFV imports                    preliminary determination of this                     antidumping duties, unliquidated
                                                of ripe olives from Spain.2                              investigation in the Federal Register.                entries of ripe olives from Spain
                                                                                                         These instructions suspending                         entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
                                                Scope of the Order                                                                                             for consumption after July 24, 2018, the
                                                                                                         liquidation will remain in effect until
                                                  The merchandise covered by this                        further notice.                                       date the provisional measures expired,
                                                order is ripe olives. For a complete                        Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B) of the            through the day preceding the date of
                                                description of the scope of the order, see               Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), Commerce                   publication of the ITC’s final injury
                                                the Appendix to this notice.                             will instruct CBP to require cash                     determination in the Federal Register.
                                                                                                         deposits equal to the amounts indicated               Suspension of liquidation will resume
                                                Antidumping Duty Order
                                                                                                         below. Accordingly, effective on the                  on the date of publication of the ITC’s
                                                   On July 25, 2018, in accordance with                  date of publication of the ITC’s final                final determination in the Federal
                                                sections 735(b)(1)(A) and 735(d) of the                  affirmative injury determination, CBP                 Register.
                                                Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its                    will require, at the same time as
                                                final determination in this investigation,               importers would normally deposit
                                                in which it found that an industry in the                estimated antidumping duties on this
                                                United States is materially injured by                   subject merchandise, a cash deposit
                                                reason of imports of ripe olives from                    equal to the cash deposit rates listed
                                                Spain that are sold in the United States                 below.5 The all-others rate applies to
                                                at LTFV.3 Therefore, in accordance with                  producers or exporters not specifically                 6 See Final Determination, 83 FR at 28194.
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                                                section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are                     listed, as appropriate. For the purpose of              7 See Preliminary Determination, 83 FR at 3679.
                                                                                                                                                                 8 See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel

                                                  1 See Ripe Olives from Spain: Final Affirmative           4 See Ripe Olives from Spain: Preliminary          Products from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of
                                                Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83       Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than       China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan:
                                                FR 28193 (June 18, 2018) (Final Determination).          Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination,      Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping
                                                  2 See Notification Letter from the ITC dated July      and Extension of Provisional Measures, 83 FR 3677     Determination for India and Taiwan, and
                                                25, 2018 (ITC Letter).                                   (January 26, 2018) (Preliminary Determination).       Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25,
                                                  3 See ITC Letter.                                         5 See sections 736(a)(3) of the Act.               2016).



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                                                Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
                                                Margins
                                                  The weighted-average antidumping
                                                duty margin percentages and cash
                                                deposit rates are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Estimated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               weighted-       Cash deposit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                average
                                                                                                                       Exporter producer                                                                                                           rate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               dumping          (percent) 9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                margin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               (percent)

                                                Aceitunas Guadalquivir S.L .....................................................................................................................................                     17.45               17.46
                                                Agro Sevilla Aceitunas S.COOP Andalusia ............................................................................................................                                 25.50               25.39
                                                Angel Camacho Alimentacion S.L ...........................................................................................................................                           16.88               16.83
                                                All-Others .................................................................................................................................................................         20.04               19.98



                                                Notification to Interested Parties                                             Included are all ripe olives grown,                                       merchandise may also be imported under
                                                                                                                            processed in whole or in part, or packaged                                   subheadings 2005.70.0600, 2005.70.0800,
                                                  This notice constitutes the                                               in Spain. Subject merchandise includes ripe                                  2005.70.1200, 2005.70.1600, 2005.70.1800,
                                                antidumping duty order with respect to                                      olives that have been further processed in                                   2005.70.2300, 2005.70.2510, 2005.70.2520,
                                                ripe olives from Spain pursuant to                                          Spain or a third country, including but not                                  2005.70.2530, 2005.70.2540, 2005.70.2550,
                                                section 736(a) of the Act. Interested                                       limited to curing, fermenting, rinsing,                                      2005.70.2560, 2005.70.9100, 2005.70.9300,
                                                parties can find a list of antidumping                                      oxidizing, pitting, slicing, chopping,                                       and 2005.70.9700. Although HTSUS
                                                duty orders currently in effect at http://                                  segmenting, wedging, stuffing, packaging, or                                 subheadings are provided for convenience
                                                enforcement.trade.gov/stats/                                                heat treating, or any other processing that                                  and U.S. Customs purposes, they do not
                                                                                                                            would not otherwise remove the                                               define the scope of the order; rather, the
                                                iastats1.html.
                                                                                                                            merchandise from the scope of the order if                                   written description of the subject
                                                  This order is issued and published in                                     performed in Spain.                                                          merchandise is dispositive.
                                                accordance with section 736(a) of the                                          Subject merchandise includes ripe olives
                                                Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).                                                                                                                               [FR Doc. 2018–16450 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                            that otherwise meet the definition above that
                                                                                                                            are packaged together with non-subject                                       BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                  Dated: July 25, 2018.
                                                Gary Taverman,                                                              products, where the smallest individual
                                                                                                                            packaging unit (e.g., can, pouch, jar, etc.) of
                                                Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping                                  any such product—regardless of whether the                                   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                and Countervailing Duty Operations,                                         smallest unit of packaging is included in a
                                                performing the non-exclusive functions and                                  larger packaging unit (e.g., display case,                                   International Trade Administration
                                                duties of the Assistant Secretary for                                       etc.)—contains a majority (i.e., more than 50
                                                Enforcement and Compliance.                                                 percent) of ripe olives by net drained weight.                               [Application No. 01–1A001]
                                                Appendix                                                                    The scope does not include the non-subject
                                                                                                                            components of such product.
                                                Scope of the Order                                                                                                                                       Export Trade Certificate of Review
                                                                                                                               Excluded from the scope are: (1) Specialty
                                                   The products covered by this order are                                   olives 10 (including ‘‘Spanish-style,’’
                                                                                                                                                                                                         ACTION:Notice of Application To
                                                certain processed olives, usually referred to                               ‘‘Sicilian-style,’’ and other similar olives) that
                                                                                                                            have been processed by fermentation only, or                                 Amend the Export Trade Certificate of
                                                as ‘‘ripe olives.’’ The subject merchandise
                                                includes all colors of olives; all shapes and                               by being cured in an alkaline solution for not                               Review Held by Ginseng Board of
                                                sizes of olives, whether pitted or not pitted,                              longer than 12 hours and subsequently                                        Wisconsin, Inc., Application No. 01–
                                                and whether whole, sliced, chopped, minced,                                 fermented; and (2) provisionally prepared                                    1A001.
                                                wedged, broken, or otherwise reduced in                                     olives unsuitable for immediate consumption
                                                size; all types of packaging, whether for                                   (currently classifiable in subheading 0711.20                                SUMMARY:    The Secretary of Commerce,
                                                consumer (retail) or institutional (food                                    of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the                                     through the International Trade
                                                service) sale, and whether canned or                                        United States (HTSUS)).                                                      Administration, Office of Trade and
                                                packaged in glass, metal, plastic,                                             The merchandise subject to this order is                                  Economic Analysis (‘‘OTEA’’), received
                                                multilayered airtight containers (including                                 currently classifiable under subheadings                                     an application to amend the Export
                                                pouches), or otherwise; and all manners of                                  2005.70.0230, 2005.70.0260, 2005.70.0430,
                                                preparation and preservation, whether low                                   2005.70.0460, 2005.70.5030, 2005.70.5060,                                    Trade Certificate of Review
                                                acid or acidified, stuffed or not stuffed, with                             2005.70.6020, 2005.70.6030, 2005.70.6050,                                    (‘‘Certificate’’) held by Ginseng Board of
                                                or without flavoring and/or saline solution,                                2005.70.6060, 2005.70.6070, 2005.70.7000,                                    Wisconsin, Inc. (‘‘GBW’’). This notice
                                                and including in ambient, refrigerated, or                                  2005.70.7510, 2005.70.7515, 2005.70.7520,                                    summarizes the proposed amendment
                                                frozen conditions.                                                          and 2005.70.7525 HTSUS. Subject                                              and seeks public comments on whether
                                                  9 The cash deposit rate is equal to the calculated                        they are unripe, after which they are submerged in                           for 4 to 9 months. These olives may be sold whole
                                                estimated weighted-average dumping margin                                   an alkaline solution for typically less than a day to                        unpitted, pitted, or stuffed.
                                                adjusted for the appropriate subsidy offset(s).                             partially remove their bitterness, rinsed, and                                  • ‘‘Kalamata’’ olives: Kalamata olives are slightly
                                                  10 Some of the major types of specialty olives and                        fermented in a strong salt brine, giving them their                          curved in shape, tender in texture, and purple in
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                                                their curing methods are:                                                   characteristic flavor.                                                       color, and have a rich natural tangy and savory
                                                  • ‘‘Spanish-style’’ green olives: Spanish-style                              • ‘‘Sicilian-style’’ green olives: Sicilian-style                         flavor. This style of olive is produced in Greece
                                                green olives have a mildly salty, slightly bitter taste,                    olives are large, firm green olives with a natural                           using a Kalamata variety olive. The olives are
                                                and are usually pitted and stuffed. This style of                           bitter and savory flavor. This style of olive is                             harvested after they are fully ripened on the tree,
                                                olive is primarily produced in Spain and can be                             produced in small quantities in the United States                            and typically use a brine-cured fermentation
                                                made from various olive varieties. Most are stuffed                         using a Sevillano variety of olive and harvested                             method over 4 to 9 months in a salt brine.
                                                with pimento; other popular stuffings are jalapeno,                         green with a firm texture. Sicilian-style olives are                            • Other specialty olives in a full range of colors,
                                                garlic, and cheese. The raw olives that are used to                         processed using a brine-cured method, and undergo                            sizes, and origins, typically fermented in a salt
                                                produce Spanish-style green olives are picked while                         a full fermentation in a salt and lactic acid brine                          brine for 3 months or more.



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Document Created: 2018-08-01 01:23:34
Document Modified: 2018-08-01 01:23:34
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesApplicable August 1, 2018.
ContactBryan Hansen or Peter Zukowski, 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) 482-3683 or (202) 482-0189, respectively.
FR Citation83 FR 37465 

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