Ripe Olives From Spain: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018
| Citation | 85 FR 84294 |
| Record Number | 2020-28589 |
| Published date | 28 December 2020 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | International Trade Administration |
84294
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 248 / Monday, December 28, 2020 / Notices
1
See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
53411 (October 7, 2019).
2
See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
3
See Memorandum, ‘‘Ripe Olives from Spain:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
2017–2018 Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review,’’ dated May 26, 2020.
4
See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
5
See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the 2017–2018
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Ripe
Olives from Spain,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
State agency Headquarters location and
telephone
Alabama ............ Montgomery, AL, (334) 240–
7231.
Virginia ............... Richmond, VA, (804) 786–3501.
Washington ........ Olympia, WA, (360) 902–1888.
Wisconsin .......... Madison, WI, (608) 224–4922.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
AGENCY
: Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice and opportunity for
public comment.
SUMMARY
: The Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of the
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firms’
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
L
IST OF
P
ETITIONS
R
ECEIVED BY
EDA
FOR
C
ERTIFICATION OF
E
LIGIBILITY
T
O
A
PPLY FOR
T
RADE
A
DJUSTMENT
A
SSISTANCE
[12/11/2020 through 12/18/2020]
Firm name Firm address Date
accepted for
investigation Product(s)
Prime Photonics, LC .......... 1116 South Main Street, Blacksburg, VA
24060. 12/14/2020 The firm manufactures optical sensors and measuring
instruments.
Rand Manufacturing Net-
work, Inc. 840 Tanglewood Drive, Wheeling, IL
60090. 12/17/2020 The firm manufactures plastic washers and miscella-
neous plastic parts.
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Division, Room 71030,
Economic Development Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten
(10) calendar days following publication
of this notice. These petitions are
received pursuant to section 251 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Bryan Borlik,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Ripe Olives From Spain: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018
AGENCY
: Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY
: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on ripe
olives from Spain. Commerce
preliminarily determines that exporters/
producers of ripe olives from Spain
received countervailable subsidies
during the period of review, November
28, 2017 through December 31, 2018.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES
: Applicable December 28, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Mary Kolberg, Dusten Hom, or William
Langley, 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) 482–5075, (202) 482–3861,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Background
On October 7, 2019, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the CVD order
on ripe olives from Spain.
1
On April 24,
2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative reviews by 50 days.
2
On
May 26, 2020, Commerce extended the
deadline for the preliminary results of
this review by 120 days.
3
On July 21,
2020, Commerce tolled deadlines for
preliminary and final results in
administrative reviews by an additional
60 days.
4
Accordingly, the deadline for
the preliminary results of this review
was postponed to December 18, 2020.
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
5
A list of topics
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84295
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 248 / Monday, December 28, 2020 / Notices
6
See Memorandum, ‘‘Ripe Olives from Spain:
Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017–
2018,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
7
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.
9
See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
10
See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303
(for general filing requirements); Temporary Rule
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to
COVID–19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020); and
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020)
(Temporary Rule).
11
See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303
(for general filing requirements).
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as the
appendix 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. 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.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
ripe olives from Spain. For a complete
description of the scope of this
administrative review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
6
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For
each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, Commerce
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.
7
For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Commerce notes that, in making these
findings, it relied, in part, on facts
otherwise available pursuant to section
776(a) of the Act, as well as adverse
facts available pursuant to section
776(b) of the Act. For further
information, see ‘‘Use of Facts
Otherwise Available’’ in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the
following net countervailable subsidy
rates for the period November 28, 2017
through December 31, 2018:
Company Subsidy rate
(percent)
Alimentary Group DCoop
S.Coop. And ...................... 21.12
Company Subsidy rate
(percent)
Agro Sevilla Aceitunas
S.Coop. And ...................... 6.47
Angel Camacho
Alimentacio
´n, S.L
8
............ 5.23
8
As discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, Commerce has found the fol-
lowing companies to be cross-owned with
Angel Camacho Alimentacio
´n, S.L.: Grupo
Angel Camacho Alimentacı
´on, Cuarterola S.L.,
and Cucanoche S.L.
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon
issuance of the final results, Commerce
will determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. We
intend to issue instructions to CBP 15
days after publication of the final results
of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amounts shown above for
the respective companies listed above
with regard to shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final
results of this review. For all non-
reviewed firms, CBP will continue to
collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the all-others
rate or the most recent company-specific
rate applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose its
calculations and analysis performed in
reaching the preliminary results within
seven days of publication of these
preliminary results.
9
Commerce also
intends to issue post-preliminary
analysis memoranda subsequent to the
publication of this notice. Commerce
will notify the parties to this proceeding
of the deadlines for the submission of
case and rebuttal briefs after the
issuance of the last post-preliminary
analysis memorandum.
10
Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must
be limited to issues raised in the case
briefs.
11
Parties who submit arguments
are requested to submit with the
argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument;
and (3) a table of authorities. All briefs
must be filed electronically using
ACCESS.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within
30 days after the date of publication of
this notice. Hearing requests should
contain: (1) the party’s name, address,
and telephone number; (2) the number
of participants; and (3) a list of the
issues to be discussed. Issues addressed
at the hearing will be limited to those
raised in the briefs. If a request for a
hearing is made, Commerce intends to
hold the hearing at a date and time to
be determined.
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of
the issues raised by the parties in their
comments, no later than 120 days after
the date of publication of this notice,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) unless
this deadline is extended.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results and notice
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)
Dated: December 18, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Recommendation
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