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13Some 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. 

1See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 83 FR 19047 

(May 1, 2018). 

2See Letter from the petitioners, ‘‘Polyester 

Staple Fiber from Korea—Request for Annual 

Administrative Review’’ (May 31, 2018). The 

petitioners also requested an administrative review 

of Toray Chemical Korea, Inc. (Toray). However, the 

petitioners withdrew their request for Toray before 

the review was initiated. See Letter from the 

petitioners, ‘‘Polyester Staple Fiber from Korea— 

Withdrawal of Review Request for Toray Chemical 

Korea’’ (June 26, 2018). Thus, a review was not 

initiated for Toray. 

3See Letter from Huvis, ‘‘Certain Polyester Staple 

Fiber from Korea; Request for Administrative 

Review for 2017–2018 Period’’ (May 31, 2018). 

4See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 

32270 (July 12, 2018) (Notice of Initiation). 

5See Letter from the petitioners, ‘‘Polyester 

Staple Fiber from Korea—Withdrawal of Review 

Request for Huvis Corporation’’ (July 17, 2018); see 

also Letter from Huvis, ‘‘Certain Polyester Staple 

Fiber from Korea; Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review for 2017–2018 Period’’ (July 

18, 2018). 

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 13 (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)). 

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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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–839] 

Polyester Staple Fiber From the 

Republic of Korea: Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2017–2018 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is rescinding the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on polyester 

staple fiber (PSF) from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea), based on the timely 

withdrawal of requests for review. The 

period of review (POR) is May 1, 2017, 

through April 30, 2018. 

DATES: Applicable August 1, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Brown, 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) 482–3702. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 1, 2018, Commerce published 

a notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on PSF from 

Korea for the POR of May 1, 2017, 

through April 30, 2018.1 On May 31, 

2018, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213, 

Commerce received a timely-filed 

request from DAK Americas LLC and 

Auriga Polymers, Inc. (collectively, the 

petitioners) for an administrative review 

of, among others, Huvis Corporation 

(Huvis).2 Also on May 31, 2018, Huvis 

Corporation (Huvis) requested an 

administrative review of its POR sales.3

On July 12, 2018, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 

published a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of Huvis.4 On 

July 17 and 18, 2018, respectively, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), both 

the petitioners and Huvis timely 

withdrew their requests for an 

administrative review of Huvis.5

Rescission of Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(l), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the party, or parties, that 

requested a review withdraw(s) the 

request(s) within 90 days of the 

publication date of the notice of 

initiation of the requested review. As 

noted above, both the petitioners and 

Huvis withdrew their requests for 

review of Huvis within 90 days of the 

publication date of the notice of 


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initiation. No other parties requested an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on PSF from 

Korea. Therefore, in response to the 

timely withdrawal of requests for review 

and, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(l), Commerce is rescinding 

this review. 

Assessment 

Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to assess 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries of PSF from Korea during the 

POR. Antidumping duties shall be 

assessed at rates equal to the cash 

deposit of estimated antidumping duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends 

to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions to CBP 15 days after 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to importers of their responsibility 

under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a 

certificate regarding the reimbursement 

of antidumping duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this review period. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in the presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under an APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 

which continues to govern the business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or destruction 

of APO materials or conversion to 

judicial protective order is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with the 

regulations and terms of an APO is a 

sanctionable violation. 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: July 27, 2018. 

James Maeder, 

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations performing the duties of Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG354 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Monkfish Research SetAside Exempted Fishing Permit 

Adjustment 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has 

made a preliminary determination that 

an adjustment to increase the total 

weight of monkfish allowed to be 

harvested under the two existing 

exempted fishing permits issued for the 

2017 monkfish research set-aside 

program warrants further consideration. 

This notice provides interested parties 

the opportunity to comment on the 

proposed change to these exempted 

fishing permits. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Email: NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments 

on 2017 Monkfish RSA DAS Pound 

Increase.’’ 

• Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic 

Regional Office, 55 Great Republic 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the 

outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on 

2017 Monkfish RSA DAS Pound 

Increase.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Hanson, Fishery Management 

Specialist, 978–281–9180, 

Cynthia.Hanson@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exempted 

Fishing Permits (EFP) that waive 

monkfish landing limits for designated 

Research Set-Aside (RSA) days-at-sea 

(DAS) have been routinely issued since 

2007 to increase operational efficiency 

and to optimize research funds 

generated under the Monkfish RSA 

Program. Amendment 2 to the Monkfish 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (70 FR 

21929; April 28, 2005) specifies that 500 

RSA DAS are set aside each year to 

support approved monkfish research 

projects. Award recipients receive an 

allocation of those 500 RSA DAS, and 

their EFP limits the maximum weight of 

monkfish that may be landed under 

their allocated RSA DAS. Projects are 

constrained to the total DAS, maximum 

landing weight, or EFP expiration date, 

whichever is reached first. Since the 

origination of the RSA program in 2007, 

no project has reached the total DAS or 

maximum landing weight. 

Allowing vessels an exemption from 

monkfish landing limits provides an 

incentive for vessel owners to 

participate in the Monkfish RSA 

Program. Constraining each project to a 

maximum harvest limit ensures that the 

overall Monkfish RSA catch will be 

consistent with DAS effort and total 

mortality controls established for the 

fishery as a whole. To calculate the 

maximum weight allocation for each 

year’s 500 RSA DAS, we assign each 

RSA DAS to be equal to twice the limit 

for a Permit Category A or C monkfish 

vessel fishing in the Southern Fishery 

Management Area (i.e., the highest 

permissible landing limit within the 

fishery). This means that annually, a 

maximum weight of 500 times this 

calculated RSA DAS pound value may 

be harvested under the Monkfish RSA 

program, and each project is limited to 

this assigned weight value multiplied by 

their allocated number of RSA DAS. 

On April 28, 2017, we issued RSA 

compensation fishing EFPs to the 

Cornell Cooperative Extension (Cornell) 

and the University of Massachusetts 

School for Marine Science and 

Technology (SMAST) for their 2017 

Monkfish RSA projects. At the time, the 

associated monkfish landing weight for 

each 2017 RSA DAS was 3,552 lb (1,611 

kg). Cornell was allocated 300 DAS for 

a maximum weight limit of 1,065,600 lb 

(483,348 kg) to fund their research. 

SMAST was allocated the remaining 

200 DAS, allowing 710,400 lb (322,232 

kg) to be caught for their project. 

However, on July 12, 2017, Framework 

Adjustment 10 to the Monkfish FMP (82 

FR 32145) increased the industry’s DAS 

allocation and trip limits across the 

whole monkfish fishery. As a part of the 

Framework 10 changes, the possession 

limit for Category A and C vessels in the 

Southern Area increased from 1,776 lb 

(806 kg) to 2,037 lb (924 kg). 

On June 8 and July 12, 2018, we 

received requests from Cornell and 


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