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and Antidumping Duty Orders, 84 FR 29170 (June 

21, 2019); and Glycine from Thailand: Antidumping 

Duty Order, 84 FR 55912 (October 18, 2019) 

(collectively, Orders). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 

FR 50110 (May 1, 2024). 

3See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, 

‘‘Domestic Interested Parties’ Notification of Intent 

to Participate,’’ dated May 13, 2024. 

4 Id. 

5See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘Sunset 

Review (1st Review) of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Glycine from India: Domestic Interested 

Parties’ Substantive Response to the Notice of 

Initiation, dated May 20, 2024; ‘‘Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Substantive Response to the 

Notice of Initiation,’’ dated May 20, 2024; ‘‘Sunset 

Review (1st Review) of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Glycine from Thailand: Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Substantive Response to the 

Notice of Initiation,’’ dated May 21, 2024; and 

‘‘Sunset Review (1st Review) of the Antidumping 

Duty Order on Glycine from Japan: Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Substantive Response to the 

Notice of Initiation,’’ dated May 21, 2024. 

6See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews 

Initiated on May 1, 2024,’’ dated June 21, 2024. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited 

First Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 

Orders on Glycine from India, Japan, and 

Thailand,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

9 Id. 

10See Orders. 

1, 2024, Commerce published the notice 

of initiation of the first sunset reviews 

of the Orders, pursuant to section 

751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act).2

On May 13, 2024, Commerce received 

notices of intent to participate in these 

reviews from Deer Park Glycine, LLC of 

Deer Park, Texas, which is a subsidiary 

of GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc., and 

Chattem Chemicals, Inc. of Chattanooga, 

Tennessee (collectively, the domestic 

interested parties), within the deadline 

specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)).3 The 

domestic interested parties claimed 

interested party status under section 

771(9)(C) of the Act as producers of the 

domestic like product in the United 

States.4 In May, 2024, Commerce 

received adequate substantive responses 

from the domestic industry parties 

within the 30-day deadline specified in 

19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).5 We received 

no substantive responses from 

respondent interested parties. 

On June 21, 2024, Commerce notified 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission that it did not receive 

substantive responses from any 

respondent interested parties.6 As a 

result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 

conducted expedited (120-day) sunset 

reviews of the Orders. 

On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 

certain deadlines in these 

administrative proceedings by seven 

days.7 The deadline for these final 

results of sunset reviews is September 5, 

2024. 

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by these Orders 

are glycine from India, Japan, and 

Thailand. For a full description of the 

scope of the Orders, see the Issues and 

Decision.8

Analysis of Comments Received 

A complete discussion of all issues 

raised in these sunset reviews is 

contained in the accompanying Issues 

and Decision Memorandum.9 A list of 

topics discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is included as 

an appendix to this notice. The Issues 

and 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 https://access.trade.

gov. In addition, a complete version of 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

can be directly accessed at https://

access.trade.gov/public/FRNotices

ListLayout.aspx. 

Final Results of Sunset Reviews 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that revocation of the Orders 

would likely lead to the continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and that the 

magnitude of the dumping margins 

likely to prevail would be weighedaverage dumping margins up to 13.61 

percent for India, 86.22 percent for 

Japan, and 227.17 percent for 

Thailand.10

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to interested parties subject to 

an administrative protective order 

(APO) of their responsibility concerning 

the return/destruction or conversion to 

judicial protective order of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). 

Timely 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 violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: September 5, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Orders 

IV. History of the Orders 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of Dumping 

2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping 

Likely to Prevail 

VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–469–817] 

Ripe Olives From Spain: Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, and Partial 

Rescission of Review; 2022–2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that producers/exporters subject to 

this administrative review made sales of 

subject merchandise at less than normal 

value during the period of review (POR), 

August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023. 

In addition, we are rescinding the 

administrative review with respect to 

one company. We invite interested 

parties to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable September 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Teresa Aymerich or Drew 

Jackson, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0499 or 

(202) 482–4406, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 1, 2018, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 


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1See Ripe Olives from Spain: Antidumping Duty 

Order, 83 FR 37465 (August 1, 2018); and Ripe 

Olives from Spain: Notice of Correction to 

Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 39691 (August 10, 

2018) (collectively, Order). 2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 50840 (August 2, 2023). 3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

71829 (October 18, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 4See Memorandum, ‘‘Companies to be 

Reviewed,’’ dated November 13, 2023. 5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated April 10, 2024. 6See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Ripe Olives from Spain; 

2022–2023,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

8See Plasoliva’s Letter, ‘‘Plasoliva, S.L.’s 

Withdrawal Request for Administrative Review,’’ 

dated January 12, 2024. 

9With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the dumping margins calculated for the 

examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the 

dumping margins calculated for the examined 

respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the 

dumping margins calculated for the examined 

respondent using each company’s publicly-ranged 

U.S. sales quantities for the merchandise under 

consideration. Commerce then compares (B) and (C) 

to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as the most 

appropriate rate for all other producers and 

exporters. See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts thereof 

from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 

Kingdom’’ Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order 

in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010). 

10See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

11See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

antidumping duty order on ripe olives 

(olives) from Spain.1 On August 2, 2023, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

Order.2 On October 18, 2023, based on 

timely requests for an administrative 

review, Commerce initiated the 

administrative review covering five 

companies.3 On November 13, 2023, 

Commerce selected Agro Sevilla 

Aceitunas, S. Coop. And. (Agro Sevilla) 

and Angel Camacho Alimentacion, S.L. 

(Camacho) as the mandatory 

respondents in this administrative 

review.4

On April 10, 2024, Commerce 

extended the preliminary results of this 

review to August 30, 2024.5 On July 22, 

2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.6 The 

deadline for the preliminary results is 

now September 6, 2024. For a complete 

description of the events between the 

initiation of this review and these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.7

A list of the topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

attached as the appendix to this notice. 

The Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

is a public document and is made 

available to the public via Enforcement 

and Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is available at 

https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by this Order 

are olives from Spain. For a full 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751 of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Export price and constructed export 

price are calculated in accordance with 

section 772 of the Act. Normal value is 

calculated in accordance with section 

773 of the Act. For a full description of 

the methodology underlying these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the party that requested a review 

withdraws its request within 90 days of 

the date of publication of the notice of 

initiation. The request for an 

administrative review of Plasoliva, S.L 

(Plasoliva) was withdrawn within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

Initiation Notice.8 No other party 

requested an administrative review of 

Plasoliva. As a result, Commerce is 

rescinding this review with respect to 

this company, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.213(d)(1). 

Rate for Non-Selected Companies 

The Act and Commerce’s regulations 

do not address the establishment of a 

rate to be applied to companies not 

selected for individual examination 

when Commerce limits its examination 

in an administrative review pursuant to 

section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, 

Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of 

the Act, which provides instructions for 

calculating the all-others rate in a 

market economy investigation, for 

guidance when calculating the rate for 

companies which were not selected for 

individual examination in an 

administrative review. Under section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others 

rate is normally ‘‘an amount equal to the 

weighted-average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated excluding any 

zero or de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely {on the 

basis of facts available}.’’ In this review, 

we preliminarily calculated dumping 

margins for the two mandatory 

respondents, Agro Sevilla and Camacho, 

of 23.86 and 3.43 percent, respectively, 

and have assigned to the non-selected 

companies a rate of 17.67 percent, 

which is the weighted average dumping 

margins of Agro Sevilla and Camacho 

weighted by their publicly ranged U.S. 

sales values.9

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily determine that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for the period 

August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023: 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Agro Sevilla Aceitunas, S. 

Coop. And ......................... 23.86 

Angel Camacho 

Alimentacion, S.L .............. 3.43 

Aceitunera del Norte de 

Ca ́ceres, S.Coop.Ltda. de 

2 Grado ............................. 17.67 

Alimentary Group DCOOP, 

S.Coop. And ...................... 17.67 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in connection with these 

preliminary results to interested parties 

within five days after public 

announcement of the preliminary 

results.10

Public Comment 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

to Commerce no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of this notice.11

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in the case briefs, may be filed no later 

than five days after the date for filing 

case briefs.12 Interested parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this proceeding must submit: (1) a 


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13See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

14We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

15See APO and Service Final Rule. 

16See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

17See 19 CFR 351.303. 

18See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

19 In these preliminary results, Commerce applied 

the assessment rate calculation method adopted in 

Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 

(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 

Reviews). 

20See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 

8103; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

21See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

22For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 

23See Order, 83 FR at 37466; see also Amended 

Order, 83 FR at 39692. 

statement of the issue; and (2) a table of 

authorities.13

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this review, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.14 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

public executive summary of each issue 

to no more than 450 words, not 

including citations. We intend to use 

the executive summaries as the basis of 

the comment summaries included in the 

issues and decision memorandum that 

will accompany the final determination 

in this review. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the public 

executive summary of each issue. Note 

that Commerce has amended certain of 

its requirements pertaining to the 

service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).15

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 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. An electronically 

filed hearing request must be received 

successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. If a request 

for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold a hearing at a time and 

date to be determined.16 Parties should 

confirm the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. All submissions, 

including case and rebuttal briefs, as 

well as hearing requests, should be filed 

using ACCESS.17 An electronically-filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the established 

deadline. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the final results, 

Commerce shall determine, and the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review.18 If a respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is not zero or 

de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) 

in the final results of this review, we 

intend to calculate an importer-specific 

assessment rate based on the ratio of the 

total amount of dumping calculated for 

each importer’s examined sales and the 

total entered value of those same sales 

in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1).19 If the respondent’s 

weighted-average dumping margin or an 

importer-specific assessment rate is zero 

or de minimis in the final results of this 

review, we intend to instruct CBP not to 

assess duties on any of its entries in 

accordance with the Final Modification 

for Reviews.20 The final results of this 

administrative review shall be the basis 

for the assessment of antidumping 

duties on entries of merchandise 

covered by the final results of this 

review and for future deposits of 

estimated duties, where applicable.21

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by either of 

the individually examined respondents 

for which they did not know that the 

merchandise was destined for the 

United States, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate these entries at the all-others 

rate if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction.22

For the companies identified above 

that were not selected for individual 

examination, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate entries at the rates established 

after the completion of the final results 

of review. 

Because Commerce is rescinding this 

review with respect to Plasoliva, we will 

instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR 

from this company at a rate equal to the 

cash deposit rate for estimated 

antidumping duties that was required at 

the time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to 

issue its rescission instructions to CBP 

no earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. If a 

timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements for estimated antidumping 

duties will be effective upon publication 

in the Federal Register of the notice of 

final results of this review for all 

shipments of olives from Spain entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication as provided by section 

751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit 

rate for companies subject to this review 

will be equal to the weighted-average 

dumping margins established in the 

final results of the review; (2) for 

merchandise exported by companies not 

covered in this review but covered in a 

prior segment of this proceeding, the 

cash deposit rate will continue to be the 

company-specific rate published in the 

completed segment for the most recent 

period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 

covered in this review, a prior review, 

or the original less-than-fair-value 

(LTFV) investigation but the producer 

is, then the cash deposit rate will be the 

rate established in the completed 

segment for the most recent period for 

the producer of the merchandise; and 

(4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers or exporters will continue to 

be 19.98 percent,23 the all-others rate 

established in the LTFV investigation. 

These cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless extended, Commerce intends 

to issue the final results of this 

administrative review, including the 

results of its analysis of the issues raised 


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1See Ripe Olives from Spain: Amended Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 37469 (August 1, 

2018) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

71829 (October 18, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Companies to be Reviewed; 

2022,’’ dated November 15, 2023. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated April 5, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Ripe 

Olives from Spain; 2022,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

7 Id. 

8See 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. 

9See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the 

section titled ‘‘Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review.’’ 

10See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of 

in any written briefs, 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). 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping and/or countervailing 

duties prior to liquidation of the 

relevant entries during this POR. Failure 

to comply with this requirement could 

result in Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping and/or 

countervailing duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties, and/or an increase 

in the amount of antidumping duties by 

the amount of countervailing duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the 

Act, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4), 19 CFR 

351.213(h) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: September 5, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy 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. Rescission of Review, In Part 

V. Rate for Non-Selected Companies 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

VII. Currency Conversion 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–469–818] 

Ripe Olives From Spain: Preliminary 

Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review and Partial 

Rescission of Review; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that certain producers/exporters of 

producers and exporters of ripe olives 

from Spain received countervailable 

subsidies during the period of review 

(POR), January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022. In addition, 

Commerce is rescinding the review, in 

part, with respect to three companies. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dusten Hom or Theodore Pearson, 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) 482–5075 or (202) 482–2631, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 1, 2018, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on ripe 

olives from Spain.1 On October 18, 

2023, Commerce published in the 

Federal Register the notice of initiation 

of an administrative review of the 

Order.2 On November 15, 2023, 

Commerce selected Agro Sevilla 

Aceitunas S.Coop And. (Agro Sevilla) 

and Angel Camacho Alimentacio ́n, S.L. 

(Camacho) for individual examination 

as the mandatory respondents in this 

administrative review.3 On April 5, 

2024, Commerce extended the deadline 

for the preliminary results review until 

August 29, 2024.4 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.5 The deadline for the preliminary 

results is now September 5, 2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.6 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included in the 

Appendix I 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are ripe olives from Spain. For a 

complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.7

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 subsidy program found 

countervailable, we preliminarily find 

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).8 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, including 

our reliance, in part, on facts otherwise 

available pursuant to sections 776(a) 

and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary 

Determination Memorandum. 

Partial Recission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the parties that requested a 

review withdraw the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation. Commerce received 

timely filed withdrawal requests with 

respect to one company, Plasoliva, S.L 

(Plasoliva), pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1).9 Because the withdrawal 

request was timely filed, and no other 

parties requested a review of this 

company, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding 

this review of the Order with respect to 

Plasoliva. 

Additionally, Commerce’s practice is 

to rescind an administrative review of a 

countervailing duty order, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there are no 

reviewable entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR for which 

liquidation is suspended.10 Normally, 


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