UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES ON RIPE OLIVES FROM SPAIN STATUS REPORT REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DSB RECOMMENDATIONS AND RULINGS BY THE UNITED STATES
Document: STATUS REPORT
Date: 17 January 2023
Document codes: WT/DS577/13
Complainant: EU
Respondent: U.S.
Third parties: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Turkey
Dispute stage: Panel
Agreements cited: Art. 1.1(a), 1.1(b), 1.2, 2.1(a), 2.1(b), 2.1(c), 2.4, 10, 14, 15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 19.1, 19.3, 19.4, 22.5, 32.1  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)

UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES ON RIPE OLIVES
FROM SPAIN
STATUS REPORT REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
DSB RECOMMENDATIONS AND RULINGS
BY THE UNITED STATES
The following communication, dated 16 January 2023, from the delegation of the United States to
the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6 of the DSU.

The United States submits this report in accordance with Article 21.6 of the Understanding on Rules
and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU).

On December 20, 2021, the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") adopted its recommendations in
United States – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Ripe Olives from Spain (WT/DS577). At
the following DSB meeting, on January 25, 2022, the United States informed the DSB of its intention
to implement the recommendations of the DSB in connection with this matter. On July 1, 2022, the
EU and the United States informed the DSB that they had agreed that the reasonable period of time
for the United States to implement the recommendations of the DSB would end on January 14, 2023.

On July 5, 2022, the U.S. Trade Representative requested that the U.S. Department of Commerce
("Commerce") initiate a proceeding under section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to
address the DSB 's recommendations relating to Commerce 's countervailing duty investigation on
ripe olives from Spain. On July 6, 2022, Commerce initiated a section 129 proceeding. After
initiating, Commerce issued questionnaires to the interested parties seeking additional information.
On September 23, 2022, Commerce issued a preliminary determination. After issuing the
preliminary det ermination, Commerce provided interested parties the opportunity to submit
comments on the issues and analysis in the preliminary determination, and then to submit rebuttal
comments. Commerce reviewed those comments and rebuttal comments and took them int o
account in preparing the final determination, which it issued on December 20, 2022, in which
Commerce revised certain aspects of its original determination. Specifically, Commerce revised
aspects of its analysis and determinations with respect to the calculation of one respondent's subsidy
rate, the determination of specificity, and the calculation of subsidies for processed agricultural
products under section 771B of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act). On January 12, 2023, the U.S.
Trade Representative d irected Commerce to implement those determinations. Notice of the
completed implementation for the new determination was issued on January 13, 2023, and will
shortly be published in the U.S. Federal Register. Accordingly, the United States has completed its
implementation of the DSB's recommendations in this dispute.