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by Agro Sevilla and Camacho.5 This
methodology to establish the all-others
subsidy rate is consistent with our
practice and section 705(c)(5)(A) of the
Act.
Final Results of Review
We determine the following net
countervailable subsidy rates for the
POR January 1, 2019, through December
31, 2019:
earlier than 35 days after the date of this
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
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
Exporter/producer
of the Act, Commerce also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
Agro Sevilla Aceitunas
S.Coop And .......................
4.98 amounts shown above for the aboveAngel Camacho
listed companies with regard to
Alimentacion S.L. and its
shipments of subject merchandise
cross-owned affiliates 6 .....
2.43 entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable
publication of these final results of
to the Following Companies 7
review. For all non-reviewed firms, CBP
Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L
3.76 will continue to collect cash deposits of
Alimentary Group Dcoop S.
estimated countervailing duties at the
Coop. And .........................
3.76 most recent company-specific or allInternacional Olivarera, S.A
3.76 others rate applicable to the company,
as appropriate. These cash deposit
Disclosure
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
We intend to disclose to interested
parties the calculations and analysis
Administrative Protective Order
performed in the final results of this
This notice serves as a final reminder
review within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in accordance to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
responsibility concerning the
Assessment
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
In accordance with section
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
written notification of return or
351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall
destruction of APO materials or
determine, and CBP shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
entries covered by this review.
with the regulations and the terms of an
Commerce intends to issue appropriate
assessment instructions to CBP no
APO is sanctionable violation.
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Subsidy rate
(percent
ad valorem)
5 With two respondents under examination,
Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for
the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of
the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the
examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average
of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the
examined respondents using each company’s
publicly-ranged U.S. sale 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 Changed-Circumstances Review, and
Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663
(September 1, 2010).
6 Commerce found the following companies to be
cross-owned with Angel Camacho Alimentacio´n,
S.L.: Grupo Angel Camacho, S.L., Cuarterola S.L.,
and Cucanoche S.L.
7 This rate is based on the rates for the
respondents that were selected for individual
review, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis,
or based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
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Notification to Interested Parties
These final results are issued and
published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: March 4, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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 Order
IV. Non-Selected Companies Under Review
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Properly
Interpreted and Applied the Standard
Established by Section 771B(1) of the Act
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for Determining ‘‘Substantially
Dependent’’ Demand
Comment 2: Whether the EU CAP Pillar I—
BPS is De Jure Specific
Comment 3: Whether Loans From the
European Investment Bank (EIB) are
Countervailable
Comment 4: Whether Loans From the
European Investment Fund (EIF) are
Countervailable
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should
Adjust its Calculations for Purchases of
Molinos
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should
Base its Final Subsidy Rates for Camacho
and Agro Sevilla on Adverse Facts
Available (AFA)
Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should
Use Partial AFA in the Per-Kilogram
(KG) Benefit Calculation of Certain
Growers
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should
Assign Dcoop its Company-Specific Rate
From the First Administrative Review as
the Rate for This Administrative Review
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should
Correct Certain Errors in its Calculations
IX. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No. ITA–2022–0001]
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Request for Comments on the IndoPacific Economic Framework
Department of Commerce.
Request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
On October 27, 2021,
President Joseph R. Biden announced
that the United States would explore the
development of an Indo-Pacific
Economic Framework to deepen
economic relations in the Indo-Pacific
region and coordinate approaches to
addressing global economic challenges.
The Secretary of Commerce and the
United States Trade Representative will
co-chair the U.S. team leading the
negotiations of the framework. The
United States Trade Representative will
lead the Framework’s pillar on fair and
resilient trade, and the Department of
Commerce will lead the Framework’s
pillars on: (1) Supply chain resilience;
(2) infrastructure, clean energy, and
decarbonization; and (3) tax and anticorruption. Accordingly, the
Department of Commerce is seeking
public comments on key areas of
interest, including: Digital and emerging
technologies; supply chain resilience;
infrastructure, decarbonization, and
clean energy; and tax and anticorruption. This notice requests
comments and information from the
public to assist the Secretary of
SUMMARY:
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Commerce in developing the U.S.
position in these negotiations. To
provide comments on the fair and
resilient trade pillar on elements
unrelated to the digital and emerging
technologies, please see the relevant
USTR request for comment.
DATES: Comments and supporting
documents must be submitted on or
before April 11, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Address all written
comments in response to this notice to
‘‘Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’’
and file through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. To submit
comments via https://
www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number ITA–2022–0001 on the home
page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will
provide a search results page listing all
documents associated with this docket.
Once you find this notice, click into it
and click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments. (For further
information on using https://
www.regulations.gov, please consult the
resources provided on the website by
clicking on ‘‘How to Use This Site.’’)
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by the Department of
Commerce. Commenters should include
which of the nine topics they are
addressing or indicate ‘‘other issues of
consideration.’’ Commentors that selfidentify as a small business (generally
defined by the U.S. Small Business
Administration as firms with fewer than
500 employees) or organizations
representing small business members
should indicate this.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please direct general questions or
questions concerning written comments
to Eric Holloway, Deputy Director for
the Office of East Asia, Oceania, and
APEC, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce at IndoPacific.Economic.Framework@trade.gov
or at 202–482–3152.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: On October 27, 2021,
President Joseph R. Biden announced
that the United States would explore the
development of an Indo-Pacific
Economic Framework (IPEF). The
United States is seeking to include
multiple pillars covering key areas of
interest within the IPEF, including
digital and emerging technologies;
supply chain resilience; infrastructure,
clean energy, and decarbonization; and
tax and anti-corruption. Launching
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negotiations on these topics under the
IPEF is an important step towards
strengthening U.S. economic
engagement in the Indo-Pacific region
and presents a novel approach to
promoting durable, broad-based
economic growth.
Requirements for Written Content:
The Department of Commerce is
developing negotiating objectives and
positions to shape cooperation with
potential IPEF partners which could
include various types of commitments,
cooperative actions, and other measures.
To that end, via this general solicitation,
the Department of Commerce invites
interested parties to comment on issues
that the Department of Commerce
should address in the negotiations,
including whether those issues have
particular relevance for any of the
economies in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Department of Commerce seeks
broad input from all interested
stakeholders—including industry,
researchers, academia, labor, and civil
society. To the extent commenters
choose to respond to particular matters
related to the negotiations, they may
comment on any of the following:
1. General negotiating objectives for the
IPEF.
2. Digital and emerging technologiesrelated issues.
3. Supply chain resilience-related issues.
4. Infrastructure-related issues.
5. Clean energy-related issues.
6. Decarbonization-related issues.
7. Tax-related issues.
8. Anti-corruption-related issues.
9. Issues of particular relevance to small
and medium-sized businesses that should be
addressed in the negotiations.
10. Other issues for consideration.
The Department of Commerce
requests that small businesses (generally
defined by the U.S. Small Business
Administration as firms with fewer than
500 employees) or organizations
representing small business members
that submit comments to self-identify as
such so that we may be aware of issues
of particular interest to small
businesses.
Request for Written Comments: The
https://www.regulations.gov website
allows users to provide comments by
filling in a ‘‘Type Comment’’ field, or by
attaching a document using an ‘‘Upload
File’’ field. Commerce prefers comments
be provided in an attached document.
Commerce prefers submissions in
Microsoft Word (.doc files) or Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf files). If the submission is
in an application format other than
Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat,
please indicate the name of the
application in the ‘‘Type Comment’’
field. Please do not attach separate cover
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letters to electronic submissions; rather,
include any information that might
appear in a cover letter within the
comments. Similarly, to the extent
possible, please include any exhibits,
annexes, or other attachments in the
same file, so that the submission
consists of one file instead of multiple
files. Comments (both public comments
and non-confidential versions of
comments containing business
confidential information) will be placed
in the docket and open to public
inspection. Comments may be viewed
on https://www.regulations.gov by
entering docket number ITA–2022–0001
in the search field on the home page. All
filers should name their files using the
name of the person or entity submitting
the comments. Anonymous comments
also will be accepted. Communications
from agencies of the United States
Government will not be made available
for public inspection.
Anyone submitting business
confidential information should clearly
identify the business confidential
portion at the time of submission, file a
statement justifying nondisclosure and
referring to the specific legal authority
claimed, and provide a non-confidential
version of the submission. The nonconfidential version of the submission
will be placed in the public file on
https://www.regulations.gov. For
comments submitted electronically
containing business confidential
information, the file name of the
business confidential version should
begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. Any
page containing business confidential
information must be clearly marked
‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the
top of that page. The non-confidential
version must be clearly marked
‘‘PUBLIC’’. The file name of the nonconfidential version should begin with
the character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’
should be followed by the name of the
person or entity submitting the
comments or rebuttal comments.
Dated: March 8, 2022.
Diane Farrell,
Deputy Under Secretary for International
Trade, Department of Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No. ITA-2022-0001]
RIN 0605-XC047
Request for Comments on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
AGENCY: Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: On October 27, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden announced that
the United States would explore the development of an Indo-Pacific
Economic Framework to deepen economic relations in the Indo-Pacific
region and coordinate approaches to addressing global economic
challenges. The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade
Representative will co-chair the U.S. team leading the negotiations of
the framework. The United States Trade Representative will lead the
Framework's pillar on fair and resilient trade, and the Department of
Commerce will lead the Framework's pillars on: (1) Supply chain
resilience; (2) infrastructure, clean energy, and decarbonization; and
(3) tax and anti-corruption. Accordingly, the Department of Commerce is
seeking public comments on key areas of interest, including: Digital
and emerging technologies; supply chain resilience; infrastructure,
decarbonization, and clean energy; and tax and anti-corruption. This
notice requests comments and information from the public to assist the
Secretary of
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Commerce in developing the U.S. position in these negotiations. To
provide comments on the fair and resilient trade pillar on elements
unrelated to the digital and emerging technologies, please see the
relevant USTR request for comment.
DATES: Comments and supporting documents must be submitted on or before
April 11, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Address all written comments in response to this notice to
``Indo-Pacific Economic Framework'' and file through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. To submit comments via
https://www.regulations.gov, enter docket number ITA-2022-0001 on the
home page and click ``search.'' The site will provide a search results
page listing all documents associated with this docket. Once you find
this notice, click into it and click on the ``Comment'' icon, complete
the required fields, and enter or attach your comments. (For further
information on using https://www.regulations.gov, please consult the
resources provided on the website by clicking on ``How to Use This
Site.'')
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by the Department of Commerce. Commenters should
include which of the nine topics they are addressing or indicate
``other issues of consideration.'' Commentors that self-identify as a
small business (generally defined by the U.S. Small Business
Administration as firms with fewer than 500 employees) or organizations
representing small business members should indicate this.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct general questions or
questions concerning written comments to Eric Holloway, Deputy Director
for the Office of East Asia, Oceania, and APEC, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce at [email protected] or at 202-482-3152.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: On October 27, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden
announced that the United States would explore the development of an
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). The United States is seeking to
include multiple pillars covering key areas of interest within the
IPEF, including digital and emerging technologies; supply chain
resilience; infrastructure, clean energy, and decarbonization; and tax
and anti-corruption. Launching negotiations on these topics under the
IPEF is an important step towards strengthening U.S. economic
engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and presents a novel approach to
promoting durable, broad-based economic growth.
Requirements for Written Content: The Department of Commerce is
developing negotiating objectives and positions to shape cooperation
with potential IPEF partners which could include various types of
commitments, cooperative actions, and other measures. To that end, via
this general solicitation, the Department of Commerce invites
interested parties to comment on issues that the Department of Commerce
should address in the negotiations, including whether those issues have
particular relevance for any of the economies in the Indo-Pacific
region. The Department of Commerce seeks broad input from all
interested stakeholders--including industry, researchers, academia,
labor, and civil society. To the extent commenters choose to respond to
particular matters related to the negotiations, they may comment on any
of the following:
1. General negotiating objectives for the IPEF.
2. Digital and emerging technologies-related issues.
3. Supply chain resilience-related issues.
4. Infrastructure-related issues.
5. Clean energy-related issues.
6. Decarbonization-related issues.
7. Tax-related issues.
8. Anti-corruption-related issues.
9. Issues of particular relevance to small and medium-sized
businesses that should be addressed in the negotiations.
10. Other issues for consideration.
The Department of Commerce requests that small businesses
(generally defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration as firms
with fewer than 500 employees) or organizations representing small
business members that submit comments to self-identify as such so that
we may be aware of issues of particular interest to small businesses.
Request for Written Comments: The https://www.regulations.gov
website allows users to provide comments by filling in a ``Type
Comment'' field, or by attaching a document using an ``Upload File''
field. Commerce prefers comments be provided in an attached document.
Commerce prefers submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc files) or Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf files). If the submission is in an application format
other than Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat, please indicate the name of
the application in the ``Type Comment'' field. Please do not attach
separate cover letters to electronic submissions; rather, include any
information that might appear in a cover letter within the comments.
Similarly, to the extent possible, please include any exhibits,
annexes, or other attachments in the same file, so that the submission
consists of one file instead of multiple files. Comments (both public
comments and non-confidential versions of comments containing business
confidential information) will be placed in the docket and open to
public inspection. Comments may be viewed on https://www.regulations.gov by entering docket number ITA-2022-0001 in the
search field on the home page. All filers should name their files using
the name of the person or entity submitting the comments. Anonymous
comments also will be accepted. Communications from agencies of the
United States Government will not be made available for public
inspection.
Anyone submitting business confidential information should clearly
identify the business confidential portion at the time of submission,
file a statement justifying nondisclosure and referring to the specific
legal authority claimed, and provide a non-confidential version of the
submission. The non-confidential version of the submission will be
placed in the public file on https://www.regulations.gov. For comments
submitted electronically containing business confidential information,
the file name of the business confidential version should begin with
the characters ``BC''. Any page containing business confidential
information must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' on the top
of that page. The non-confidential version must be clearly marked
``PUBLIC''. The file name of the non-confidential version should begin
with the character ``P''. The ``BC'' and ``P'' should be followed by
the name of the person or entity submitting the comments or rebuttal
comments.
Dated: March 8, 2022.
Diane Farrell,
Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, Department of Commerce.
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