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17 January 2023  
(23-0402) Page: 1/1 
  Original: English  
 
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.  
 
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The United States submits this report in a ccordance 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 D uties 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 ca lculation 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.  
 
 
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