Continued AD/CV Duties on Ripe Olives Imported from Spain into the U.S.

The continued enforcement of these trade measures reflects the U.S. government’s commitment to upholding fair trade practices and protecting domestic industries.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the continuation of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders on ripe olives imported from Spain.

Following investigation number 701-582, the DOC and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a determination on the matter last week.

They announced that revoking these orders would likely result in the continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies and injury to the U.S. ripe olives industry.

Scope of the AD/CV duty orders on ripe olives

The AD/CV duty orders apply to all ripe olives grown, processed, or packaged in Spain, including those that have undergone further processing either in Spain or in a third country.

The specifications of the ripe olives subject to these duty orders are:

• Color: All colors.
• Shape and size: All shapes and sizes, whether pitted or not pitted, including whole, sliced, chopped, minced, wedged, broken, or otherwise reduced in size.
• Packaging: All types of packaged ripe olives, including canned goods, glass, metal, plastic, and multilayered airtight containers.
• Uses: Used for both retail and institutional (food service) sales.
• Preparation and preservation: All means of preparation and preservation, including low acid, acidified, stuffed or not stuffed, with or without flavoring and/or saline solution.
• Condition: Olives in ambient, refrigerated, or frozen conditions.
• Origin: All ripe olives grown, processed in whole or in part, or packaged in Spain.
• Further processing: All ripe olives that have been further processed in Spain or a third country, including curing, fermenting, rinsing, oxidizing, pitting, slicing, chopping, segmenting, wedging, stuffing, packaging, heat treating, or any other processing that does not remove the product from the scope of the order if performed in Spain.

Exclusions from the ripe olives AD/CV duty orders

Specialty olives and provisionally prepared olives from Spain are not subject to these AD/CV duty orders.

Specialty olives include those that are processed by fermentation only, such as “Spanish-style” and “Sicilian-style” olives.

Provisionally prepared olives are those unsuitable for immediate consumption. They are currently classified under subheading 0711.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

This exclusion also covers olives that have been cured in an alkaline solution for up to 12 hours and then fermented.

If you import ripe olives into the U.S., reach out to one of our trade professionals to ensure compliance and avoid any AD/CV duties.