[Federal Register: May 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 95)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
7 CFR Part 6
Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing Regulation for the 2004 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2004 quota year
reflecting the cumulative annual transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix
2 for certain dairy product import licenses permanently surrendered by
licensees or revoked by the Licensing Authority.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 17, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael I. Hankin, Dairy Import Quota
Manager, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a
delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, administers
the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation codified at 7
CFR 6.20-6.37 that provides for the issuance of licenses to import
certain dairy articles under tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) as set forth in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. These dairy
articles may only be entered into the United States at the low-tier
tariff by or for the account of a person or firm to whom such licenses
have been issued and only in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the regulation.
Licenses are issued on a calendar year basis, and each license
authorizes the license holder to import a specified quantity and type
of dairy article from a specified country of origin. The Import
Policies and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction
with the U.S. Customs Service, monitors their use.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states: ``Whenever a historical
license (Appendix 1) is not issued to an applicant pursuant to the
provisions of Sec. 6.23, is permanently surrendered or is revoked by
the Licensing Authority, the amount of such license will be transferred
to Appendix 2.'' Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative annual
transfers will be published in the Federal Register. Accordingly, this
document sets forth the revised Appendices for the 2004 tariff-rate
quota year.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6
Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports,
Reporting and record keeping requirements.
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Issued at Washington, DC the 11th day of May, 2004.
Michael I. Hankin.
Licensing Authority.
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Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:
PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES
Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
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1. The authority citation for Part 6, Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import
Quota Licensing continues to read as follows:
Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16-23 and 25
to Chapter 4 and General Note 15 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), Pub. L. 97-258, 96 Stat.
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103 and 404, Pub. L.
103-465, 108 Stat. 4819 (19 U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).
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2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing are revised to read as follows:
Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
[Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3,
Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2004 (quantities in kilograms)]
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Appendix 3
Article by Additional U.S. Note Number and Country of ---------------------------
Origin NON-CHEESE ARTICLES Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Uruguay
Tokyo Round Round
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BUTTER (NOTE 6)......................................... 5,421,214 1,555,786 ............ ............
EU-15............................................... 75,918 20,243 ............ ............
New Zealand......................................... 118,082 32,511 ............ ............
Other Countries..................................... 55,902 18,033 ............ ............
Any Country......................................... 5,171,312 1,484,999 ............ ............
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)................................ 600,076 4,660,924 ............ ............
Australia........................................... 600,076 ............ ............ ............
Canada.............................................. ............ 219,565 ............ ............
Any Country......................................... ............ 4,441,359 ............ ............
DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8)............................... 3,175 3,318,125 ............ ............
New Zealand......................................... 3,175 ............ ............ ............
Any Country......................................... ............ 3,318,125 ............ ............
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12)......................... 63,820 161,161 ............ ............
Canada.............................................. ............ 161,161 ............ ............
New Zealand......................................... 63,820 ............ ............ ............
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF ............ 6,080,500 ............ ............
BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14)..................
Any Country......................................... ............ 6,080,500 ............ ............
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TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES...................... 6,088,285 15,776,496 ............ ............
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Appendix 3
Article by Additional U.S. Note Number and Country of ---------------------------
Origin CHEESE ARTICLES Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Uruguay
Tokyo Round Round
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CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT RIPENED 23,527,549 7,942,182 9,661,128 7,496,000
COW'S MILK CHEESE; CHEESE NOT CONTAINING COW'S MILK;
CHEESE (EXCEPT COTTAGE CHEESE) CONTAINING 0.5 PERCENT
OR LESS BY WEIGHT OF BUTTERFAT; AND, ARTICLES WITHIN
THE SCOPE OF OTHER IMPORT QUOTAS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
SUBCHAPTER) (NOTE 16)..................................
Argentina........................................... 7,690 ............ 92,310 ............
Australia........................................... 535,628 5,542 758,830 1,750,000
Canada.............................................. 1,031,946 109,054 ............ ............
Costa Rica.......................................... ............ ............ ............ 1,550,000
Czech Republic...................................... ............ ............ ............ 200,000
EU-15............................................... 15,365,028 6,966,404 1,132,568 2,346,000
Of which Portugal is:........................... 127,536 1,773 223,691 ............
Israel.............................................. 79,696 ............ 593,304 ............
Iceland............................................. 294,000 ............ 29,000 ............
New Zealand......................................... 4,461,713 353,759 6,506,528 ............
Norway.............................................. 124,982 25,018 ............ ............
Poland.............................................. 917,497 18,727 ............ 300,000
Slovak Republic..................................... ............ ............ ............ 600,000
Switzerland......................................... 597,513 73,899 548,588 500,000
Uruguay............................................. ............ ............ ............ 250,000
Other Countries..................................... 111,856 89,779 ............ ............
Any Country......................................... ............ 300,000 ............ ............
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON PRODUCED IN THE UNITED 2,290,547 190,454 ............ 430,000
KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE
17)....................................................
Argentina........................................... 2,000 ............ ............ ............
EU-15............................................... 2,288,546 190,454 ............ 300,000
Chile............................................... ............ ............ ............ 80,000
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Czech Republic...................................... ............ ............ ............ 50,000
Other Countries..................................... 1 ............ ............ ............
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE 3,655,039 628,817 519,033 7,620,000
CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18)
Australia........................................... 937,721 46,778 215,501 1,250,000
Chile............................................... ............ ............ ............ 220,000
Czech Republic...................................... ............ ............ ............ 50,000
EU-15............................................... 52,404 210,596 ............ 1,000,000
New Zealand......................................... 2,539,040 257,428 303,532 5,100,000
Other Countries..................................... 125,874 14,015 ............ ............
Any Country......................................... ............ 100,000 ............ ............
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, WASHED CURD AND 2,842,435 323,118 357,003 ............
GRANULAR CHEESE (BUT NOT INCLUDING CHEDDAR) AND CHEESE
AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING OR PROCESSED FROM
SUCH AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19)....................
Australia........................................... 830,124 50,874 119,002 ............
EU-15............................................... 186,222 167,778 ............ ............
New Zealand......................................... 1,662,224 99,775 238,001 ............
Other Countries..................................... 163,865 4,691 ............ ............
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR 5,252,765 353,637 ............ 1,210,000
CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA
CHEESE (NOTE 20).......................................
Argentina........................................... 119,003 5,997 ............ 110,000
Czech Republic...................................... ............ ............ ............ 100,000
EU-15............................................... 5,009,619 279,381 ............ 1,000,000
Norway.............................................. 114,318 52,682 ............ ............
Other Countries..................................... 9,825 15,577 ............ ............
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S MILK, (ROMANO MADE 6,491,099 1,029,448 795,517 5,165,000
FROM COW'S MILK, REGGIANO, PARMESAN, PROVOLONE,
PROVOLETTI, SBRINZ, AND GOYA-NOT IN ORIGINAL LOAVES)
AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, SUCH ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, WHETHER OR
NOT IN ORIGINAL LOAVES (NOTE 21).......................
Argentina........................................... 3,944,769 180,714 367,517 1,890,000
EU-15............................................... 2,535,930 846,070 ............ 700,000
Poland.............................................. ............ ............ ............ 1,325,000
Romania............................................. ............ ............ ............ 500,000
Uruguay............................................. ............ ............ 428,000 750,000
Other Countries..................................... 10,400 2,664 ............ ............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN WITH EYE 5,676,043 975,271 823,519 380,000
FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE AND
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM,
SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22).................................
EU-15............................................... 4,330,758 821,236 393,006 380,000
Switzerland......................................... 1,270,525 148,962 430,513 ............
Other Countries..................................... 74,760 5,073 ............ ............
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING 0.5 3,037,225 1,387,683 1,050,000 ............
PERCENT OR LESS BYWEIGHT OF BUTTERFAT (EXCEPT ARTICLES
WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OTHER TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS PROVIDED
FOR IN THIS SUBCHAPTER), AND MARGARINE CHEESE (NOTE 23)
EU-15............................................... 3,037,224 1,212,776 ............ ............
Israel.............................................. ............ ............ 50,000 ............
New Zealand......................................... ............ ............ 1,000,000 ............
Poland.............................................. ............ 174,907 ............ ............
Other Countries..................................... 1 ............ ............ ............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25) 18,149,617 4,147,714 9,557,945 2,620,000
Argentina........................................... ............ 9,115 70,885 ............
Australia........................................... 209,698 ............ 290,302 ............
Canada.............................................. ............ ............ 70,000 ............
Czech Republic...................................... ............ ............ ............ 400,000
Hungary............................................. ............ ............ ............ 800,000
EU-15............................................... 13,190,754 3,286,074 4,003,172 1,220,000
Iceland............................................. 149,999 ............ 150,001 ............
Israel.............................................. 27,000 ............ ............ ............
Norway.............................................. 3,192,843 462,467 3,227,690 ............
Switzerland......................................... 1,294,048 390,057 1,745,895 200,000
Other Countries..................................... 85,275 1 ............ ............
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TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES.......................... 70,922,319 16,978,324 22,764,145 24,921,000
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