[Federal Register: August 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 169)]
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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 2008 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 2008 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.
DATES: Effective Date: August 29, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jorge Martinez, Dairy Import Licensing
Program, Import and Trade Support Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439 or e-mail at
jorge.martinez@fas.usda.gov.
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 and
Trade Support Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction
with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, 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 2008 tariff-rate
quota year.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6
Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Issued at Washington, DC, the 20th day of June 2008.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
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Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:
PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES
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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 2008
[Quantities in kilograms]
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Appendix 3
Article by Additional U.S. Note Number and Appendix 1 Appendix 2 -------------------------------
Country of Origin Tokyo round Uruguay round
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NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
BUTTER (NOTE 6)................................. 5,361,732 1,615,268 .............. ..............
EU-25....................................... 75,918 20,243 .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. 116,998 33,595 .............. ..............
Other Countries............................. 54,504 19,431 .............. ..............
Any Country................................. 5,114,312 1,541,999 .............. ..............
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)........................ .............. 5,261,000 .............. ..............
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)................. 12,760 212,221 .............. ..............
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1Canada..................................... .............. 161,161 .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. 12,760 51,060 .............. ..............
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 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.............. 5,377,667 16,487,114 .............. ..............
CHEESE ARTICLES
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT 23,345,203 8,124,528 9,661,128 7,496,000
RIPENED 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...................................... 1,013,777 127,223 .............. ..............
Costa Rica.................................. .............. .............. .............. 1,550,000
EU-25....................................... 16,147,453 7,120,203 1,132,568 3,446,000
Of which Portugal is:................... 65,838 63,471 223,691 ..............
Israel...................................... 79,696 .............. 593,304 ..............
Iceland..................................... 294,000 .............. 29,000 ..............
New Zealand................................. 4,443,558 371,914 6,506,528 ..............
Norway...................................... 124,982 25,018 .............. ..............
Switzerland................................. 597,513 73,899 548,588 500,000
Uruguay..................................... .............. .............. .............. 250,000
Other Countries............................. 100,906 100,729 .............. ..............
Any Country................................. .............. 300,000 .............. ..............
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON PRODUCED IN THE 2,285,947 195,054 .............. 430,000
UNITED KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, BLUE-MOLD
CHEESE (NOTE 17)...............................
Argentina................................... 2,000 .............. .............. ..............
EU-25....................................... 2,283,946 195,054 .............. 350,000
Chile....................................... .............. .............. .............. 80,000
Other Countries............................. 1 .............. .............. ..............
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR 3,619,547 664,309 519,033 7,620,000
CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR
CHEESE (NOTE 18)...............................
Australia................................... 925,557 58,942 215,501 1,250,000
Chile....................................... .............. .............. .............. 220,000
EU-25....................................... 52,404 210,596 .............. 1,050,000
New Zealand................................. 2,539,040 257,428 303,532 5,100,000
Other Countries............................. 102,546 37,343 .............. ..............
Any Country................................. .............. 100,000 .............. ..............
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, WASHED 2,744,970 420,583 357,003 ..............
CURD AND GRANULAR CHEESE (BUT NOT INCLUDING
CHEDDAR) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING OR PROCESSED FROM SUCH AMERICAN-TYPE
CHEESE (NOTE 19)...............................
Australia................................... 789,626 91,372 119,002 ..............
EU-25....................................... 145,148 208,852 .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. 1,657,689 104,310 238,001 ..............
Other Countries............................. 152,507 16,049 .............. ..............
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND 5,230,565 375,837 .............. 1,210,000
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED
FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20)..........
Argentina................................... 110,495 14,505 .............. 110,000
EU-25....................................... 5,000,990 288,010 .............. 1,100,000
Norway...................................... 114,318 52,682 .............. ..............
Other Countries............................. 4,762 20,640 .............. ..............
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S MILK, 6,467,087 1,053,460 795,517 5,165,000
(ROMANO MADE 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................................... 3,931,157 194,326 367,517 1,890,000
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EU-25....................................... 2,535,930 846,070 .............. 2,025,000
Romania..................................... .............. .............. .............. 500,000
Uruguay..................................... .............. .............. 428,000 750,000
Other Countries............................. .............. 13,064 .............. ..............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN WITH EYE 5,371,777 1,279,537 823,519 380,000
FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE
AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22).........
EU-25....................................... 4,102,587 1,049,407 393,006 380,000
Switzerland................................. 1,235,692 183,795 430,513 ..............
Other Countries............................. 33,498 46,335 .............. ..............
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING 1,879,481 2,545,437 1,050,000 ..............
0.5 PERCENT OR LESS BY WEIGHT OF BUTTERFAT
(EXCEPT ARTICLES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OTHER
TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
SUBCHAPTER), AND MARGARINE CHEESE (NOTE 23)....
EU-25....................................... 1,879,480 2,545,437 .............. ..............
Israel...................................... .............. .............. 50,000 ..............
New Zealand................................. .............. .............. 1,000,000 ..............
Other Countries............................. 1 .............. .............. ..............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION 16,078,683 6,218,648 9,557,945 2,620,000
(NOTE 25)......................................
Argentina................................... .............. 9,115 70,885 ..............
Australia................................... 209,698 .............. 290,302 ..............
Canada...................................... .............. .............. 70,000 ..............
EU-25....................................... 11,198,973 5,277,855 4,003,172 2,420,000
Iceland..................................... 149,999 .............. 150,001 ..............
Israel...................................... 27,000 .............. .............. ..............
Norway...................................... 3,187,264 468,046 3,227,690 ..............
Switzerland................................. 1,246,164 437,941 1,745,895 200,000
Other Countries............................. 59,585 25,691 .............. ..............
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TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES.................. 67,023,260 20,877,393 22,764,145 24,921,000
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