[Federal Register: December 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 238)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 14, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3338.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (as amended) (``the Act'') requires the Department of Commerce
(``the Department'') to determine, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy
with respect to any article of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of
duty, as defined in section 701(c)(1) of the Act, and to publish an
annual list and quarterly updates to the type and amount of those
subsidies. We hereby provide the Department's quarterly update of
subsidies onarticles of cheese that were imported during the period
July 1, 2009, through September 30, 2009.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h)(2)
of the Act and section 771(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(``Tariff Act'')), being provided either directly or indirectly by
foreign governments on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate
of duty. The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy
program or programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for
which information is currently available. The Department will
incorporate additional programs which are found to constitute
subsidies, and additional information on the subsidy programs listed,
as the information is developed.
The Department encourages any person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of cheese subject to
an in-quota rate of duty to submit such information in writing to the
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section
702(a)(2) of the Act.
Dated: December 3, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
APPENDIX
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY
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Country Program(s) Gross\1\ Subsidy($/lb) Net \2\ Subsidy($/lb)
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27 European Union Member States \3\.................... European Union Restitution Payments $0.00 $0.00
Canada................................................. Export Assistance on Certain Types of Cheese $ 0.32 $0.32
Norway................................................. Indirect (Milk) Subsidy $ 0.00 $0.00
Consumer Subsidy $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Total $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Switzerland............................................ Deficiency Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
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\1\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
\3\ The 27 member states of the European Union are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and
the United Kingdom.
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