[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53565-53567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21777]
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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 2010 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 2010 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 September 1, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import
Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1021,
Washington, DC 20250-1021; or by telephone at (202) 720-9439; or by e-
mail at: [email protected].
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 Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in
conjunction with 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 2010 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, on August 11, 2010.
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 2010
[Quantities in kilograms]
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Appendix 3
Article by Additional U.S. Note Number Appendix 1 Appendix 2 -----------------------------------
and Country of Origin Tokyo Round Uruguay Round
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NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
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BUTTER (NOTE 6)......................... 5,217,229 1,759,771 ................ ................
EU-25............................... 75,000 21,161 ................ ................
New Zealand......................... 111,671 38,922 ................ ................
Other Countries..................... 49,246 24,689 ................ ................
Any Country......................... 4,981,312 1,674,999 ................ ................
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)......... 11,000 213,981 ................ ................
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Canada.............................. ................ 161,161 ................ ................
New Zealand......................... 11,000 52,820 ................ ................
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 ................ 6,080,500 ................ ................
PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL
(NOTE 14)..............................
Any Country......................... ................ 6,080,500 ................ ................
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TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES.......... 5,231,404 16,633,377 ................ ................
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CHEESE ARTICLES
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CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE 22,649,216 8,820,515 9,661,128 7,496,000
(EXCEPT: SOFT 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............................... 15,509,492 7,758,164 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......................... 4,389,093 426,379 6,506,528 ................
Norway.............................. 124,982 25,018 ................ ................
Switzerland......................... 593,952 77,460 548,588 500,000
Uruguay............................. ................ ................ ................ 250,000
Other Countries..................... 100,906 100,729 ................ ................
Any Country......................... ................ 300,000 ................ ................
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON 2,283,647 197,354 ................ 430,000
PRODUCED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) AND
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, BLUE-
MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17)..................
Argentina........................... 2,000 ................ ................ ................
EU-25............................... 2,281,646 197,354 ................ 350,000
Chile............................... ................ ................ ................ 80,000
Other Countries..................... 1 ................ ................ ................
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND 3,566,716 717,140 519,033 7,620,000
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE
18)....................................
Australia........................... 893,583 90,916 215,501 1,250,000
Chile............................... ................ ................ ................ 220,000
EU-25............................... 52,404 210,596 ................ 1,050,000
New Zealand......................... 2,520,800 275,668 303,532 5,100,000
Other Countries..................... 99,929 39,960 ................ ................
Any Country......................... ................ 100,000 ................ ................
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, 2,625,401 540,152 357,003 ................
WASHED 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........................... 771,134 109,864 119,002 ................
EU-25............................... 64,077 289,923 ................ ................
New Zealand......................... 1,639,549 122,450 238,001 ................
Other Countries..................... 150,641 17,915 ................ ................
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND 5,104,403 501,999 ................ 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............................... 4,878,638 410,362 ................ 1,100,000
Norway.............................. 114,318 52,682 ................ ................
Other Countries..................... 952 24,450 ................ ................
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ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S 6,411,744 1,108,803 795,517 5,165,000
MILK, (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........................... 3,915,276 210,207 367,517 1,890,000
EU-25............................... 2,496,468 885,532 ................ 2,025,000
Romania............................. ................ ................ ................ 500,000
Uruguay............................. ................ ................ 428,000 750,000
Other Countries..................... ................ 13,064 ................ ................
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN 5,322,872 1,328,442 823,519 380,000
WITH EYE FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS
CHEESE AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM,
SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22).................
EU-25............................... 4,053,682 1,098,312 393,006 380,000
Switzerland......................... 1,235,692 183,795 430,513 ................
Other Countries..................... 33,498 46,335 ................ ................
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, 1,134,195 3,290,723 1,050,000 ................
CONTAINING 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............................... 1,134,194 3,290,723 ................ ................
Israel.............................. ................ ................ 50,000 ................
New Zealand......................... ................ ................ 1,000,000 ................
Other Countries..................... 1 ................ ................ ................
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE 15,953,229 6,344,102 9,557,945 2,620,000
FORMATION (NOTE 25)....................
Argentina........................... ................ 9,115 70,885 ................
Australia........................... 209,698 ................ 290,302 ................
Canada.............................. ................ ................ 70,000 ................
EU-25............................... 11,160,390 5,316,438 4,003,172 2,420,000
Iceland............................. 149,999 ................ 150,001 ................
Israel.............................. 27,000 ................ ................ ................
Norway.............................. 3,181,685 473,625 3,227,690 ................
Switzerland......................... 1,178,377 505,728 1,745,895 200,000
Other Countries..................... 46,080 39,196 ................ ................
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TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES.......... 65,051,423 22,849,230 22,764,145 24,921,000
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TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES...... 5,231,404 16,633,377 ................ ................
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TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES & NON- 70,282,827 39,482,607 ................ ................
CHEESE ARTICLES................
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