[Federal Register: July 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 130)]
[Notices]
[Page 36840]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2000 Quota
Year

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the fee to be charged for the 2000
tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or
firm by the Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation of
certain dairy articles which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set
forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) will
be $130.00 per license.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Warsack, 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 or e-mail at
warsack@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Licensing
Regulation promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and codified at
7 CFR 6.20-6.36 provides for the issuance of licenses to import certain
dairy articles which are subject to TRQs set forth in the HTS. Those
dairy articles may only be entered into the United States at the in-
quota TRQ tariff rates 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 use of
licenses by the license holder to import dairy articles is monitored by
the Dairy Import Quota Manager, Import Licensing Group, Import Policies
and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture and the U.S. Customs Service.
    The Regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) provides that a fee will be charged
for each license issued to a person or firm by the Licensing Authority
in order to reimburse the Department of Agriculture for the costs of
administering the licensing system under this Regulation.
    The Regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also provides that the Licensing
Authority will announce the annual fee for each license and that such
fee will be set out in a notice to be published in the Federal
Register. Accordingly, this notice sets out the fee for the licenses to
be issued for the 2000 calendar year.

Notice

    The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of administering
the licensing system during 1999 has been determined to be $335,352 and
the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued is 2,582. Of the
total cost, $173,357 represent staff and supervisory costs directly
related to administering the licensing system during 1999; $50,320
represents the total computer costs to monitor and issue import
licenses during 1999; and $111,675 represents other miscellaneous cost,
including travel, postage, publications, forms, a new FAX machine, and
an ADP system contractor.
    Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license
issued to a person or firm for the 2000 calendar year, in accordance
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $130.00 per license.

    Issued at Washington, DC the 30th day of June, 1999.
Richard P. Warsack,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 99-17358 Filed 7-7-99; 8:45 am]
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