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[Federal Register: April 29, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 82)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20881-20883]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
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Notices
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate
Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2002 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2002 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: April 29, 2002.
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 2002 tariff-rate quota year.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6
Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy Products, Imports, Reporting and record keeping requirements.
Issued at Washington, DC.
Michael I. Hankin,
Licensing Authority.
Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:
PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES
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).
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 2002 (quantities in kilograms)]
| Article by additional U.S. note number and country of origin | Appendix 1 | Appendix 2 | Appendix 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tokyo Round |
Uruguay Round |
|||
| Non-Cheese Articles | ||||
| Butter (Note 6) EU–15 New Zealand Other Countries Any Country |
5,591,819 80,694 124,709 63,105 5,323,311 |
1,385,181 15,467 25,884 10,830 1,333,000 |
-- -- -- -- -- |
-- -- -- -- -- |
| Dried Skim Milk
(Note 7) Australia Canada Any Country |
600,076 600,076 -- -- |
4,660,924 |
-- -- -- -- |
-- -- -- -- |
| Dried Whole Milk
(Note 8) New Zealand Any Country |
3,175 3,175 -- |
3,318,125 -- 3,318,125 |
-- -- -- |
-- -- -- |
| Dried
Buttermilk/Whey (Note 12) Canada New Zealand |
224,981 161,161 63,820 |
-- -- -- |
-- -- -- |
-- -- -- |
| Butter
Substitutes Containing Over 45 Percent of Butterfat and/or Butter Oil (Note 14) Any Country |
-- |
6,080,500 6,080,500 |
-- -- |
-- -- |
|
Total: Non-Cheese Articles |
6,420,051 | 15,444,730 | -- | -- |
| Cheese Articles | ||||
| Cheese
and Substitutes for Cheese (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 Australia Canada Costa Rica Czech Republic EU-15 Of which Portugal is: Israel Iceland New Zealand Norway Poland Slovak Republic Switzerland Uruguay Any Country |
23,759,623 7,690 535,628 1,031,946 -- -- 15,578,947 79,696 294,000 4,479,868 124,982 -- 597,513 -- 111,856 -- |
7,711,108 -- 5,542 109,054 -- -- 6,753,485 1,773 -- -- 335,604 25,018 18,727 -- 73,899 -- 89,779 300,000 |
9,661,128 92,310 758,830 -- -- -- 1,132,568 223,691 593,304 29,000 6,506,528 -- -- -- 548,588 -- -- -- |
7,496,000 -- 1,750,000 -- 1,550,000 200,000 2,346,000 -- -- -- -- -- 300,000 600,000 500,000 250,000 -- -- |
| Blue-Mold Cheese
(Except Stilton Produced in the United Kingdom) and Cheese and
Substitutes for Cheese Containing, or Processed From, Blue-Mold Cheese
(Note 17) Argentina EU-15 Chile Czech Republic Other Countries |
2,321,554 2,000 2,319,553 -- -- 1 |
159,447 -- 159,447 -- -- -- |
-- -- -- -- -- -- |
430,000 -- 300,000 80,000 50,000 -- |
| Cheddar Cheese,
and Cheese and Substitutes for Cheese Containing, or Processed From,
Cheddar Cheese (Note 18) Australia Chile Czech Republic EU-15 New Zealand Other Countries Any Country |
3,664,363 937,721 -- -- 57,168 2,543,600 125,874 |
619,493 46,778 -- -- 205,832 252,868 14,015 100,000 |
519,033 215,501 -- -- -- 303,532 -- -- |
7,620,000 1,250,000 220,000 50,000 1,000,000 5,100,000 -- -- |
| American-Type
Cheese, Including Colby, 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 EU-15 New Zealand Other Countries |
2,856,128 834,747 186,222 1,671,294 163,865 |
309,425 46,251 167,778 90,705 4,691 |
357,003 119,002 -- 238,001 -- |
-- -- -- -- -- |
| Edam
and Gouda Cheese, and Cheese and Substitutes for Cheese Containing, or
Processed From, Edam and Gouda Cheese (Note 20) Argentina Czech Republic EU-15 Norway Other Countries |
5,294,715 119,003 -- 5,035,993 114,318 25,401 |
311,687 5,997 -- 253,007 52,682 1 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- |
1,210,000 |
| Italian-Type
Cheeses, Made From Cow's 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 EU-15 Poland Romania Uruguay Other Countries |
6,524,558 3,958,383 2,555,775 -- -- -- 10,400 |
995,989 167,100 826,225 -- -- -- 2,664 |
795,517 367,517 -- -- -- 428,000 -- |
5,165,000 1,890,000 700,000 1,325,000 500,000 750,000 -- |
| Swiss
or Emmenthaler Cheese Other Than Eye Formation, Gruyere-Process Cheese
and Cheese and Substitutes for Cheese Containing, or Processed From,
Such Cheeses (Note 22) EU-15 Switzerland Other Countries |
5,753,362 4,344,660 1,333,942 74,760 |
897,952 807,334 85,545 5,073 |
823,519 393,006 430,513 -- |
380,000 380,000 -- -- |
| Cheese and
Substitutes for Cheese, 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-15 Israel New Zealand Poland Other Countries |
3,838,969 3,675,725 -- -- 163,243 1 |
585,939 574,275 -- -- 11,664 -- |
1,050,000 -- 50,000 1,000,000 -- -- |
-- -- -- -- -- -- |
| Swiss
or Emmenthaler Cheese With Eye Formation (Note 25) Argentina Australia Canada Czech Republic Hungary EU-15 Iceland Israel Norway Switzerland Other Countries |
18,247,171 -- 209,698 -- -- -- 13,254,454 149,999 27,000 3,206,405 1,314,340 85,275 |
4,050,160 9,115 -- -- -- -- 3,222,374 -- -- 448,905 369,765 1 |
9,557,945 70,885 290,302 70,000 -- -- 4,003,172 150,001 -- 3,227,690 1,745,895 -- |
2,620,000 -- -- -- 400,000 800,000 -- -- -- 200,000 -- |
|
Total: Cheese Articles |
72,260,443 |
15,641,200 |
22,764,145 |
24,921,000 |
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