Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2015 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)
Rules and Regulations
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2015-19083
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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 2015 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 2015 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: August 4, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at (202) 720-9439; or by email at: abdelsalam.el-farra@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 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 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 2015 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 16th day of July, 2015.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
Accordingly, 7 CFR part 6 is amended as follows:
PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES
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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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Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing are revised to read as follows:
Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2 Non-Historical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importers Licenses for Quota Year
2015
Quantities in kilograms
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Appendix 3 HTS
Sum of -------------------------------- ---------------
Non-cheese articles Appendix 1 Appendix 2 appendix 1 & 2 Grand total Chapter 4/
Tokyo R. Uruguay R. 2014
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BUTTER (NOTE 6)......................... 4,545,013 2,431,987 6,977,000 .............. .............. 6,977,000 6,977,000
EU-27............................... 62,599 33,562 96,161
New Zealand......................... 88,264 62,329 150,593
Other Countries..................... 39,173 34,762 73,935
Any Country......................... 4,354,977 2,301,334 6,656,311
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)................ .............. 5,261,000 5,261,000 .............. .............. 5,261,000 5,261,000
Australia........................... 0 600,076 600,076
Canada.............................. 0 219,565 219,565
Any Country......................... 0 4,441,359 4,441,359
DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8)............... 0 3,321,300 3,321,300 .............. .............. 3,321,300 3,321,300
New Zealand......................... 0 3,175 3,175
Any Country......................... 0 3,318,125 3,318,125
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12)......... 0 224,981 224,981 .............. .............. 224,981 224,981
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Canada.............................. 0 161,161 161,161
New Zealand......................... 0 63,820 63,820
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 .............. .............. 6,080,500 6,080,500
PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL
(NOTE 14)..............................
Any Country......................... 0 6,080,500 6,080,500
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TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES...... 4,545,013 17,319,768 21,864,781 .............. .............. 21,864,781 21,864,781
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Sum of
Cheese articles Appendix 1 Appendix 2 appendix 1 & 2 Tokyo R. Uruguay R. Grand total Chapter 4/2010
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CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 18,385,959 13,083,772 31,469,731 9,661,128 7,496,000 48,626,859 48,626,859
16)....................................
Argentina........................... 0 7,690 7,690 92,310 .............. 100,000 100,000
Australia........................... 535,628 5,542 541,170 758,830 1,750,000 3,050,000 3,050,000
Canada.............................. 977,439 163,561 1,141,000 .............. .............. 1,141,000 1,141,000
Costa Rica.......................... 0 0 0 .............. 1,550,000 1,550,000 1,550,000
EU-27............................... 14,342,806 8,924,850 23,267,656 1,132,568 3,446,000 27,846,224 27,493,224
Of which Portugal is:............... 65,838 63,471 129,309 223,691 .............. 353,000 353,000
Israel.............................. 79,696 0 79,696 593,304 .............. 673,000 673,000
Iceland............................. 29,054 264,946 294,000 29,000 .............. 323,000 323,000
New Zealand......................... 1,595,012 3,220,460 4,815,472 6,506,528 .............. 11,322,000 11,322,000
Norway.............................. 122,860 27,140 150,000 .............. .............. 150,000 150,000
Switzerland......................... 536,720 134,692 671,412 548,588 500,000 1,720,000 1,720,000
Uruguay............................. 0 0 0 .............. 250,000 250,000 250,000
Other Countries..................... 100,906 100,729 201,635 .............. .............. 201,635 201,635
Any Country......................... 0 300,000 300,000 .............. .............. 300,000 300,000
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17).............. 1,947,512 533,489 2,481,001 .............. 430,000 2,911,001 2,911,001
Argentina........................... 2,000 0 2,000 .............. .............. 2,000 2,000
EU-27............................... 1,945,512 533,488 2,479,000 .............. 350,000 2,829,000 2,829,000
Chile............................... 0 0 0 .............. 80,000 80,000 80,000
Other Countries..................... 0 1 1 .............. .............. 1 1
CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18)................ 2,344,177 1,939,679 4,283,856 519,033 7,620,000 12,422,889 12,422,889
Australia........................... 897,786 86,713 984,499 215,501 1,250,000 2,450,000 2,450,000
Chile............................... 0 0 0 .............. 220,000 220,000 220,000
EU-27............................... 52,404 210,596 263,000 .............. 1,050,000 1,313,000 1,313,000
New Zealand......................... 1,292,374 1,504,094 2,796,468 303,532 5,100,000 8,200,000 8,200,000
Other Countries..................... 101,613 38,276 139,889 .............. .............. 139,889 139,889
Any Country......................... 0 100,000 100,000 .............. .............. 100,000 100,000
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19).......... 1,248,043 1,917,510 3,165,553 357,003 0 3,522,556 3,522,556
Australia........................... 761,890 119,108 880,998 119,002 .............. 1,000,000 1,000,000
EU-27............................... 140,611 213,389 354,000 .............. .............. 354,000 354,000
New Zealand......................... 217,680 1,544,319 1,761,999 238,001 .............. 2,000,000 2,000,000
Other Countries..................... 127,862 40,694 168,556 .............. .............. 168,556 168,556
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20)......... 4,335,725 1,270,677 5,606,402 0 1,210,000 6,816,402 6,816,402
Argentina........................... 105,418 19,582 125,000 .............. 110,000 235,000 235,000
EU-27............................... 4,114,499 1,174,501 5,289,000 .............. 1,100,000 6,389,000 6,389,000
Norway.............................. 111,046 55,954 167,000 .............. .............. 167,000 167,000
Other Countries..................... 4,762 20,640 25,402 .............. .............. 25,402 25,402
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21).......... 6,179,155 1,341,392 7,520,547 795,517 5,165,000 13,481,064 13,481,064
Argentina........................... 3,762,028 363,455 4,125,483 367,517 1,890,000 6,383,000 6,383,000
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EU-27............................... 2,417,127 964,873 3,382,000 .............. 2,025,000 5,407,000 5,407,000
Romania............................. 0 0 0 .............. 500,000 500,000 500,000
Uruguay............................. 0 0 0 428,000 750,000 1,178,000 1,178,000
Other Countries..................... 0 13,064 13,064 .............. .............. 13,064 13,064
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NOTE 22)... 5,182,610 1,468,704 6,651,314 823,519 380,000 7,854,833 7,854,833
EU-27............................... 3,918,461 1,233,533 5,151,994 393,006 380,000 5,925,000 5,925,000
Switzerland......................... 1,230,651 188,836 1,419,487 430,513 .............. 1,850,000 1,850,000
Other Countries..................... 33,498 46,335 79,833 .............. .............. 79,833 79,833
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 1,837,206 2,587,702 4,424,908 1,050,000 0 5,474,908 5,474,908
23)....................................
EU-27............................... 1,837,206 2,587,701 4,424,907 .............. .............. 4,424,907 4,424,907
Israel.............................. 0 0 0 50,000 .............. 50,000 50,000
New Zealand......................... 0 0 0 1,000,000 .............. 1,000,000 1,000,000
Other Countries..................... 0 1 1 .............. .............. 1 1
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE 13,609,024 8,688,307 22,297,331 9,557,945 2,620,000 34,475,276 34,475,276
FORMATION (NOTE 25)....................
Argentina........................... 0 9,115 9,115 70,885 .............. 80,000 80,000
Australia........................... 209,698 0 209,698 290,302 .............. 500,000 500,000
Canada.............................. 0 0 0 70,000 .............. 70,000 70,000
EU-27............................... 10,081,002 6,395,826 16,476,828 4,003,172 2,420,000 22,900,000 22,900,000
Iceland............................. 0 149,999 149,999 150,001 .............. 300,000 300,000
Israel.............................. 27,000 0 27,000 .............. .............. 27,000 27,000
Norway.............................. 2,480,021 1,175,289 3,655,310 3,227,690 .............. 6,883,000 6,883,000
Switzerland......................... 763,050 921,055 1,684,105 1,745,895 200,000 3,630,000 3,630,000
Other Countries..................... 48,253 37,023 85,276 .............. .............. 85,276 85,276
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TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES.......... 55,069,411 32,831,232 87,900,643 22,764,145 24,921,000 135,585,788 135,585,788
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TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE...... 59,614,424 50,151,000 109,765,424 22,764,145 24,921,000 157,450,569 157,450,569
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