Adjustments of Appendices: Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation (2008 Tariff-Rate Quota Year)

Federal Register: August 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 169)

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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 2008 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 2008 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 Date: August 29, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jorge Martinez, Dairy Import Licensing

Program, Import and Trade Support 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 jorge.martinez@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 and

Trade Support Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction with the 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 2008 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 20th day of June 2008.

Ronald Lord,

Licensing Authority. 0

Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:

PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES 0 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). 0 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 2008

Quantities in kilograms

Appendix 3

Article by Additional U.S. Note Number and

Appendix 1

Appendix 2 -------------------------------

Country of Origin

Tokyo round Uruguay round

NON-CHEESE ARTICLES

BUTTER (NOTE 6).................................

5,361,732

1,615,268 .............. ..............

EU-25.......................................

75,918

20,243 .............. ..............

New Zealand.................................

116,998

33,595 .............. ..............

Other Countries.............................

54,504

19,431 .............. ..............

Any Country.................................

5,114,312

1,541,999 .............. ..............

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).................

12,760

212,221 .............. ..............

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1Canada..................................... ..............

161,161 .............. ..............

New Zealand.................................

12,760

51,060 .............. ..............

BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER PERCENT OF

..............

6,080,500 .............. ..............

BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14)..........

Any Country................................. ..............

6,080,500 .............. ..............

TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES..............

5,377,667

16,487,114 .............. ..............

CHEESE ARTICLES

CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT

23,345,203

8,124,528

9,661,128

7,496,000

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.......................................

16,147,453

7,120,203

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.................................

4,443,558

371,914

6,506,528 ..............

Norway......................................

124,982

25,018 .............. ..............

Switzerland.................................

597,513

73,899

548,588

500,000

Uruguay..................................... .............. .............. ..............

250,000

Other Countries.............................

100,906

100,729 .............. ..............

Any Country................................. ..............

300,000 .............. ..............

BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON PRODUCED IN THE

2,285,947

195,054 ..............

430,000

UNITED KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR

CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, BLUE-MOLD

CHEESE (NOTE 17)...............................

Argentina...................................

2,000 .............. .............. ..............

EU-25.......................................

2,283,946

195,054 ..............

350,000

Chile....................................... .............. .............. ..............

80,000

Other Countries.............................

1 .............. .............. ..............

CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR

3,619,547

664,309

519,033

7,620,000

CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR

CHEESE (NOTE 18)...............................

Australia...................................

925,557

58,942

215,501

1,250,000

Chile....................................... .............. .............. ..............

220,000

EU-25.......................................

52,404

210,596 ..............

1,050,000

New Zealand.................................

2,539,040

257,428

303,532

5,100,000

Other Countries.............................

102,546

37,343 .............. ..............

Any Country................................. ..............

100,000 .............. ..............

AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, WASHED

2,744,970

420,583

357,003 ..............

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...................................

789,626

91,372

119,002 ..............

EU-25.......................................

145,148

208,852 .............. ..............

New Zealand.................................

1,657,689

104,310

238,001 ..............

Other Countries.............................

152,507

16,049 .............. ..............

EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND

5,230,565

375,837 ..............

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.......................................

5,000,990

288,010 ..............

1,100,000

Norway......................................

114,318

52,682 .............. ..............

Other Countries.............................

4,762

20,640 .............. ..............

ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S MILK,

6,467,087

1,053,460

795,517

5,165,000

(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...................................

3,931,157

194,326

367,517

1,890,000

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EU-25.......................................

2,535,930

846,070 ..............

2,025,000

Romania..................................... .............. .............. ..............

500,000

Uruguay..................................... .............. ..............

428,000

750,000

Other Countries............................. ..............

13,064 .............. ..............

SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN WITH EYE

5,371,777

1,279,537

823,519

380,000

FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE

AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR

PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22).........

EU-25.......................................

4,102,587

1,049,407

393,006

380,000

Switzerland.................................

1,235,692

183,795

430,513 ..............

Other Countries.............................

33,498

46,335 .............. ..............

CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING

1,879,481

2,545,437

1,050,000 .............. 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.......................................

1,879,480

2,545,437 .............. ..............

Israel...................................... .............. ..............

50,000 ..............

New Zealand................................. .............. ..............

1,000,000 ..............

Other Countries.............................

1 .............. .............. ..............

SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION

16,078,683

6,218,648

9,557,945

2,620,000

(NOTE 25)......................................

Argentina................................... ..............

9,115

70,885 ..............

Australia...................................

209,698 ..............

290,302 ..............

Canada...................................... .............. ..............

70,000 ..............

EU-25.......................................

11,198,973

5,277,855

4,003,172

2,420,000

Iceland.....................................

149,999 ..............

150,001 ..............

Israel......................................

27,000 .............. .............. ..............

Norway......................................

3,187,264

468,046

3,227,690 ..............

Switzerland.................................

1,246,164

437,941

1,745,895

200,000

Other Countries.............................

59,585

25,691 .............. ..............

TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES..................

67,023,260

20,877,393

22,764,145

24,921,000

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