Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2010 Tariff-Rate Quota Year:

Federal Register: September 1, 2010 (Volume 75, 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 2010 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 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: 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 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. 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 2010

Quantities in kilograms

Appendix 3

Article by Additional U.S. Note Number

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

and Country of Origin

Tokyo Round

Uruguay Round

NON-CHEESE ARTICLES

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

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

5,231,404

16,633,377 ................ ................

CHEESE ARTICLES

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

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

65,051,423

22,849,230

22,764,145

24,921,000

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

5,231,404

16,633,377 ................ ................

TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES & NON-

70,282,827

39,482,607 ................ ................

CHEESE ARTICLES................

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