Import quotas and fees: rate quota licensing,

[Federal Register: April 27, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 82)]

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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 2001 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 2001 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 27, 2001.

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, D.C. 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 Programs Group, 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 2001 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, D.C. the 17th day of April, 2001. Richard P. Warsack, 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 (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)................................. 5,592,278 1,384,722 .............. ..............

   EU-15.......................................

   81,153

   15,008 .............. ..............

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

   124,709

   25,884 .............. ..............

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

   63,105

   10,830 .............. ..............

   Any Country................................. 5,323,311 1,333,000 .............. .............. Dried Skim Milk (Note 7)........................

   600,076 4,660,924 .............. ..............

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

   224,981 .............. .............. ..............

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

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

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

   63,820 .............. .............. .............. Butter Substitutes containing over 45 percent of .............. 6,080,500 .............. .............. butterfat and/or butter oil (Note 14)..........

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   Any Country................................. .............. 6,080,500 .............. ..............

   Total: Non-Cheese Articles.............. 6,420,510 15,444,271 .............. ..............

   Cheese Articles

   Cheese and substitutes for cheese (except cheese 23,832,227 7,638,504 9,661,128 7,496,000 not containing cow's milk and soft ripened cow's milk cheese, 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...................................... 1,031,946

   109,054 .............. ..............

   Costa Rica.................................. .............. .............. .............. 1,550,000

   Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. ..............

   200,000

   EU-15....................................... 15,596,462 6,735,970 1,132,568 2,346,000 Of which Portugal is....................

   127,536

   1,773

   223,691 ..............

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

   79,696 ..............

   593,304 ..............

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

   294,000 ..............

   29,000 ..............

   New Zealand................................. 4,516,178

   299,294 6,506,528 ..............

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

   124,982

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

   Poland......................................

   917,497

   18,727 ..............

   300,000

   Slovak Republic............................. .............. .............. ..............

   600,000

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

   597,513

   73,899

   548,588

   500,000

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

   250,000

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

   130,635

   71,000 .............. ..............

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

   300,000 .............. .............. Blue-mold cheese (except Stilton produced in the 2,321,554

   159,447 ..............

   430,000 United Kingdom) and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, Blue-mold cheese (Note 17)...............................

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

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

   EU-15....................................... 2,319,553

   159,447 ..............

   300,000

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

   80,000

   Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. ..............

   50,000

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

   1 .............. .............. .............. Cheddar Cheese, and cheese and substitutes for

   3,664,363

   619,493

   519,033 7,620,000 cheese containing, or processed from, Cheddar cheese (Note 18)...............................

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

   937,721

   46,778

   215,501 1,250,000

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

   220,000

   Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. ..............

   50,000

   EU-15.......................................

   57,168

   205,832 .............. 1,000,000

   New Zealand................................. 2,543,600

   252,868

   303,532 5,100,000

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

   125,874

   14,015 .............. ..............

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

   100,000 .............. .............. American-type cheese, including Colby, washed

   2,865,287

   300,266

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

   839,370

   41,628

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

   EU-15.......................................

   190,758

   163,242 .............. ..............

   New Zealand................................. 1,671,294

   90,705

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

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

   163,865

   4,691 .............. .............. Edam and Gouda cheese, and cheese and

   5,296,988

   309,414 .............. 1,210,000 substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, Edam and Gouda cheese (Note 20)..........

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

   119,003

   5,997 ..............

   110,000

   Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. ..............

   100,000

   EU-15....................................... 5,038,266

   250,734 .............. 1,000,000

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

   114,318

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

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

   25,401

   1 .............. .............. Italian-type cheeses, made from cow's milk,

   6,531,696

   988,851

   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................................... 3,962,921

   162,562

   367,517 1,890,000

   EU-15....................................... 2,555,775

   826,225 ..............

   700,000

   Poland...................................... .............. .............. .............. 1,325,000

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

   500,000

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

   428,000

   750,000

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

   13,000

   64 .............. ..............

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   Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese other than with eye

   5,767,170

   884,144

   823,519

   380,000 formation, Gruyere-process cheese and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, such cheeses (Note 22)......... EU-15........................................... 4,358,468

   793,526

   393,006

   380,000

   Switzerland................................. 1,333,942

   85,545

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

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

   74,760

   5,073 .............. ..............

   Cheese and substitutes for cheese,

   3,843,537

   581,371 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-15....................................... 3,680,293

   569,707 .............. ..............

   New Zealand................................. .............. .............. 1,000,000 ..............

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

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

   Poland......................................

   163,243

   11,664 .............. ..............

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

   1 .............. .............. .............. Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation

   18,267,179 4,030,152 9,557,945 2,620,000 (Note 25)......................................

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

   9,115 ..............

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. ..............

   400,000

   Hungary..................................... .............. .............. ..............

   800,000

   EU-15....................................... 13,265,347 3,211,481 4,003,172 1,220,000

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

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

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

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

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

   Norway...................................... 3,206,405

   448,905 3,227,690 ..............

   Switzerland................................. 1,314,340

   369,765 1,745,895

   200,000

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

   85,275

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

   Total: Cheese Articles.................. 72,390,001 15,511,642 22,764,145 24,921,000

   * Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2001

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