Import quotas and fees: Dairy-tariff rate import quota licensing,

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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 2007 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 2007 quota year reflecting the cumulative annual transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix 2 for certain dairy product import licenses permanently surrendered by licenses or revoked by the Licensing Authority.

DATES: Effective Date: September 21, 2007.

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@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 article from a specified country of origin. The Import Trade and 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 2007 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 4th day of September, 2007. 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 Tarrif-Rate Import Quota Licensing

Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses, Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2007 [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)................................. 5,363,130 1,613,870 .............. ..............

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

75,918

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

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

116,998

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

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

55,902

18,033 .............. ..............

Any Country................................. 5,114,312 1,541,999 .............. .............. DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)........................

118,800 5,142,200 .............. ..............

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

118,800

481,276 .............. ..............

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

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DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12).................

25,515

199,466 .............. ..............

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

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

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

25,515

38,305 .............. .............. BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF .............. 6,080,500 .............. .............. BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14)..........

Any Country................................. .............. 6,080,500 .............. .............. TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES.............. 5,510,620 16,354,161 .............. ..............

CHEESE ARTICLES

CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT 23,356,153 8,113,578 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 7,446,000

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

111,856

89,779 .............. ..............

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, BULE-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 OR

3,635,792

648,064

519,033 7,620,000 CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18)...............................

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

930,605

53,894

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

113,743

26,146 .............. ..............

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

100,000 .............. .............. AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, WASHED

2,784,899

380,654

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

813,798

67,200

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

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

149,547

204,453 .............. ..............

New Zealand................................. 1,657,689

104,310

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

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

163,865

4,691 .............. .............. EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND

5,239,073

367,329 .............. 1,210,000 SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20)..........

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

119,003

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

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,

6,473,892 1,046,655

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................................... 3,937,962

187,521

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

5,567,856 1,083,458

823,519

380,000 FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22).........

EU-25....................................... 4,266,210

885,784

393,006

380,000

Switzerland................................. 1,264,357

155,130

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

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

37,289

42,544 .............. .............. CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING

2,711,667 1,713,251 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....................................... 2,711,666 1,713,251 .............. ..............

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

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

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

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

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

1 .............. SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION

16,290,841 6,006,490 9,557,945 2,620,000 (NOTE 25)......................................

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

9,115

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

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

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

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

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

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

EU-25....................................... 11,348,480 5,128,348 4,003,172 2,420,000

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

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

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

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

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

Norway...................................... 3,187,264

468,046 3,227,690

Switzerland................................. 1,283,125

400,980 1,745,895

200,000

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

85,275

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

TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES.................. 68,346,120 19,554,533 22,764,145 24,921,000

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