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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government 
Subsidies on Articles of Quota Cheese

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Publication of quarterly update to annual listing of foreign 
government subsidies on articles of quota cheese.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Agriculture, has prepared a quarterly update to its annual list of 
foreign government subsidies on articles of quota cheese. We are 
publishing the current listing of those subsidies that we have 
determined exist.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia W. Stroup or Karn Goff, 
Office of Countervailing Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, 
telephone: (202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702(a) of the Trade Agreements Act 
of 1979 (``the TAA'') requires the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') to determine, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy with 
respect to any article of quota cheese, as defined in section 701(c)(1) 
of the TAA, and to publish an annual list and quarterly updates of the 
type and amount of those subsidies.
    The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h)(2) 
of the TAA) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign 
governments on articles of quota cheese. The appendix to this notice 
lists the country, the subsidy program or programs, and the gross and 
net amount of each subsidy on which information is currently available.
    The Department will incorporate additional programs which are found 
to constitute subsidies, and additional information on the subsidy 
programs listed, as the information is developed.
    The Department encourages any person having information on foreign 
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of quota cheese to 
submit such information in writing to the Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a) 
of the TAA.

    Dated: March 29, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

                 Appendix--Quota Cheese Subsidy Programs                
                          [In cents per pound]                          
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                                                Gross\1\        Net\2\  
     Country              Program(s)            subsidy        subsidy  
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Belgium...........  European Community (EC)            37.3         37.3
                     Restitution Payments.                              
Canada............  Export Assistance on               26.6         26.6
                     Certain Types of                                   
                     Cheese.                                            
Denmark...........  EC Restitution Payments            51.7         51.7
Finland...........  Export Subsidy.........            88.8         88.8
France............  EC Restitution Payments            54.4         54.4
Germany...........  EC Restitution Payments            54.5         54.5
Greece............  EC Restitution Payments            35.8         35.8
Ireland...........  EC Restitution Payments            54.7         54.7
Italy.............  EC Restitution Payments            82.5         82.5
Luxembourg........  EC Restitution Payments            37.3         37.3
Netherlands.......  EC Restitution Payments            39.0         39.0
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Norway............  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy            16.2         16.2
                    Consumer Subsidy.......            35.9         35.9
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                                                       52.1        52.1 
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Portugal..........  EC Restitution Payments            37.5         37.5
Spain ............  EC Restitution Payments            41.3         41.3
Switzerland.......  Deficiency Payments....           144.4        144.4
U.K...............  EC Restitution Payments            39.9         39.9
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\1\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).                                        
\2\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).                                        

[FR Doc. 94-8019 Filed 3-31-94; 8:45 am]
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