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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 

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

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade 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: October 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karn Goff or Brian Albright, Office of 
Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, 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: September 26, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

                                    APPENDIX.--Quota Cheese Subsidy Programs                                    
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              Country                               Program(s)                Gross\1\ subsidy   Net\2\ subsidy 
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Austria............................  Export Restitution Payments............  226.2 cents/lb..  226.2 cents/lb. 
Belgium............................  European Community (EC) Restitution      50.1 cents/lb...  50.1 cents/lb.  
                                      Payments.                                                                 
Canada.............................  Export Assistance on Certain Types of    25.3 cents/lb...  25.3 cents/lb.  
                                      Cheese.                                                                   
Denmark............................  EC Restitution Payments................  50.2 cents/lb...  50.2 cents/lb.  
Finland............................  Export Subsidy.........................  94.3 cents/lb...  94.3 cents/lb.  
France.............................  EC Restitution Payments................  52.8 cents/lb...  52.8 cents/lb.  
Germany............................  EC Restitution Payments................  56.6 cents/lb...  56.6 cents/lb.  
Greece.............................  EC Restitution Payments................  0.0 cents/lb....  0.0 cents/lb.   
Ireland............................  EC Restitution Payments................  46.7 cents/lb...  46.7 cents/lb.  
Italy..............................  EC Restitution Payments................  75.3 cents/lb...  75.3 cents/lb.  
Luxembourg.........................  EC Restitution Payments................  56.9 cents/lb...  56.9 cents/lb.  
Netherlands........................  EC Restitution Payments................  37.6 cents/lb...  37.6 cents/lb.  
Norway.............................  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy................  17.6 cents/lb...  17.6 cents/lb.  
                                     Consumer Subsidy.......................  39.0 cents/lb...  39.0 cents/lb.  
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                                                                              56.6 cents/lb...  56.6 cents/lb.  
Portugal...........................  EC Restitution Payments................  36.3 cents/lb...  36.3 cents/lb.  
Spain..............................  EC Restitution Payments................  43.06/lb........  43.06/lb.       
Switzerland........................  Deficiency Payments....................  161.3 cents/lb..  161.3 cents/lb. 
U.K................................  EC Restitution Payments................  36.7 cents/lb...  36.7 cents/lb.  
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\1\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).                                                                                
\2\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).                                                                                

[FR Doc. 94-24274 Filed 9-29-94; 8:45 am]
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