[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 161 (Monday, August 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43434-43435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20668]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service


Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of the fee for dairy import licenses for the 1996 quota 
year.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the fee to be charged for the 1996 
quota year for each license issued to a person or firm by the 
Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation of certain dairy 
articles which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set forth in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) will be $113.00 
per license.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard P. Warsack, Dairy Import Quota Manager, Import Policies and 
Programs Division, Room 5531-South Building, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250-1000 or telephone at (202) 720-
2916.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations promulgated by the Department of 
Agriculture and codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.34 provide for the issuance of 
licenses to importers of certain dairy articles which are subject to 
tariff-rate quotas set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTS). Those dairy articles may only be entered into the 
United States 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 such licenses and the regulations.
    The 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. The use of licenses by the 
license holder to import dairy articles is monitored by the Dairy 
Import Quota Manager, Import Licensing Group, Import Policies and 
Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (the ``Licensing Authority'') and the U.S. Customs Service.

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    Regulations at 7 CFR 6.33(a) provide that a fee will be charged for 
each license issued to a person or firm by the Licensing Authority in 
order to reimburse the Department of Agriculture for the costs of 
administering the licensing system under this regulation. The fee is to 
be based upon the total cost to the Department of Agriculture of 
administering the licensing system during the calendar year preceding 
the year for which the fee is to be charged, divided by the average 
number of licenses issued per year for the three years preceding the 
year for which the fee is to be assessed.
    Regulations at 7 CFR 6.33(b) provide that the Licensing Authority 
will announce the annual fee for each license and that such fee will be 
set out in a notice to be published in the Federal Register. 
Accordingly, this notice sets out the fee for the licenses to be issued 
for the 1996 calendar year.

Notice

    The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of administering 
the licensing system during 1995 has been determined to be $413,009. Of 
this amount, $232,508 represents the cost of the staff and supervisory 
hours devoted directly to administering the licensing system during 
1995 (total personnel costs for the Import Licensing Group of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service equaled $126,734; a proportionate share of 
the supervisory costs devoted directly to administering the licensing 
system equaled $105,774); $91,367 represents the total computer costs 
to monitor and issue import licenses during 1995; and $89,134 
represents other miscellaneous costs, including travel, postage, 
publications, forms, contract clerical assistance, and an ADP system 
contractor.
    The average number of licenses issued per year for the three years 
immediately preceding 1996 has been determined to be 3,670. 
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license 
issued to a person or firm for the 1996 calendar year, in accordance 
with the regulations codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.34, will be $113.00 per 
license.

    Issued at Washington, D.C. the 9th day of August, 1995.
Richard P. Warsack,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 95-20668 Filed 8-18-95; 8:45 am]
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