[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 6305-6306]
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[FR Doc No: 96-3528]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service

7 CFR Part 6


Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; technical corrections to import regulation 1, 
revision 7.

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SUMMARY: Import Regulation 1, Revision 7 (``Revision 7'') governs the 
administration of the import licensing system for certain dairy 
products. A license qualifies imports of certain dairy products for 
entry at the in-quota tariff rates established in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTS). This document sets forth technical 
corrections to Appendix 3 of Revision 7 with respect to the in-quota 
quantities that may enter under supplementary license to be issued for 
certain cheeses from Poland and Hungary for quota year 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 20, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Warsack, Import Programs 
Group, Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, AG BOX 1021, Washington, DC 
20250-1021, or telephone (202) 720-2916.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Agriculture (USDA) began to implement its Uruguay 
Round Agreement commitments for certain dairy articles when it 
published an interim rule on January 6, 1995 (60 FR 1989-1996) amending 
Revision 7. That interim rule added a new Appendix 3 which specified 
the quantities of articles of dairy products that, effective January 1, 
1995, had become available for supplementary licenses during quota year 
1995. The quantities specified reflected U.S. commitments to those 
countries which implemented their own Uruguay Round access commitments 
on January 1, 1995. On May 2, 1995, USDA published a second interim 
rule (60 FR 21425-21428) which again amended Revision 7 by revising 
Appendix 3 to reflect additional amounts of cheese and cheese products 
that became available, effective July 1, 1995, for supplementary 
licenses. These increases implemented U.S. access commitments to the 
six countries which began to implement their respective access 
commitments effective July 1, 1995. These countries included Poland and 
Hungary. That interim rule also added a footnote to Appendix 3 which 
clarified that the in-quota quantity allocated to Poland for Italian-
type cheese was conditioned on the results of a bilateral agreement 
being negotiated between the Governments of the United States and 
Poland. On September 13, 1995, USDA published a third interim rule (60 
FR 47453-47455) which again amended Revision 7 by amending Appendix 3 
to reflect additional quantities of dairy articles that will be 
eligible, effective January 1, 1996, for supplementary licenses. These 
increases reflect the additional amounts of articles of dairy products 
available for supplementary licenses required to fulfill the second 
year of the six-year Uruguay Round access commitment. That interim rule 
inadvertently omitted the footnote regarding the in-quota quantity of 
Italian-type cheese for Poland and the in-quota quantity of Swiss 
cheese for Hungary.
    Subsequent to the publication of the third interim rule, the United 
States and Poland signed a Record of Understanding between Poland and 
the United States of America on Agricultural Items which provides that 
the in-quota quantity for Italian-type cheese be increased. 
Presidential Proclamation 6859 of December 13, 1995 implemented this 
commitment by amending Additional U.S. Note 21 of chapter 4 of the HTS 
to increase the in-quota quantity of Italian-type cheese for Poland 
from 1,100,000 kilograms to 1,325,000 kilograms.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

    Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy Products, Imports, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Technical Correction

    Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6, Subpart--Tariff-Rate Quotas is amended 
as follows:

PART 6--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Subpart--Tariff-Rate Quotas 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 and 4959 (19 U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).

    2. Appendix 3 is amended by revising the entry for Poland under 
``Italian-Type cheeses'' and by adding an entry for Hungary preceding 
Sweden under ``Swiss and Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation'' to 
read as follows:

Appendix 3--Articles Subject to the Supplementary Licensing Provisions 
of Import Regulation 1, Revision 7, and Respective Annual Tariff-Rate 
Import Quotas for the 1996 Quota Year

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                                                               Annual   
                                                           supplementary
                 Article by HTS note No.                       quota    
                                                            (kilograms) 
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                  *        *        *        *        *                 
Italian-Type cheeses, made from cow's milk (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)..............................................     4,765,000 
    Argentina............................................     1,890,000 
    EC...................................................       233,333 
    Uruguay..............................................       750,000 
    Hungary..............................................       400,000 
    Poland...............................................     1,325,000 
    Romania..............................................       166,667 
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
Swiss and Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation:                        
  (Note 25)..............................................     1,873,333 
    Austria..............................................        73,333 
    EC...................................................       233,333 
    Hungary..............................................       400,000 
    Sweden...............................................       300,000 
    Switzerland..........................................        66,667 
    Czech Republic.......................................       400,000 
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    Signed at Washington, DC, on February 8, 1996.
Timothy J. Galvin,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agriculture Service
[FR Doc. 96-3528 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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