[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8866]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service
[T.D. 97-20]


Tuna Fish--Tariff-Rate Quota; The Tariff-Rate Quota for Calendar 
Year 1997, on Tuna Classifiable Under Subheading 1604.14.20, Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Announcement of the quota quantity for tuna for Calendar Year 
1997.

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SUMMARY: Each year the tariff-rate quota for tuna fish described in 
subheading 1604.14.20, HTSUS, is based on the United States canned tuna 
production for the preceding calendar year.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The 1997 tariff-rate quota is applicable to tuna fish 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 
January 1 through December 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Porter, Supervisor, Quota, 
Import Operations, Trade Compliance Division, Office of Field 
Operations, U.S. Customs Service, Washington, D.C. 20229, (202) 927-
5399. It has now been determined that 35,662,163 kilograms of tuna may 
be entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption 
during the Calendar Year 1997, at the rate of 6 percent ad valorem 
under subheading 1604.14.20, HTSUS. Any such tuna which is entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the current calendar 
year in excess of this quota will be dutiable at the rate of 12.5 
percent ad valorem under subheading 1604.14.30 HTSUS.

(OFO-TC:T:Q).

    Dated: March 18, 1997.
George J. Weise,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 97-8866 Filed 4-7-97; 8:45 am]
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