[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21335]


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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 1998 quota 
year.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the fee to be charged for the 1998 
tariff-rate 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 $170.00 
per license.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Warsack, Dairy Import Quota 
Manager, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Import Licensing Regulation promulgated 
by the Department of Agriculture and codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.36 
provides for the issuance of licenses to import certain dairy articles 
which are subject to tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) set forth in the HTS. 
Those dairy articles may only be entered into the United States at the 
in-quota TRQ tariff rates 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 the Regulation.
    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 of origin. 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 and the U.S. Customs Service.
    The Regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) provides 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 Regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also provides 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 1998 calendar year.
    The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of administering 
the licensing system during 1997 has been determined to be $442,538 and 
the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued is 2,601. Of the 
total cost, $276,872 represent staff and supervisory costs directly to 
administering the licensing system during 1997; $50,320 represents the 
total computer costs to monitor and issue import licenses during 1997; 
and $115,346 represents other miscellaneous costs, including travel, 
postage, publications, forms, and an ADP system contractor.
    Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license 
issued to a person or firm for the 1998 calendar year, in accordance 
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $170.00 per license.

    Issued at Washington, D.C. the 11th day of August, 1997.
Richard P. Warsack,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 97-21335 Filed 8-12-97; 8:45 am]
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