[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 98-2119]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

7 CFR Part 6


Modification of the Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing for 
Certain Cheeses From Hungary

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule amends Import Regulation 1, Revision 8, to 
increase the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation to Hungary for Swiss or 
Emmenthaler cheese to 800,000 kilograms, and to delete the TRQ 
allocation to Hungary for Italian-type cheese. The administrative 
action is taken pursuant to a modification of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTS).

EFFECTIVE DATE: This amendment is effective February 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Wanamaker, STOP 1029, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20250-1029, or telephone (202) 720-2916.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Import Regulation 1, Revision 8 (7 CFR 6.20-
6.36 and the Appendices thereto) prescribes a system for licensing 
importation of certain articles of dairy products which are subject to 
TRQs under the HTS. Importers who hold licenses issued pursuant to 
Import Regulation 1 may enter these articles at the TRQ tariff rates. 
The Appendices to Import Regulation 1 identify the dairy articles that 
are subject to licensing. Import Regulation 1 also sets forth the TRQ 
quantities for each dairy article that may be entered under Appendix 1 
(historical licenses), Appendix 2 (nonhistorical licenses), and 
Appendix 3 (designated importer licenses).
    Under Appendix 3, the quantity for designated licenses for Italian-
type cheese allocated to Hungary is 400,000 kilograms and the quantity 
for designated licenses for Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese allocated to 
Hungary is 400,000 kilograms. A Federal Register Notice issued by the 
Office of the United States Trade Representative (62 FR 66171-66172) 
modified additional U.S. notes 21 and 25 to chapter 4 of the HTS to 
delete the tariff-rate quota allocation of 400,000 kilograms to Hungary 
for Italian-type cheese and to increase the TRQ allocation to Hungary 
for Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese from 400,000 kilograms to 800,000 
kilograms. Accordingly, Appendix 3 to Import Regulation 1 is being 
amended in accordance with these modifications to the HTS.
    This regulation is being issued as a final rule since its only 
purpose is to amend Appendix 3 to make it conform to the modifications 
to the HTS.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

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

Final Rule

    Accordingly, 7 CFR part 6 is amended as follows:

PART 6--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import 
Quota Licensing continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Additional U.S. notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16-24 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 (19 U.S.C. 313 and 3610).


Appendix 3  [Amended]

    2. Appendix 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing 
is amended as follows:
    a. Under the article description for ``Italian-type cheeses * * * 
(Note 21),'' ``Hungary'' is removed from the list of countries and the 
quantity ``400,000'' is removed on the same line.
    b. Under the article description for ``Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese 
with eye formation (Note 25)'' on the line for Hungary, the quantity 
``400,000'' is removed and the quantity ``800,000'' is added in its 
place.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on January 16, 1998.
Timothy J. Galvin,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-2119 Filed 1-30-98; 8:45 am]
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