[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16248-16249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8678]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Publication of quarterly update to annual listing of foreign
government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate
of duty.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, has prepared its quarterly update to the annual list of
foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-
quota rate of duty during the period October 1, 1997 through December
31, 1997. We are publishing the current listing of those subsidies that
we have determined exist.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Morris, Office of CVD/AD
Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702(a) of the Trade Agreements Act
of 1979 (as amended) (the Act) requires the Department of Commerce (the
Department) to determine, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy with
respect to any article of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty,
as defined in section 702(g)(b)(4) of the Act, and to publish an annual
list and quarterly updates of the type and amount of those subsidies.
We hereby provide the Department's quarterly update of subsidies on
cheeses that were imported during the period October 1, 1997 through
December 31, 1997.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702
(g)(b)(2) of the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by
foreign governments on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate
of duty. The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy
program or programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for
which information is currently available.
The Department will incorporate additional programs which are found
to constitute subsidies, and additional information on the subsidy
programs listed, as the information is developed.
The Department encourages any person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of cheese subject to
an in-quota rate of duty to submit such information in writing to the
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the Act.
Dated: March 27, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix--Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of
Duty
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Country Program(s) Gross \1\ Net \2\ subsidy
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Austria.................................. European Union Restitution $0.21 $0.21
Payments.
Belgium.................................. EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.08 0.08
Canada................................... Export Assistance on Certain 0.25 0.25
Types of Cheese.
Denmark.................................. EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.15 0.15
Finland.................................. EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.28 0.28
France................................... EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.04 0.04
Germany.................................. EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.22 0.22
Greece................................... EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.00 0.00
Ireland.................................. EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.16 0.16
Italy.................................... EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.04 0.04
Luxembourg............................... EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.08 0.08
Netherlands.............................. EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.10 0.10
Norway................................... Indirect (Milk) Subsidy.......... 0.38 0.38
Consumer Subsidy................. 0.17 0.17
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Total................................ ............................... 0.55 0.55
Portugal................................. EU Restitution Payments.......... $011 0.11
Spain.................................... EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.02 0.02
Switzerland.............................. Deficiency Payments.............. 0.32 0.32
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U.K...................................... EU Restitution Payments.......... 0.10 0.10
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\1\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
[FR Doc. 98-8678 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]
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