[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29263-29264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13848]


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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 January 1, 1999 through March 31, 
1999. We are publishing the current listing of those subsidies that we 
have determined exist.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Morris or Tipten Troidl, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
2786.

SUPPLEMENTAL 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 January 1, 1999 through 
March 31, 1999.
    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

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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, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.
    This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a) 
of the Act.

    Dated: May 25, 1999.
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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                                                                                         Gross \1\     Net \2\
                    Country                                   Program(s)                 subsidy $/   subsidy $/
                                                                                          lb. 0.20    lb. $0.20
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Austria.......................................  European Union Restitution Payments...
Belgium.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.07         0.07
Canada........................................  Export Assistance on Certain Types of          0.24         0.24
                                                 Cheese.
Denmark.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.17         0.17
Finland.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.26         0.26
France........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.15         0.15
Germany.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.19         0.19
Greece........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.00         0.00
Ireland.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.10         0.10
Italy.........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.13         0.13
Luxembourg....................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.07         0.07
Netherlands...................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.10         0.10
Norway........................................  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy...............         0.34         0.34
                                                Consumer Subsidy......................         0.15         0.15
    Total.....................................    ....................................         0.49         0.49
Portugal......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.10         0.10
Spain.........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.11         0.11
Switzerland...................................  Deficiency Payments...................         0.26         0.26
U.K...........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.14        0.14
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\1\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).

[FR Doc. 99-13848 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am]
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