[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39113-39114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18622]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Supplemental Information Concerning Quota Periods Applicable to 
Quantity Trigger Levels for Safeguard Measures Provided for in the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture

AGENCY: Forign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice supplements the 64 FR 11435 (March 9, 1999), and 
63 FR 13387 (March 19, 1998), notices by clarifying the applicable 
period (quota year) for the trigger levels on products subject to the 
safeguard provisions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy S. Mckinnell, Multilateral Trade 
Negotiations Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, room 5530--South 
Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-1022, 
telephone at (202) 720-6064, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 of the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Agriculture provides that additional import duties may be imposed on 
imports of products subject to tariffication during the Uruguay Round 
if certain conditions are met. One circumstance under which the 
agreement permits additional duties to be imposed is if the volume of 
imports of a product exceeds by a specified percentage, depending on 
the product, the average of the most recent 3 years for which data are 
available. These additional duties may not be imposed on quantities for 
which minimum or current access commitments were made during the 
Uruguay Round negotiations.
    Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires that the 
President cause to be published in the Federal Register the annual 
quantity trigger levels based on import levels during the most recent 3 
years, and the relevant period for the quantity-based safeguard for 
each product. The President delegated this duty to the Secretary of 
Agriculture in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763, dated December 23, 
1994. The Secretary of Agriculture further delegated the duty to the 
Administrator, Foreign Agriculture Service (7 CFR 2.43(a)(2)).
    In the March 1989 and 1999 notices, applicable periods for those 
trigger levels were inadvertently omitted. This notice is to clarify 
the applicable periods consistent with earlier notices and the 
Harmonized Trariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).

Notice

    The relevant periods for the respective quantity trigger levels 
currently in effect or to become effective in calendar year 1999 are 
set forth in the Annex to this notice.

    Issued at Washington, DC this 15th day of July 1999.
Timothy J. Galvin,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Annex

    The definitions of these products were provided in the Notice of 
Safeguard Action published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 427, 
January 4, 1995.

                                        Quantity Based Safeguard Trigger
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            Product                 Trigger level                               Period
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Beef...........................  891,203 mt........  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
Mutton.........................  12,051 mt.........  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
Cream..........................  5,729,263 liters..  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk...  2,956,168           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Nonfat Dry Milk................  3,313,542           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Dried Whole Milk...............  1,864,488           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Dried Cream....................  650 kilograms.....  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk..........  222,488 kilograms.  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
Butter.........................  6,193,405           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Butter Oil and Butter            5,812,414           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
 Substitutes.                     kilograms.
Dairy Mixtures.................  2,224,071           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Blue Cheese....................  3,183,782           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Cheddar Cheese.................  11,139,531          January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
American Type Cheese...........  3,939,843           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Edam/Gouda Cheese..............  6,621,244           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Italian-Type Cheese............  15,148,033          January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation  33,559,160          January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Gruyere Process Cheese.........  7,687,097           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Lowfat Cheese..................  3,874,332           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
NSPF Cheese....................  49,366,596          January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Peanuts........................  49,248 mt.........  April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000.
Peanut Butter/Paste............  23,084 mt.........  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
Raw Cane Sugar.................  2,263,717 mt......  October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999.
                                 2,366,204 mt......  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Refined Sugar and Syrups.......  22,660 mt.........  October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999.
                                 25,484 mt.........  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Blended Syrups.................  0 mt..............  October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999.
 

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                                 0 mt..............  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Articles Over 65% Sugar........  0 mt..............  October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999.
                                 0 mt..............  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Articles Over 10% Sugar........  80,309 mt.........  October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999.
                                 80,282 mt.........  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder.........  2,364 mt..........  October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999.
                                 2,445 mt..........  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Chocolate Crumb................  15,324,776          January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb.........  78 kilograms......  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
Infant Formula Containing        45,383 kilograms..  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
 Oligosaccharides.
Mixes and Doughs...............  1,274 mt..........  October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999.
                                 5,424 mt..........  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Mixed Condiments and...........  231 mt............  October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999.
Seasonings.....................  253 mt............  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Ice Cream......................  49,353 liters.....  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
Animal Feed Containing Milk....  1,622,296           January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
Short Staple Cotton............  17,592,104          September 20, 1998 to September 19, 1999.
                                  kilograms.
                                 17,211,112          September 20, 1999 to September 19, 2000.
                                  kilograms.
Harsh or Rough Cotton..........  0 mt..............  August 1, 1998 to July 31, 1999.
                                 0 mt..............  August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000.
Medium Staple Cotton...........  19,898 kilograms..  August 1, 1998 to July 31, 1999.
                                 9,664 kilograms...  August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000.
Extra Long Staple Cotton.......  234,089 kilograms.  August 1, 1998 to July 31, 1999.
                                 32,995 kilograms..  August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000.
Cotton Waste...................  39,828 kilograms..  September 20, 1998 to September 19, 1999.
                                 13,378 kilograms..  September 20, 1999 to September 19, 2000.
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun....  383 kilograms.....  September 11, 1998 to September 10, 1999.
                                 383 kilograms.....  September 11, 1999 to September 10, 2000.
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