[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 47 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12502-12503]
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[FR Doc No: 00-5681]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard 
measures provided for in the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated quantity trigger levels for 
products which may be subject to additional import duties under the 
safeguard provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. It 
also includes the relevant period applicable for trigger levels on each 
of those products.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 9, 2000.

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 email [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. The agreement permits additional duties 
to be charged if the price of an individual shipment of imported 
products falls below the average price for similar goods imported 
during the years 1986-88 by a specified percentage. It also permits 
additional duties to be imposed if the volume of imports of an article 
exceeds the average of the most recent 3 years for which data are 
available by 5, 10, or 25 percent, depending on the article. These 
additional duties may not be imposed on quantities for which minimum or 
current access commitments were made during the Uruguay Round 
negotiations, and only one type of safeguard, price or quantity, may be 
applied at any given time to an article.
    Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires that the 
President cause to be published in the Federal Register information 
regarding the price and quantity safeguards, including the quantity 
trigger levels, which must be updated annually based upon import levels 
during the most recent three years. 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 of the Foreign Agricultural Service (7 
CFR 2.43 (a)(2)). The Annex to this notice contains the updated 
quantity trigger levels.
    Additional information on the products subject to safeguards and 
the additional duties which may apply can be found in subchapter IV of 
chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and 
in the Secretary of Agriculture's Notice of Safeguard Action, published 
in the Federal Register at 60 FR427 on January 4, 1995.

Notice

    As provided in section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 
consistent with Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture, the 
safeguard quantity trigger levels previously notified are superceded by 
the levels indicated in the Annex to this notice.

    Issued at Washington, DC this 29th day of February, 2000.
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, at 60 FR 427 on 
Wednesday, January 4, 1995.

                                        Quantity Based Safeguard Trigger
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            Product                  Trigger level                               Period
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Beef..........................  982,666 mt............  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Mutton........................  12,612 mt.............  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Cream.........................  6,527,820 liters......  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk..  4,584,100 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Nonfat Dry Milk...............  4,426,348 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Dried Whole Milk..............  2,735,859 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Dried Cream...................  541 kilograms.........  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk.........  147,571 kilograms.....  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Butter........................  7,335,863 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Butter Oil and Butter           7,480,980 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
 Substitutes.
Dairy Mixtures................  3,000,734 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Blue Cheese...................  3,309,790 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Cheddar Cheese................  14,724,970 kilograms..  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
American Type Cheese..........  7,848,260 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Edam/Gouda Cheese.............  7,029,019 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Italian-Type Cheese...........  16,396,083 kilograms..  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Swiss Cheese with Eye           35,361,386 kilograms..  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
 Formation.
Gruyere Process Cheese........  8,008,352 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Lowfat Cheese.................  3,374,284 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
NSPF Cheese...................  51,102,583 kilograms..  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Peanuts.......................  49,248 mt.............  April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000.

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                                53,000 mt.............  April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001.
Peanut Butter/Paste...........  21,031 mt.............  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Raw Cane Sugar................  2,366,204 mt..........  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
                                1,945,430 mt..........  October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Refined Sugar and Syrups......  25,484 mt.............  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
                                27,058 mt.............  October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Blended Syrups................  0 mt..................  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
                                0 mt..................  October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Articles Over 65% Sugar.......  0 mt..................  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
                                0 mt..................  October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Articles Over 10% Sugar.......  80,282 mt.............  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
                                80,282 mt.............  October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder........  2,445 mt..............  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
                                1,555 mt..............  October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Chocolate Crumb...............  21,252,239 kilograms..  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb........  176 kilograms.........  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Infant Formula Containing       84,751 kilograms......  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
 Oligosaccharides.
Mixes and Doughs..............  5,424 mt..............  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
                                6,064 mt..............  October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Mixed Condiments and..........  253 mt................  October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Seasonings....................  232 mt................  October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Ice Cream.....................  1,516,320 liters......  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Animal Feed Containing Milk...  1,339,075 kilograms...  January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Short Staple Cotton...........  17,211,112 kilograms..  September 20, 1999 to September 19, 2000.
                                5,340,573 kilograms...  September 20, 2000 to September 19, 2001.
Harsh or Rough Cotton.........  0 mt..................  August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000.
                                0 mt..................  August 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001.
Medium Staple Cotton..........  9,664 kilograms.......  August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000.
                                622,754 kilograms.....  August 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001.
Extra Long Staple Cotton......  32,995 kilograms......  August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000.
                                1,482,280 kilograms...  August 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001.
Cotton Waste..................  13,378 kilograms......  September 20, 1999 to September 19, 2000.
                                0 kilograms...........  September 20, 2000 to September 19, 2001.
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun...  383 kilograms.........  September 11, 1999 to September 10, 2000.
                                798 kilograms.........  September 11, 2000 to September 10, 2001.
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