[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 136 (Monday, July 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36993-36994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17648]


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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: July 16, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles K. Bertsch, Multilateral Trade 
Negotiations Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, room 5530--South 
Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-1022, 
telephone at (202) 720-6278, 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 3 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 FR 427, 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 27th day of June, 2001.
Mattie R. Sharpless,
Acting 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, 
January 4, 1995.

                    Quantity Based Safeguard Trigger
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             Product                 Trigger level          Period
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Beef............................  1,062,131 mt......  January 1, 2001 to
                                                       December 31,
                                                       2001.
Mutton..........................  14,101 mt.........  January 1, 2001 to
                                                       December 31,
                                                       2001.
Cream...........................  6,599,822 liters..  January 1, 2001 to
                                                       December 31,
                                                       2001.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk....  6,199,769           January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.

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Nonfat Dry Milk.................  4,689,770           January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Dried Whole Milk................  2,946,410           January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Dried Cream.....................  4,485 kilograms...  January 1, 2001 to
                                                       December 31,
                                                       2001.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk...........  136,940 kilograms.  January 1, 2001 to
                                                       December 31,
                                                       2001.
Butter..........................  8,183,104           January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Butter Oil and Butter             7,823,523           January 1, 2001 to
 Substitutes.                      kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Dairy Mixtures..................  3,875,137           January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Blue Cheese.....................  3,618,036           January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Cheddar Cheese..................  11,278,847          January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
American Type Cheese............  10,140,963          January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Edam/Gouda Cheese...............  7,765,924           January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Italian-Type Cheese.............  17,172,739          January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation.  37,920,677          January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Gruyere Process Cheese..........  8,204,076           January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Lowfat Cheese...................  3,205,090           January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
NSPF Cheese.....................  54,467,260          January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Peanuts.........................  54,876 mt.........  April 1, 2001 to
                                                       March 31, 2002.
Peanut Butter/Paste.............  21,836 mt.........  January 1, 2001 to
                                                       December 31,
                                                       2001.
Raw Cane Sugar..................  1,945,430 mt......  October 1, 2000 to
                                  1,645,884 mt......   September 30,
                                                       2001.
                                                      October 1, 2001 to
                                                       September 30,
                                                       2002.
Refined Sugar and Syrups........  27,058 mt.........  October 1, 2000 to
                                  27,871 mt.........   September 30,
                                                       2001.
                                                      October 1, 2001 to
                                                       September 30,
                                                       2002.
Blended Syrups..................  0 mt..............  October 1, 2000 to
                                  0 mt..............   September 30,
                                                       2001.
                                                      October 1, 2001 to
                                                       September 30,
                                                       2002.
Articles Over 65% Sugar.........  0 mt..............  October 1, 2000 to
                                  0 mt..............   September 30,
                                                       2001.
                                                      October 1, 2001 to
                                                       September 30,
                                                       2002.
Articles Over 10% Sugar.........  80,282 mt.........  October 1, 2000 to
                                  80,886 mt.........   September 30,
                                                       2001.
                                                      October 1, 2001 to
                                                       September 30,
                                                       2002.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder..........  1,555 mt..........  October 1, 2000 to
                                  1,196 mt..........   September 30,
                                                       2001.
                                                      October 1, 2001 to
                                                       September 30,
                                                       2002.
Chocolate Crumb.................  23,579,229          January 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          December 31,
                                                       2001.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb..........  148 kilograms.....  January 1, 2001 to
                                                       December 31,
                                                       2001.
Infant Formula Containing         125,000 kilograms.  January 1, 2001 to
 Oligosaccharides.                                     December 31,
                                                       2001.
Mixes and Doughs................  6,064 mt..........  October 1, 2000 to
                                  5,366 mt..........   September 30,
                                                       2001.
                                                      October 1, 2001 to
                                                       September 30,
                                                       2002.
Mixed Condiments and Seasonings.  232 mt............  October 1, 2000 to
                                  243 mt............   September 30,
                                                       2001.
                                                      October 1, 2001 to
                                                       September 30,
                                                       2002.
Ice Cream.......................  2,908,496 liters..  January 1, 2001 to
                                                       December 31,
                                                       2001.
Animal Feed Containing Milk.....  703,742 kilograms.  January 1, 2001 to
                                                       December 31,
                                                       2001.
Short Staple Cotton.............  5,340,573           September 20, 2000
                                   kilograms.          to September 19,
                                  5,197,960            2001.
                                   kilograms.         September 20, 2001
                                                       to September 19,
                                                       2002.
Harsh or Rough Cotton...........  0 mt..............  August 1, 2000 to
                                  0 mt..............   July 31, 2001.
                                                      August 1, 2001 to
                                                       July 31, 2002.
Medium Staple Cotton............  622,754 kilograms.  August 1, 2000 to
                                  701,895 kilograms.   July 31, 2001.
                                                      August 1, 2001 to
                                                       July 31, 2002.
Extra Long Staple Cotton........  1,482,280           August 1, 2000 to
                                   kilograms.          July 31, 2001.
                                  5,481,363           August 1, 2001 to
                                   kilograms.          July 31, 2002.
Cotton Waste....................  0 kilograms.......  September 20, 2000
                                  0 kilograms.......   to September 19,
                                                       2001.
                                                      September 20, 2001
                                                       to September 19,
                                                       2002.
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun.....  798 kilograms.....  September 11, 2000
                                  748 kilograms.....   to September 10,
                                                       2001.
                                                      September 11, 2001
                                                       to September 10,
                                                       2002.
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