[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20881-20883]
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[FR Doc No: 02-10461]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

7 CFR Part 6


Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
Licensing Regulation for the 2002 Tariff-Rate Quota Year

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy 
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2002 quota year 
reflecting the cumulative annual transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix 
2 for certain dairy product import licenses permanently surrendered by 
licensees or revoked by the Licensing Authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 29, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael I. Hankin, Dairy Import Quota 
Manager, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a 
delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, administers 
the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation codified at 7 
CFR 6.20-6.37 that provides for the issuance of licenses to import 
certain dairy articles under tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) as set forth in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. These dairy 
articles may only be entered into the United States at the low-tier 
tariff by or for the account of a person or firm to whom such licenses 
have been issued and only in accordance with the terms and conditions 
of the regulation.
    Licenses are issued on a calendar year basis, and each license 
authorizes the license holder to import a specified quantity and type 
of dairy article from a specified country of origin. The Import 
Policies and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction 
with the U.S. Customs Service, monitors their use.
    The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states: ``Whenever a historical 
license (Appendix 1) is not issued to an applicant pursuant to the 
provisions of Sec. 6.23, is permanently surrendered, or is revoked by 
the Licensing Authority, the amount of such license will be transferred 
to Appendix 2.'' Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative annual 
transfers will be published in the Federal Register. Accordingly, this 
document sets forth the revised Appendices for the 2002 tariff-rate 
quota year.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

    Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy Products, Imports, 
Reporting and record keeping requirements.

    Issued at Washington, DC.
Michael I. Hankin,
Licensing Authority.

    Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:

PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES

    1. The authority citation for Part 6, Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate 
Import Quota Licensing continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16-23 and 25 
to Chapter 4 and General Note 15 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), Pub. L. 97-258, 96 Stat. 
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103 and 404, Pub. L. 
103-465, 108 Stat. 4819 (19 U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).


    2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
Licensing are revised to read as follows:

                   Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
   [Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3,
                   Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2002 (quantities in kilograms)]
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                                                                                               Appendix 3
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Article by additional U.S. note number and country of origin   Appendix 1   Appendix 2     Tokyo       Uruguay
                                                                                           Round        Round
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                                               NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
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BUTTER (NOTE 6).............................................    5,591,819    1,385,181  ...........  ...........
    EU-15...................................................       80,694       15,467  ...........  ...........
    New Zealand.............................................      124,709       25,884  ...........  ...........
    Other Countries.........................................       63,105       10,830  ...........  ...........
    Any Country.............................................    5,323,311    1,333,000  ...........  ...........
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DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)....................................      600,076    4,660,924  ...........  ...........
    Australia...............................................      600,076  ...........  ...........  ...........
    Canada..................................................  ...........      219,565  ...........  ...........
    Any Country.............................................  ...........    4,441,359  ...........  ...........
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DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8)...................................        3,175    3,318,125  ...........  ...........
    New Zealand.............................................        3,175  ...........  ...........  ...........
    Any Country.............................................  ...........    3,318,125  ...........  ...........
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DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12).............................      224,981  ...........  ...........  ...........

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    Canada..................................................      161,161  ...........  ...........  ...........
    New Zealand.............................................       63,820  ...........  ...........  ...........
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BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT    ...........    6,080,500  ...........  ...........
 AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14)................................
    Any Country.............................................  ...........    6,080,500  ...........  ...........
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        TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES..........................    6,420,051   15,444,730  ...........  ...........
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                                                 CHEESE ARTICLES
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CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT RIPENED        23,759,623    7,711,108    9,661,128    7,496,000
 COW'S MILK CHEESE; CHEESE NOT CONTAINING COW'S MILK; CHEESE
 (EXCEPT COTTAGE CHEESE) CONTAINING 0.5 PERCENT OR LESS BY
 WEIGHT OF BUTTERFAT; AND, ARTICLES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF
 OTHER IMPORT QUOTAS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBCHAPTER) (NOTE
 16)........................................................
    Argentina...............................................        7,690  ...........       92,310  ...........
    Australia...............................................      535,628        5,542      758,830    1,750,000
    Canada..................................................    1,031,946      109,054  ...........  ...........
    Costa Rica..............................................  ...........  ...........  ...........    1,550,000
    Czech Republic..........................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      200,000
    EU-15...................................................   15,578,947    6,753,485    1,132,568    2,346,000
        Of which Portugal is................................      127,536        1,773      223,691  ...........
    Israel..................................................       79,696  ...........      593,304  ...........
    Iceland.................................................      294,000  ...........       29,000  ...........
    New Zealand.............................................    4,479,868      335,604    6,506,528  ...........
    Norway..................................................      124,982       25,018  ...........  ...........
    Poland..................................................      917,497       18,727  ...........      300,000
    Slovak Republic.........................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      600,000
    Switzerland.............................................      597,513       73,899      548,588      500,000
    Uruguay.................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      250,000
    Other Countries.........................................      111,856       89,779  ...........  ...........
    Any Country.............................................  ...........      300,000  ...........  ...........
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BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON PRODUCED IN THE UNITED         2,321,554      159,447  ...........      430,000
 KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING,
 OR PROCESSED FROM, BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17)..............
    Argentina...............................................        2,000  ...........  ...........  ...........
    EU-15...................................................    2,319,553      159,447  ...........      300,000
    Chile...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........       80,000
    Czech Republic..........................................  ...........  ...........  ...........       50,000
    Other Countries.........................................            1  ...........  ...........  ...........
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CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE           3,664,363      619,493      519,033    7,620,000
 CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18)....
    Australia...............................................      937,721       46,778      215,501    1,250,000
    Chile...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      220,000
    Czech Republic..........................................  ...........  ...........  ...........       50,000
    EU-15...................................................       57,168      205,832  ...........    1,000,000
    New Zealand.............................................    2,543,600      252,868      303,532    5,100,000
    Other Countries.........................................      125,874       14,015  ...........  ...........
    Any Country.............................................  ...........      100,000  ...........  ...........
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AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, WASHED CURD AND          2,856,128      309,425      357,003  ...........
 GRANULAR CHEESE (BUT NOT INCLUDING CHEDDAR) AND CHEESE AND
 SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING OR PROCESSED FROM SUCH
 AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19).............................
    Australia...............................................      834,747       46,251      119,002  ...........
    EU-15...................................................      186,222      167,778  ...........  ...........
    New Zealand.............................................    1,671,294       90,705      238,001  ...........
    Other Countries.........................................      163,865        4,691  ...........  ...........
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EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE    5,294,715      311,687  ...........    1,210,000
 CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE
 20)........................................................
    Argentina...............................................      119,003        5,997  ...........      110,000
    Czech Republic..........................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      100,000
    EU-15...................................................    5,035,993      253,007  ...........    1,000,000
    Norway..................................................      114,318       52,682  ...........  ...........
    Other Countries.........................................       25,401            1  ...........  ...........
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ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S MILK, (ROMANO MADE        6,524,558      995,989      795,517    5,165,000
 FROM COW'S MILK, REGGIANO, PARMESAN, PROVOLONE, PROVOLETTI,
 SBRINZ, AND GOYA-NOT IN ORIGINAL LOAVES) AND CHEESE AND
 SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, SUCH
 ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, WHETHER OR NOT IN ORIGINAL LOAVES
 (NOTE 21)..................................................
    Argentina...............................................    3,958,383      167,100      367,517    1,890,000
    EU-15...................................................    2,555,775      826,225  ...........      700,000
    Poland..................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........    1,325,000
    Romania.................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      500,000
    Uruguay.................................................  ...........  ...........      428,000      750,000
    Other Countries.........................................       10,400        2,664  ...........  ...........
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SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN WITH EYE FORMATION,      5,753,362      897,952      823,519      380,000
 GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
 CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES (NOTE
 22)........................................................
    EU-15...................................................    4,344,660      807,334      393,006      380,000
    Switzerland.............................................    1,333,942       85,545      430,513  ...........
    Other Countries.........................................       74,760        5,073  ...........  ...........
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CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING 0.5 PERCENT OR    3,838,969      585,939    1,050,000  ...........
 LESS BY WEIGHT OF BUTTERFAT (EXCEPT ARTICLES WITHIN THE
 SCOPE OF OTHER TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
 SUBCHAPTER), AND MARGARINE CHEESE (NOTE 23)................
    EU-15...................................................    3,675,725      574,275  ...........  ...........
    Israel..................................................  ...........  ...........       50,000  ...........
    New Zealand.............................................  ...........  ...........    1,000,000  ...........
    Poland..................................................      163,243       11,664  ...........  ...........
    Other Countries.........................................            1  ...........  ...........  ...........
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SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25)....   18,247,171    4,050,160    9,557,945    2,620,000
    Argentina...............................................  ...........        9,115       70,885  ...........
    Australia...............................................      209,698  ...........      290,302  ...........
    Canada..................................................  ...........  ...........       70,000  ...........
    Czech Republic..........................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      400,000
    Hungary.................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      800,000
    EU-15...................................................   13,254,454    3,222,374    4,003,172    1,220,000
    Iceland.................................................      149,999  ...........      150,001  ...........
    Israel..................................................       27,000  ...........  ...........  ...........
    Norway..................................................    3,206,405      448,905    3,227,690  ...........
    Switzerland.............................................    1,314,340      369,765    1,745,895      200,000
    Other Countries.........................................       85,275            1  ...........  ...........
        TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES..............................   72,260,443   15,641,200   22,764,145   24,921,000
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