[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 95 (Monday, May 17, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27818-27821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11057]


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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 2004 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 2004 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: May 17, 2004.

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 2004 tariff-rate 
quota year.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

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


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    Issued at Washington, DC the 11th day of May, 2004.
Michael I. Hankin.


Licensing Authority.

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Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:

PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES

Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing

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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).

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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 2004 (quantities in kilograms)]
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                                                                                              Appendix 3
  Article by Additional U.S. Note Number and Country of                              ---------------------------
               Origin NON-CHEESE ARTICLES                  Appendix 1    Appendix 2                    Uruguay
                                                                                      Tokyo  Round      Round
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BUTTER (NOTE 6).........................................     5,421,214     1,555,786  ............  ............
    EU-15...............................................        75,918        20,243  ............  ............
    New Zealand.........................................       118,082        32,511  ............  ............
    Other Countries.....................................        55,902        18,033  ............  ............
    Any Country.........................................     5,171,312     1,484,999  ............  ............
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)................................       600,076     4,660,924  ............  ............
    Australia...........................................       600,076  ............  ............  ............
    Canada..............................................  ............       219,565  ............  ............
    Any Country.........................................  ............     4,441,359  ............  ............
DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8)...............................         3,175     3,318,125  ............  ............
    New Zealand.........................................         3,175  ............  ............  ............
    Any Country.........................................  ............     3,318,125  ............  ............
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12).........................        63,820       161,161  ............  ............
    Canada..............................................  ............       161,161  ............  ............
    New Zealand.........................................        63,820  ............  ............  ............
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF          ............     6,080,500  ............  ............
 BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14)..................
    Any Country.........................................  ............     6,080,500  ............  ............
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        TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES......................     6,088,285    15,776,496  ............  ............
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                                                                                              Appendix 3
  Article by Additional U.S. Note Number and Country of                              ---------------------------
                 Origin CHEESE ARTICLES                    Appendix 1    Appendix 2                    Uruguay
                                                                                       Tokyo Round      Round
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CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT RIPENED     23,527,549     7,942,182     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...............................................    15,365,028     6,966,404     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.........................................     4,461,713       353,759     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  ............  ............
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON PRODUCED IN THE UNITED      2,290,547       190,454  ............       430,000
 KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
 CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE
 17)....................................................
    Argentina...........................................         2,000  ............  ............  ............
    EU-15...............................................     2,288,546       190,454  ............       300,000
    Chile...............................................  ............  ............  ............        80,000

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    Czech Republic......................................  ............  ............  ............        50,000
    Other Countries.....................................             1  ............  ............  ............
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE        3,655,039       628,817       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...............................................        52,404       210,596  ............     1,000,000
    New Zealand.........................................     2,539,040       257,428       303,532     5,100,000
    Other Countries.....................................       125,874        14,015  ............  ............
    Any Country.........................................  ............       100,000  ............  ............
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, WASHED CURD AND       2,842,435       323,118       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...........................................       830,124        50,874       119,002  ............
    EU-15...............................................       186,222       167,778  ............  ............
    New Zealand.........................................     1,662,224        99,775       238,001  ............
    Other Countries.....................................       163,865         4,691  ............  ............
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR        5,252,765       353,637  ............     1,210,000
 CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA
 CHEESE (NOTE 20).......................................
    Argentina...........................................       119,003         5,997  ............       110,000
    Czech Republic......................................  ............  ............  ............       100,000
    EU-15...............................................     5,009,619       279,381  ............     1,000,000
    Norway..............................................       114,318        52,682  ............  ............
    Other Countries.....................................         9,825        15,577  ............  ............
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S MILK, (ROMANO MADE     6,491,099     1,029,448       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...........................................     3,944,769       180,714       367,517     1,890,000
    EU-15...............................................     2,535,930       846,070  ............       700,000
    Poland..............................................  ............  ............  ............     1,325,000
    Romania.............................................  ............  ............  ............       500,000
    Uruguay.............................................  ............  ............       428,000       750,000
    Other Countries.....................................        10,400         2,664  ............  ............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN WITH EYE              5,676,043       975,271       823,519       380,000
 FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE AND
 SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM,
 SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22).................................
    EU-15...............................................     4,330,758       821,236       393,006       380,000
    Switzerland.........................................     1,270,525       148,962       430,513  ............
    Other Countries.....................................        74,760         5,073  ............  ............
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING 0.5            3,037,225     1,387,683     1,050,000  ............
 PERCENT OR LESS BYWEIGHT OF BUTTERFAT (EXCEPT ARTICLES
 WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OTHER TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS PROVIDED
 FOR IN THIS SUBCHAPTER), AND MARGARINE CHEESE (NOTE 23)
    EU-15...............................................     3,037,224     1,212,776  ............  ............
    Israel..............................................  ............  ............        50,000  ............
    New Zealand.........................................  ............  ............     1,000,000  ............
    Poland..............................................  ............       174,907  ............  ............
    Other Countries.....................................             1  ............  ............  ............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25)    18,149,617     4,147,714     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...............................................    13,190,754     3,286,074     4,003,172     1,220,000
    Iceland.............................................       149,999  ............       150,001  ............
    Israel..............................................        27,000  ............  ............  ............
    Norway..............................................     3,192,843       462,467     3,227,690  ............
    Switzerland.........................................     1,294,048       390,057     1,745,895       200,000
    Other Countries.....................................        85,275             1  ............  ............
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        TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES..........................    70,922,319    16,978,324    22,764,145    24,921,000
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