[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15377-15378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4480]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government 
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tipten Troidl or Eric Greynolds, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-1767 
or 6071, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of 
1979 (as amended) (``the Act'') requires the Department of Commerce 
(``the Department'') to determine, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy 
with respect to any article of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of 
duty, as defined in section 702(h) of the Act, and to publish an annual 
list and quarterly

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updates of the type and amount of those subsidies. We hereby provide 
the Department's quarterly update of subsidies on articles of cheese 
that were imported during the period October 1, 2005, through December 
31, 2005.
    The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h) of 
the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign 
governments on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty. 
The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy program or 
programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which 
information is currently available. The Department will incorporate 
additional programs which are found to constitute subsidies, and 
additional information on the subsidy programs listed, as the 
information is developed.
    The Department encourages any person having information on foreign 
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of cheese subject to 
an in-quota rate of duty to submit such information in writing to the 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.
    This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a) 
of the Act.

    Dated: March 22, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

                                                                        APPENDIX
                                            SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY\1\
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                      Country                                       Program(s)                   Gross\2\ Subsidy ($/lb)        Net\3\ Subsidy ($/lb)
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Austria............................................      European Union Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Belgium............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Canada.............................................    Export Assistance on Certain Types of                        $ 0.30                        $ 0.30
                                                                                      Cheese
Cyprus*............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Denmark............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Finland............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
France.............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Germany............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Greece.............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Hungary*...........................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Ireland............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Italy..............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Lithuania*.........................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Luxembourg.........................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Netherlands........................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Norway.............................................                  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
                                                                            Consumer Subsidy                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
                                                                                       Total                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Poland*............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Portugal...........................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Slovenia*..........................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Spain..............................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
Switzerland........................................                      Deficiency Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
U.K................................................                  EU Restitution Payments                        $ 0.00                        $ 0.00
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* This notice has been modified to reflect the enlargement of the European Union (EU) to 25 countries on May 1, 2004. See Modification of the Tariff -
  Rate Import Quota for Certain Cheeses, 69 FR 77308 (December 27, 2004).
\1\ This chart includes only those countries which exported articles of cheese to the United States during 4th Quarter, 2005.
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\3\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).

[FR Doc. E6-4480 Filed 3-27-06; 8:45 am]
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