[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 37412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14912]



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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: July 1, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest, 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) 482-3338.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (as amended) (``the 
Act'') requires the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') to 
determine, inconsultation 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 
updates to 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 January 1, 2008 through March 31, 
2008.
    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 Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a) 
of the Act.

    Dated: June 25, 2008.
Ronald K. Lorentzen
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration

                                                    APPENDIX
                         SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY
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               Country                        Program(s)        Gross\1\ Subsidy ($/lb)    Net\2\ Subsidy($/lb)
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27 European Union Member States\3\...           European Union                   $ 0.00                    $0.00
                                          Restitution Payments
Canada...............................     Export Assistance on                   $ 0.35                   $ 0.35
                                       Certain Types of Cheese
Norway...............................  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy                   $ 0.00                   $ 0.00
                                              Consumer Subsidy                   $ 0.00                   $ 0.00
                                                         Total                   $ 0.00                   $ 0.00
Switzerland..........................      Deficiency Payments                   $ 0.00                   $ 0.00
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\1\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
\3\ The 27 member states of the European Union are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
  Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
  Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom.
 

[FR Doc. E8-14912 Filed 6-30-08; 8:45 am]
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