[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 169 (Friday, August 29, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50875-50877]
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[FR Doc No: E8-19976]



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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 2008 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 2008 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.

DATES: Effective Date: August 29, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jorge Martinez, Dairy Import Licensing 
Program, Import and Trade Support Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439 or e-mail at 
[email protected].

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 and 
Trade Support Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction 
with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security, 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 2008 tariff-rate 
quota year.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

    Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Issued at Washington, DC, the 20th day of June 2008.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.

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Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:

PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES

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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 2008
                                            [Quantities in kilograms]
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                                                                                            Appendix 3
   Article by Additional U.S. Note Number and       Appendix  1     Appendix  2  -------------------------------
                Country of Origin                                                  Tokyo  round   Uruguay  round
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               NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
 
BUTTER (NOTE 6).................................       5,361,732       1,615,268  ..............  ..............
    EU-25.......................................          75,918          20,243  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................         116,998          33,595  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries.............................          54,504          19,431  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................       5,114,312       1,541,999  ..............  ..............
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)........................  ..............       5,261,000  ..............  ..............
    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).................          12,760         212,221  ..............  ..............

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    1Canada.....................................  ..............         161,161  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................          12,760          51,060  ..............  ..............
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 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..............       5,377,667      16,487,114  ..............  ..............
 
                 CHEESE ARTICLES
 
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT       23,345,203       8,124,528       9,661,128       7,496,000
 RIPENED 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......................................       1,013,777         127,223  ..............  ..............
    Costa Rica..................................  ..............  ..............  ..............       1,550,000
    EU-25.......................................      16,147,453       7,120,203       1,132,568       3,446,000
        Of which Portugal is:...................          65,838          63,471         223,691  ..............
    Israel......................................          79,696  ..............         593,304  ..............
    Iceland.....................................         294,000  ..............          29,000  ..............
    New Zealand.................................       4,443,558         371,914       6,506,528  ..............
    Norway......................................         124,982          25,018  ..............  ..............
    Switzerland.................................         597,513          73,899         548,588         500,000
    Uruguay.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         250,000
    Other Countries.............................         100,906         100,729  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................  ..............         300,000  ..............  ..............
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON PRODUCED IN THE       2,285,947         195,054  ..............         430,000
 UNITED KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
 CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, BLUE-MOLD
 CHEESE (NOTE 17)...............................
    Argentina...................................           2,000  ..............  ..............  ..............
    EU-25.......................................       2,283,946         195,054  ..............         350,000
    Chile.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          80,000
    Other Countries.............................               1  ..............  ..............  ..............
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR         3,619,547         664,309         519,033       7,620,000
 CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR
 CHEESE (NOTE 18)...............................
    Australia...................................         925,557          58,942         215,501       1,250,000
    Chile.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         220,000
    EU-25.......................................          52,404         210,596  ..............       1,050,000
    New Zealand.................................       2,539,040         257,428         303,532       5,100,000
    Other Countries.............................         102,546          37,343  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................  ..............         100,000  ..............  ..............
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, WASHED          2,744,970         420,583         357,003  ..............
 CURD AND GRANULAR CHEESE (BUT NOT INCLUDING
 CHEDDAR) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
 CONTAINING OR PROCESSED FROM SUCH AMERICAN-TYPE
 CHEESE (NOTE 19)...............................
    Australia...................................         789,626          91,372         119,002  ..............
    EU-25.......................................         145,148         208,852  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................       1,657,689         104,310         238,001  ..............
    Other Countries.............................         152,507          16,049  ..............  ..............
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND                  5,230,565         375,837  ..............       1,210,000
 SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED
 FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20)..........
    Argentina...................................         110,495          14,505  ..............         110,000
    EU-25.......................................       5,000,990         288,010  ..............       1,100,000
    Norway......................................         114,318          52,682  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries.............................           4,762          20,640  ..............  ..............
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S MILK,            6,467,087       1,053,460         795,517       5,165,000
 (ROMANO MADE 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...................................       3,931,157         194,326         367,517       1,890,000

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    EU-25.......................................       2,535,930         846,070  ..............       2,025,000
    Romania.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         500,000
    Uruguay.....................................  ..............  ..............         428,000         750,000
    Other Countries.............................  ..............          13,064  ..............  ..............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN WITH EYE        5,371,777       1,279,537         823,519         380,000
 FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE
 AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
 PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22).........
    EU-25.......................................       4,102,587       1,049,407         393,006         380,000
    Switzerland.................................       1,235,692         183,795         430,513  ..............
    Other Countries.............................          33,498          46,335  ..............  ..............
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING          1,879,481       2,545,437       1,050,000  ..............
 0.5 PERCENT OR 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-25.......................................       1,879,480       2,545,437  ..............  ..............
    Israel......................................  ..............  ..............          50,000  ..............
    New Zealand.................................  ..............  ..............       1,000,000  ..............
    Other Countries.............................               1  ..............  ..............  ..............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION        16,078,683       6,218,648       9,557,945       2,620,000
 (NOTE 25)......................................
    Argentina...................................  ..............           9,115          70,885  ..............
    Australia...................................         209,698  ..............         290,302  ..............
    Canada......................................  ..............  ..............          70,000  ..............
    EU-25.......................................      11,198,973       5,277,855       4,003,172       2,420,000
    Iceland.....................................         149,999  ..............         150,001  ..............
    Israel......................................          27,000  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Norway......................................       3,187,264         468,046       3,227,690  ..............
    Switzerland.................................       1,246,164         437,941       1,745,895         200,000
    Other Countries.............................          59,585          25,691  ..............  ..............
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        TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES..................      67,023,260      20,877,393      22,764,145      24,921,000
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