[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 156 (Friday, August 14, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41033-41035]
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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 2009 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 2009 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 14, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jorge Martinez, Dairy Import Licensing 
Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting 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 (FAS), 
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 Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in 
conjunction with 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 2009 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 13th day of July 2009.
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), Public Law 97-258, 96 Stat. 
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103 and 404, Public Law 
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 2009
                                            [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).................................       5,278,428       1,698,572  ..............  ..............
    EU-25.......................................          75,459          20,702  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................         111,671          38,922  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries.............................          52,986          20,949  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................       5,038,312       1,617,999  ..............  ..............
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).................          11,000         213,981  ..............  ..............
    Canada......................................  ..............         161,161  ..............  ..............

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    New Zealand.................................          11,000          52,820  ..............  ..............
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..............       5,292,603      16,572,178  ..............  ..............
 
                 CHEESE ARTICLES
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT       23,018,053       8,451,678       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.......................................      15,878,329       7,389,327       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.................................       4,389,093         426,379       6,506,528  ..............
    Norway......................................         124,982          25,018  ..............  ..............
    Switzerland.................................         593,952          77,460         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         3,596,515         687,341         519,033       7,620,000
 CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR
 CHEESE (NOTE 18)...............................
    Australia...................................         916,205          68,294         215,501       1,250,000
    Chile.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         220,000
    EU-25.......................................          52,404         210,596  ..............       1,050,000
    New Zealand.................................       2,525,360         271,108         303,532       5,100,000
    Other Countries.............................         102,546          37,343  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................  ..............         100,000  ..............  ..............
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, WASHED          2,720,253         445,300         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...................................         780,380         100,618         119,002  ..............
    EU-25.......................................         145,148         208,852  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................       1,644,084         117,915         238,001  ..............
    Other Countries.............................         150,641          17,915  ..............  ..............
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND                  5,135,020         471,382  ..............       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.......................................       4,905,445         383,555  ..............       1,100,000
    Norway......................................         114,318          52,682  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries.............................           4,762          20,640  ..............  ..............
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S MILK,            6,411,744       1,108,803         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...................................       3,915,276         210,207         367,517       1,890,000
    EU-25.......................................       2,496,468         885,532  ..............       2,025,000
    Romania.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         500,000

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    Uruguay.....................................  ..............  ..............         428,000         750,000
    Other Countries.............................  ..............          13,064  ..............  ..............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN WITH EYE        5,341,056       1,310,258         823,519         380,000
 FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE
 AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
 PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22).........
    EU-25.......................................       4,071,866       1,080,128         393,006         380,000
    Switzerland.................................       1,235,692         183,795         430,513  ..............
    Other Countries.............................          33,498          46,335  ..............  ..............
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING          1,867,826       2,557,092       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.......................................       1,867,825       2,557,092  ..............  ..............
    Israel......................................  ..............  ..............          50,000  ..............
    New Zealand.................................  ..............  ..............       1,000,000  ..............
    Other Countries.............................               1  ..............  ..............  ..............
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION        15,999,980       6,297,351       9,557,945       2,620,000
 (NOTE 25)......................................
    Argentina...................................  ..............           9,115          70,885  ..............
    Australia...................................         209,698  ..............         290,302  ..............
    Canada......................................  ..............  ..............          70,000  ..............
    EU-25.......................................      11,188,057       5,288,771       4,003,172       2,420,000
    Iceland.....................................         149,999  ..............         150,001  ..............
    Israel......................................          27,000  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Norway......................................       3,187,264         468,046       3,227,690  ..............
    Switzerland.................................       1,178,377         505,728       1,745,895         200,000
    Other Countries.............................          59,585          25,691  ..............  ..............
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        TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES..................      66,376,394      21,524,259      22,764,145      24,921,000
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