[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 238 (Monday, December 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66098-66099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29729]


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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: December 14, 2009.

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, 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 701(c)(1) 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 onarticles of cheese that were imported during the period 
July 1, 2009, through September 30, 2009.
    The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h)(2) 
of the Act and section 771(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Tariff 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)(2) of the Act.

    Dated: December 3, 2009.
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 Restitution Payments                    $0.00                    $0.00
Canada.................................................   Export Assistance on Certain Types of Cheese                   $ 0.32                    $0.32
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, and
  the United Kingdom.


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