[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53565-53567]
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[FR Doc No: 2010-21777]



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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 2010 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 2010 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 September 1, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import 
Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1021, 
Washington, DC 20250-1021; or by telephone at (202) 720-9439; or by 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 
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 2010 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, on August 11, 2010.
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 2010
                                            [Quantities in kilograms]
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                                                                                          Appendix 3
 Article by Additional U.S. Note Number      Appendix 1        Appendix 2    -----------------------------------
          and Country of Origin                                                  Tokyo Round      Uruguay Round
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                                               NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
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BUTTER (NOTE 6).........................         5,217,229         1,759,771  ................  ................
    EU-25...............................            75,000            21,161  ................  ................
    New Zealand.........................           111,671            38,922  ................  ................
    Other Countries.....................            49,246            24,689  ................  ................
    Any Country.........................         4,981,312         1,674,999  ................  ................
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  ................  ................

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    Canada..............................  ................           161,161  ................  ................
    New Zealand.........................            11,000            52,820  ................  ................
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45     ................         6,080,500  ................  ................
 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL
 (NOTE 14)..............................
    Any Country.........................  ................         6,080,500  ................  ................
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    TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES..........         5,231,404        16,633,377  ................  ................
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                                                 CHEESE ARTICLES
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CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE               22,649,216         8,820,515         9,661,128         7,496,000
 (EXCEPT: SOFT 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...............................        15,509,492         7,758,164         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                 2,283,647           197,354  ................           430,000
 PRODUCED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) AND
 CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
 CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, BLUE-
 MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17)..................
    Argentina...........................             2,000  ................  ................  ................
    EU-25...............................         2,281,646           197,354  ................           350,000
    Chile...............................  ................  ................  ................            80,000
    Other Countries.....................                 1  ................  ................  ................
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND                   3,566,716           717,140           519,033         7,620,000
 SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
 PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE
 18)....................................
    Australia...........................           893,583            90,916           215,501         1,250,000
    Chile...............................  ................  ................  ................           220,000
    EU-25...............................            52,404           210,596  ................         1,050,000
    New Zealand.........................         2,520,800           275,668           303,532         5,100,000
    Other Countries.....................            99,929            39,960  ................  ................
    Any Country.........................  ................           100,000  ................  ................
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY,           2,625,401           540,152           357,003  ................
 WASHED 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...........................           771,134           109,864           119,002  ................
    EU-25...............................            64,077           289,923  ................  ................
    New Zealand.........................         1,639,549           122,450           238,001  ................
    Other Countries.....................           150,641            17,915  ................  ................
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND            5,104,403           501,999  ................         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...............................         4,878,638           410,362  ................         1,100,000
    Norway..............................           114,318            52,682  ................  ................
    Other Countries.....................               952            24,450  ................  ................

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ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S            6,411,744         1,108,803           795,517         5,165,000
 MILK, (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
    Uruguay.............................  ................  ................           428,000           750,000
    Other Countries.....................  ................            13,064  ................  ................
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN           5,322,872         1,328,442           823,519           380,000
 WITH EYE FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS
 CHEESE AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
 CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM,
 SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22).................
    EU-25...............................         4,053,682         1,098,312           393,006           380,000
    Switzerland.........................         1,235,692           183,795           430,513  ................
    Other Countries.....................            33,498            46,335  ................  ................
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE,               1,134,195         3,290,723         1,050,000  ................
 CONTAINING 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...............................         1,134,194         3,290,723  ................  ................
    Israel..............................  ................  ................            50,000  ................
    New Zealand.........................  ................  ................         1,000,000  ................
    Other Countries.....................                 1  ................  ................  ................
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE            15,953,229         6,344,102         9,557,945         2,620,000
 FORMATION (NOTE 25)....................
    Argentina...........................  ................             9,115            70,885  ................
    Australia...........................           209,698  ................           290,302  ................
    Canada..............................  ................  ................            70,000  ................
    EU-25...............................        11,160,390         5,316,438         4,003,172         2,420,000
    Iceland.............................           149,999  ................           150,001  ................
    Israel..............................            27,000  ................  ................  ................
    Norway..............................         3,181,685           473,625         3,227,690  ................
    Switzerland.........................         1,178,377           505,728         1,745,895           200,000
    Other Countries.....................            46,080            39,196  ................  ................
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        TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES..........        65,051,423        22,849,230        22,764,145        24,921,000
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        TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES......         5,231,404        16,633,377  ................  ................
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        TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES & NON-           70,282,827        39,482,607  ................  ................
         CHEESE ARTICLES................
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