[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40102-40103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15899]


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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

DATES: Effective July 3, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Moore, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3692.

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 702(h) of the Act, and to publish 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 periods July 1, 2012, through September 
30, 2012, and October 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012.
    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.
    This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a) 
of the Act.

    Dated: June 24, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

     
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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.

                         Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
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                                                                            Gross \1\ subsidy   Net \2\ subsidy
                  Country                              Program(s)                 ($/lb)             ($/lb)
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27 European Union Member States \3\........  European Union Restitution                $ 0.00              $0.00
                                              Payments.
Canada.....................................  Export Assistance on Certain                0.35               0.35
                                              Types of Cheese.
Norway.....................................  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy......               0.00               0.00
                                             Consumer Subsidy.............               0.00               0.00
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                                              Total.......................               0.00               0.00
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Switzerland................................  Deficiency Payments..........               0.00               0.00
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