[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42970-42972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19351]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Adjustment of Appendices Under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import 
Licensing Regulation for the 2017 Tariff-Rate Quota Year

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the revised appendices under the Dairy 
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2017 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: September 13, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import 
Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, at (202) 720-9439; or by email at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a 
delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, administers 
the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Regulation codified at 7 
CFR 6.20-6.36 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 by notice in the Federal Register each 
year. Accordingly, this document sets forth the revised Appendices for 
the 2017 tariff-rate quota year below.

    Issued at Washington, DC on July 21, 2017.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.

 Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2 Non-Historical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importers Licenses for Quota Year
                                                                          2017
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                                                                                              Sum of        Appendix 3      Appendix 4
                   Non-cheese articles                      Appendix 1      Appendix 2     Appendix 1&2      Tokyo R.       Uruguay R.      Grand total
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BUTTER (NOTE 6).........................................       4,436,693       2,540,307       6,977,000  ..............  ..............       6,977,000
EU-27...................................................          63,058          33,103          96,161  ..............  ..............  ..............
New Zealand.............................................          76,503          74,090         150,593  ..............  ..............  ..............
Other Countries.........................................          37,155          36,780          73,935  ..............  ..............  ..............
Any Country.............................................       4,259,977       2,396,334       6,656,311  ..............  ..............  ..............
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)................................  ..............       5,261,000       5,261,000  ..............  ..............       5,261,000
    Australia...........................................               0         600,076         600,076  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Canada..............................................               0         219,565         219,565  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.........................................               0       4,441,359       4,441,359  ..............  ..............  ..............
DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8)...............................               0       3,321,300       3,321,300  ..............  ..............       3,321,300
    New Zealand.........................................               0           3,175           3,175  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.........................................               0       3,318,125       3,318,125  ..............  ..............  ..............
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12).........................               0         224,981         224,981  ..............  ..............         224,981
    Canada..............................................               0         161,161         161,161  ..............  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.........................................               0          63,820          63,820  ..............  ..............  ..............
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF                       0       6,080,500       6,080,500  ..............  ..............       6,080,500
 BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14)..................
    Any Country.........................................               0       6,080,500       6,080,500  ..............  ..............  ..............
        TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES......................       4,436,693      17,428,088      21,864,781  ..............  ..............      21,864,781
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                     CHEESE ARTICLES
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16).............      17,866,451      13,603,280      31,469,731       9,661,128       7,496,000      48,626,859
    Argentina...........................................               0           7,690           7,690          92,310  ..............         100,000
    Australia...........................................         535,628           5,542         541,170         758,830       1,750,000       3,050,000
    Canada..............................................         968,331         172,669       1,141,000  ..............  ..............       1,141,000
    Costa Rica..........................................               0               0               0  ..............       1,550,000       1,550,000
    EU-27...............................................      14,082,918       9,184,738      23,267,656       1,132,568       3,446,000      27,846,224
        Of which Portugal is:...........................          65,838          63,471         129,309         223,691  ..............         353,000
    Israel..............................................          79,696               0          79,696         593,304  ..............         673,000
    Iceland.............................................          29,054         264,946         294,000          29,000  ..............         323,000
    New Zealand.........................................       1,369,036       3,446,436       4,815,472       6,506,528  ..............      11,322,000
    Norway..............................................         122,860          27,140         150,000  ..............  ..............         150,000
    Switzerland.........................................         512,184         159,228         671,412         548,588         500,000       1,720,000
    Uruguay.............................................               0               0               0  ..............         250,000         250,000
    Other Countries.....................................         100,906         100,729         201,635  ..............  ..............         201,635
    Any Country.........................................               0         300,000         300,000  ..............  ..............         300,000
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17)..............................       1,935,426         545,575       2,481,001  ..............         430,000       2,911,001
    Argentina...........................................           2,000               0           2,000  ..............  ..............           2,000
    EU-27...............................................       1,933,426         545,574       2,479,000  ..............         350,000       2,829,000
    Chile...............................................               0               0               0  ..............          80,000          80,000
    Other Countries.....................................               0               1               1  ..............  ..............               1
CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18)................................       2,310,333       1,973,523       4,283,856         519,033       7,620,000      12,422,889
    Australia...........................................         891,246          93,253         984,499         215,501       1,250,000       2,450,000
    Chile...............................................               0               0               0  ..............         220,000         220,000
    EU-27...............................................          52,404         210,596         263,000  ..............       1,050,000       1,313,000
    New Zealand.........................................       1,265,070       1,531,398       2,796,468         303,532       5,100,000       8,200,000
    Other Countries.....................................         101,613          38,276         139,889  ..............  ..............         139,889
    Any Country.........................................               0         100,000         100,000  ..............  ..............         100,000
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19)..........................       1,214,314       1,951,239       3,165,553         357,003               0       3,522,556
    Australia...........................................         761,890         119,108         880,998         119,002  ..............       1,000,000
    EU-27...............................................         136,075         217,925         354,000  ..............  ..............         354,000
    New Zealand.........................................         208,610       1,553,389       1,761,999         238,001  ..............       2,000,000
    Other Countries.....................................         107,739          60,817         168,556  ..............  ..............         168,556
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20).........................       4,313,885       1,292,517       5,606,402               0       1,210,000       6,816,402
    Argentina...........................................         105,418          19,582         125,000  ..............         110,000         235,000
    EU-27...............................................       4,092,659       1,196,341       5,289,000  ..............       1,100,000       6,389,000
    Norway..............................................         111,046          55,954         167,000  ..............  ..............         167,000
    Other Countries.....................................           4,762          20,640          25,402  ..............  ..............          25,402
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21)..........................       6,107,184       1,413,363       7,520,547         795,517       5,165,000      13,481,064
    Argentina...........................................         3692345         433,138       4,125,483         367,517       1,890,000       6,383,000
    EU-27...............................................       2,414,839         967,161       3,382,000  ..............       2,025,000       5,407,000
    Romania.............................................               0               0               0  ..............         500,000         500,000
    Uruguay.............................................               0               0               0         428,000         750,000       1,178,000
    Other Countries.....................................               0          13,064          13,064  ..............  ..............          13,064
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NOTE 22)...................       4,442,574       2,208,740       6,651,314         823,519         380,000       7,854,833
    EU-27...............................................       3,188,290       1,963,704       5,151,994         393,006         380,000       5,925,000
    Switzerland.........................................       1,220,786         198,701       1,419,487         430,513  ..............       1,850,000
    Other Countries.....................................          33,498          46,335          79,833  ..............  ..............          79,833
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 23).............       1,183,816       3,241,092       4,424,908       1,050,000               0       5,474,908
    EU-27...............................................       1,183,816       3,241,091       4,424,907  ..............  ..............       4,424,907
    Israel..............................................               0               0               0          50,000  ..............          50,000
    New Zealand.........................................               0               0               0       1,000,000  ..............       1,000,000
    Other Countries.....................................               0               1               1  ..............  ..............               1
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25)      13,241,278       9,056,053      22,297,331       9,557,945       2,620,000      34,475,276
    Argentina...........................................               0           9,115           9,115          70,885  ..............          80,000
    Australia...........................................         209,698               0         209,698         290,302  ..............         500,000
    Canada..............................................               0               0               0          70,000  ..............          70,000
    EU-27...............................................       9,911,629       6,565,199      16,476,828       4,003,172       2,420,000      22,900,000
    Iceland.............................................               0         149,999         149,999         150,001  ..............         300,000
    Israel..............................................          27,000               0          27,000  ..............  ..............          27,000
    Norway..............................................       2,285,329       1,369,981       3,655,310       3,227,690  ..............       6,883,000
    Switzerland.........................................         759,369         924,736       1,684,105       1,745,895         200,000       3,630,000
    Other Countries.....................................          48,253          37,023          85,276  ..............  ..............          85,276
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        TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES..........................      52,615,261      35,285,382      87,900,643      22,764,145      24,921,000     135,585,788
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            TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE..................      57,051,954      52,713,470     109,765,424      22,764,145      24,921,000     157,450,569
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[FR Doc. 2017-19351 Filed 9-12-17; 8:45 am]
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