[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43635-43637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18568]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Adjustment of Appendices Under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
Licensing Regulation for the 2018 Tariff-Rate Quota Year

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the document ``Articles Subject to: 
Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2 Non-historical Licenses; 
and Appendix 3 and 4, Designated Importers Licenses for Quota Year 
2018.'' The quantities in Appendices 1 and 2 have been revised under 
the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2018 
quota year to reflect 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: August 27, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import 
Policies and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1021, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20250-1021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720-9439, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a 
delegation of authority from the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign 
Agricultural Affairs, administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
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 (HTS) 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 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. 
Accordingly, this document sets forth the revised Appendices 1 and 2 
for the 2018 tariff-rate quota year below.

    Issued at Washington, DC, the 6th day of July 2018.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.

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 Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2 Non-Historical Licenses; and Appendix 3 and 4, Designated Importers Licenses for Quota
                                                                        Year 2018
                                                                [Quantities in kilograms]
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                                                                                              Sum of        Appendix 3      Appendix 4
                   Non-cheese articles                      Appendix 1      Appendix 2     Appendix 1&2     Tokyo Round    Uruguay Round    Grand total
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BUTTER (NOTE 6).........................................       4,303,234       2,673,766       6,977,000  ..............  ..............       6,977,000
    EU-27...............................................          62,599          33,562          96,161  ..............  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.........................................          76,503          74,090         150,593  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries.....................................          37,155          36,780          73,935  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.........................................       4,126,977       2,529,334       6,656,311  ..............  ..............  ..............
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)................................               0       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  ..............  ..............  ..............
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        TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES......................       4,303,234      17,561,547      21,864,781  ..............  ..............      21,864,781
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16).............      17,681,563      13,788,168      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..............................................         950,162         190,838       1,141,000  ..............  ..............       1,141,000
    Costa Rica..........................................               0               0               0  ..............       1,550,000       1,550,000
    EU-27...............................................      13,934,235       9,333,421      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.........................................       1,351,000       3,464,472       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)..............................       1,933,126         547,875       2,481,001  ..............         430,000       2,911,001
    Argentina...........................................           2,000               0           2,000  ..............  ..............           2,000
    EU-27...............................................       1,931,126         547,874       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)................................       2,305,671       1,978,185       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.....................................          96,951          42,938         139,889  ..............  ..............         139,889
    Any Country.........................................               0         100,000         100,000  ..............  ..............         100,000
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19)..........................       1,182,569       1,982,984       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.........................................         176,865       1,585,134       1,761,999         238,001  ..............       2,000,000
    Other Countries.....................................         107,739          60,817         168,556  ..............  ..............         168,556
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20).........................       4,286,917       1,319,485       5,606,402               0       1,210,000       6,816,402
    Argentina...........................................         105,418          19,582         125,000  ..............         110,000         235,000
    EU-27...............................................       4,065,691       1,223,309       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...........................................       3,692,345         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)...................       4,238,006       2,413,308       6,651,314         823,519         380,000       7,854,833
    EU-27...............................................       2,983,722       2,168,272       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).............       1,173,766       3,251,142       4,424,908       1,050,000               0       5,474,908
    EU-27...............................................       1,173,766       3,251,141       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)      13,104,939       9,192,392      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

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    EU-27...............................................       9,775,290       6,701,538      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..........................      52,013,741      35,886,902      87,900,643      22,764,145      24,921,000     135,585,788
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            TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE..................      56,316,975      53,448,449     109,765,424      22,764,145      24,921,000     157,450,569
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[FR Doc. 2018-18568 Filed 8-24-18; 8:45 am]
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