[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 193 (Monday, October 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62690-62691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21903]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2021 Tariff-
Rate Import Quota Year

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of $290 to be charged for the 2021 
tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or 
firm by the Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation of 
certain dairy articles, which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set 
forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States.

DATES: October 5, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Import Programs, 
Multilateral Affairs, Trade Policy and Geographic Affairs, Foreign 
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1070, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1070; by phone: (202) 720-
9439 or by email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Regulation promulgated 
by the Department of Agriculture and codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.36 
provides for the issuance of licenses to import certain dairy articles 
that are subject to TRQs set forth in the HTS. Those dairy articles may 
only be entered into the United States at the in-quota TRQ tariff-rates 
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 use of such 
licenses is monitored by the Import Program within the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
    The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) provides that a fee will be charged 
for each license issued to a person or firm by the Licensing Authority 
to defray the Department of Agriculture's costs of

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administering the licensing system under this regulation.
    The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also provides that the Licensing 
Authority will announce the annual fee for each license and that such 
fee will be set out in a notice to be published in the Federal 
Register. Accordingly, this notice sets out the fee for the licenses to 
be issued for the 2021 calendar year.
    Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this rule 
as not a major rule, as defined by U.S.C. 804(2).
    Notice: The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of 
administering the licensing system for 2021 has been estimated to be 
$653,500.00 and the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued 
is 2,250. Of the total cost, $383,500.00 represents staff and 
supervisory costs directly related to administering the licensing 
system, and $270,000.00 represents other miscellaneous costs, including 
travel, publications, forms, and Automatic Data Processing (ADP) system 
support.
    Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license 
issued to a person or firm for the 2021 calendar year, in accordance 
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $290 per license.

Aileen Mannix,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 2020-21903 Filed 10-2-20; 8:45 am]
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