[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53441-53443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18745]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


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

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the transfer of amounts for certain 
dairy articles from the historical license category (Appendix 1) to the 
lottery (nonhistorical) license category (Appendix 2) pursuant to the 
Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing regulations for the 2022 quota 
year.

DATES: August 31, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Riley, (202) 720-6868, 
[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

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license holder to import a specified quantity and type of dairy article 
from a specified country of origin. The Imports Program, 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 that whenever a historical 
license (Appendix 1) is permanently surrendered, revoked by the 
Licensing Authority, or not issued to an applicant pursuant to the 
provisions of Sec.  6.23, then 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 in the 
table below. Although there are no changes to the quantities for 
designated licenses (Appendix 3 and Appendix 4), those numbers are also 
included in the table below for completeness.

Aileen Mannix,
Acting Licensing Authority, Foreign Agricultural Service.

                                                Articles Subject to Dairy Import Licenses (Kilograms) \1\
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                                                                                                                            Designated
                                                                                                            Designated       licenses
                                                         Historical     Lottery licenses      Sum of         licenses        (Uruguay
                                                          licenses      (Appendix 2) \3\  appendix 1 & 2   (Tokyo round,      Round,         Total \4\
                                                      (Appendix 1) \2\                          \4\         Appendix 3)     Appendix 4)
                                                                                                                \4\             \4\
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NON-CHEESE ARTICLES, Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 (Appendix
 1 reduction)
BUTTER (NOTE 6, Commodity Code G) (-5,529 kg).......         4,200,466         2,776,534       6,977,000  ..............  ..............       6,977,000
    EU-27...........................................            53,445            28,654          82,099  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.....................................            76,503            74,090         150,593  ..............  ..............  ..............
    United Kingdom (-2,010 kg)......................             7,144             6,918          14,062  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries (-3,519 kg).....................            31,863            42,072          73,935  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.....................................         4,031,511         2,624,800       6,656,311  ..............  ..............  ..............
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7, Commodity Code K)..........                 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, Commodity Code H).........                 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, Commodity Code M)...                 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, Commodity
 Code SU)...........................................
    Any Country.....................................                 0         6,080,500       6,080,500  ..............  ..............  ..............
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        TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES (-5,529 kg)......         4,200,466        17,664,315      21,864,781  ..............  ..............      21,864,781
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CHEESE ARTICLES (Notes 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
 23, 25)
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16,                 16,883,403        14,586,328      31,469,731       9,661,128       7,496,000      48,626,859
 Commodity Code OT) (-138,001 kg)...................
    Argentina.......................................                 0             7,690           7,690          92,310  ..............         100,000
    Australia.......................................            13,122           528,048         541,170         758,830       1,750,000       3,050,000
    Canada (-13,616 kg).............................           882,039           258,961       1,141,000  ..............  ..............       1,141,000
    Costa Rica......................................                 0                 0               0  ..............       1,550,000       1,550,000
    EU-27 (not including Portugal) (-67,071 kg).....        12,702,881         8,572,686      21,275,567         835,707       3,168,576      25,279,850
    Portugal........................................            65,838            63,471         129,309         223,691  ..............         353,000
    Israel..........................................            79,696                 0          79,696         593,304  ..............         673,000
    Iceland.........................................            29,054                 0         294,000          29,000  ..............         323,000
    New Zealand (-18,155 kg)........................         1,314,690         3,500,782       4,815,472       6,506,528  ..............      11,322,000
    Norway..........................................           122,860            27,140         150,000  ..............  ..............         150,000
    Switzerland (-6,304 kg).........................           505,880           165,532         671,412         548,588         500,000       1,720,000
    Uruguay.........................................                 0                 0               0  ..............         250,000         250,000
    United Kingdom (-32,855 kg).....................         1,085,216           777,564       1,862,780          73,170         277,424       2,213,374
    Other Countries.................................            82,127           119,508         201,635  ..............  ..............         201,635
    Any Country.....................................                 0           300,000         300,000  ..............  ..............         300,000
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17, Commodity Code B) (-7,846         1,922,980           558,021       2,481,001  ..............         430,000       2,911,001
 kg)................................................
    Argentina.......................................             2,000                 0           2,000  ..............  ..............           2,000
    EU-27 (-4,467 kg)...............................         1,908,257           550,048       2,458,305  ..............         347,078       2,805,383
    Chile...........................................                 0                 0               0  ..............          80,000          80,000
    United Kingdom (-3,379 kg)......................            12,723             7,972          20,695  ..............           2,922          23,617
    Other Countries.................................                 0                 1               1  ..............  ..............               1
CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18, Commodity Code C) (-30,504          2,256,491         2,027,365       4,283,856         519,033       7,620,000      12,422,889
 kg)................................................
    Australia (-9,352 kg)...........................           872,542           111,957         984,499         215,501       1,250,000       2,450,000
    Chile...........................................                 0                 0               0               0         220,000         220,000
    EU-27 (-3,026 kg)...............................            13,619            69,918          83,537               0         333,515         417,052
    New Zealand.....................................         1,265,070         1,531,398       2,796,468         303,532       5,100,000       8,200,000
    United Kingdom (-9,753 kg)......................            26,006           153,457         179,463               0         716,485         895,948
    Other Countries (-8,373 kg).....................            79,254            60,635         139,889  ..............  ..............         139,889
    Any Country.....................................                 0           100,000         100,000  ..............  ..............         100,000
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19, Commodity Code A) (-          1,137,424         2,028,129       3,165,553         357,003               0       3,522,556
 9,474 kg)..........................................

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    Australia (-4,939 kg)...........................           748,639           132,359         880,998         119,002  ..............       1,000,000
    EU-27...........................................           131,539           222,461         354,000  ..............  ..............         354,000
    New Zealand (-4,535 kg).........................           154,190         1,607,809       1,761,999         238,001  ..............       2,000,000
    Other Countries.................................           103,056            65,500         168,556  ..............  ..............         168,556
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20, Commodity Code D) (-         4,239,135         1,367,267       5,606,402               0       1,210,000       6,816,402
 31,432 kg).........................................
    Argentina.......................................           105,418            19,582         125,000  ..............         110,000         235,000
    EU-27 (-31,432 kg)..............................         4,017,909         1,271,091       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, Commodity Code D) (-          5,826,550         1,693,997       7,520,547         795,517       5,165,000      13,481,064
 40,879 kg).........................................
    Argentina (-22,688 kg)..........................         3,507,548           617,935       4,125,483         367,517       1,890,000       6,383,000
    EU-27 (-18,191 kg)..............................         2,319,002         1,062,998       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, Commodity Code         3,382,914         3,268,400       6,651,314         823,519         380,000       7,854,833
 GR) (-845,981 kg)..................................
    EU-27 (-818,903 kg).............................         2,160,448         2,991,546       5,151,994         393,006         380,000       5,925,000
    Switzerland (-4,740 kg).........................         1,211,306           208,181       1,419,487         430,513  ..............       1,850,000
    Other Countries (-22,338 kg)....................            11,160            68,673          79,833  ..............  ..............          79,833
LOWFAT CHEESE (NOTE 23, Commodity Code LF)..........         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        12,864,355         9,432,976      22,297,331       9,557,945       2,620,000      34,475,276
 25, Commodity Code SW) (-119,036 kg)...............
    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 (-9,148 kg)...............................         9,644,594         6,832,234      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 kg).............................                 0            27,000          27,000  ..............  ..............          27,000
    Norway (-77,456 kg).............................         2,207,873         1,447,437       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 (-5,432 kg).....................            42,821            42,455          85,276  ..............  ..............          85,276
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        TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES (-1,223,153 kg)......        49,687,018        38,213,625      87,900,643      22,764,145      24,921,000     135,585,788
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            TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE..............        53,887,484        55,877,940     109,765,424      22,764,145      24,921,000     157,450,569
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\1\ Source of the total TRQs is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Chapter 4, in the corresponding Additional U.S. Notes.
\2\ Reduced from 2021 by a total of -1,228,682 kg.
\3\ Increased from 2021 by a total of 1,228,682 kg.
\4\ No change.

[FR Doc. 2022-18745 Filed 8-30-22; 8:45 am]
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