[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60171-60173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18900]


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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 2023 quota 
year.

DATES: August 31, 2023.

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 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  appendix 1     licenses        (Uruguay
                                                      licenses      (appendix 2) \3\        & 2 \4\        (Tokyo round,      round,         Total \4\
                                                  (appendix 1) \2\                                          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)...............         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..............................             7,144             6,918              14,062  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries.............................            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                   0           224,981             224,981  ..............  ..............         224,981
 M).............................................
    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..............         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):

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Cheese and Substitutes for Cheese (Note 16,             16,536,559        14,933,172          31,469,731       9,661,128       7,496,000      48,626,859
 Commodity Code OT) (-346,844 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......................................           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) (-136,766 kg)        12,566,115         8,709,452          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.................................         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.................................           505,880           165,532             671,412         548,588         500,000       1,720,000
    Uruguay.....................................                 0                 0                   0  ..............         250,000         250,000
    United Kingdom (-210,078 kg)................           875,138           987,642           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) (-          1,919,656           561,345           2,481,001  ..............         430,000       2,911,001
 3,324 kg)......................................
    Argentina...................................             2,000                 0               2,000  ..............  ..............           2,000
    EU-27 (-2,941 kg)...........................         1,905,316           552,989           2,458,305  ..............         347,078       2,805,383
    Chile.......................................                 0                 0                   0  ..............          80,000          80,000
    United Kingdom (-383 kg)....................            12,340             8,355              20,695  ..............           2,922          23,617
    Other Countries.............................                 0                 1                   1  ..............  ..............               1
Cheddar Cheese (Note 18, Commodity Code C) (-            2,245,742         2,038,114           4,283,856         519,033       7,620,000      12,422,889
 10,749 kg).....................................
    Australia (-4,676 kg).......................           867,866           116,633             984,499         215,501       1,250,000       2,450,000
    Chile.......................................                 0                 0                   0               0         220,000         220,000
    EU-27 (-1,513 kg)...........................            12,106            71,431              83,537               0         333,515         417,052
    New Zealand (-4,560 kg).....................         1,260,510         1,535,958           2,796,468         303,532       5,100,000       8,200,000
    United Kingdom..............................            26,006           153,457             179,463               0         716,485         895,948
    Other Countries.............................            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)         1,124,658         2,040,895           3,165,553         357,003               0       3,522,556
 (-12,766 kg)...................................
    Australia (-3,696 kg).......................           744,943           136,055             880,998         119,002  ..............       1,000,000
    EU-27.......................................           131,539           222,461             354,000  ..............  ..............         354,000
    New Zealand (-9,070 kg).....................           145,120         1,616,879           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           4,230,506         1,375,896           5,606,402               0       1,210,000       6,816,402
 D) (-8,629 kg).................................
    Argentina...................................           105,418            19,582             125,000  ..............         110,000         235,000
    EU-27 (-8,629 kg)...........................         4,009,280         1,279,720           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)         5,824,262         1,696,285           7,520,547         795,517       5,165,000      13,481,064
 (-2,288 kg)....................................
    Argentina...................................         3,507,548           617,935           4,125,483         367,517       1,890,000       6,383,000
    EU-27 (-2,288 kg)...........................         2,316,714         1,065,286           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          3,378,368         3,272,946           6,651,314         823,519         380,000       7,854,833
 Code GR) (-4,546 kg)...........................
    EU-27 (-4,546 kg)...........................         2,155,902         2,996,092           5,151,994         393,006         380,000       5,925,000
    Switzerland.................................         1,211,306           208,181           1,419,487         430,513  ..............       1,850,000
    Other Countries.............................            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          12,855,263         9,442,068          22,297,331       9,557,945       2,620,000      34,475,276
 (Note 25, Commodity Code SW) (-9,092 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 (-9,092 kg)...........................         9,635,502         6,841,326          16,476,828       4,003,172       2,420,000      22,900,000
    Iceland.....................................                 0           149,999             149,999         150,001  ..............         300,000
    Israel......................................                 0            27,000              27,000  ..............  ..............          27,000
    Norway......................................         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.............................            42,821            42,455              85,276  ..............  ..............          85,276
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        Total: Cheese Articles (-398,238 kg)....        49,288,780        38,611,863          87,900,643      22,764,145      24,921,000     135,585,788
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            Total: Cheese & Non-Cheese..........        53,489,246        56,276,178         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 2022 by a total of -398,238 kg.
\3\ Increased from 2022 by a total of 398,238 kg.
\4\ No change.


[FR Doc. 2023-18900 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
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