[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39588-39589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10128]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government 
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.


DATES: Applicable May 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-7851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 19, 2024 the U.S. Department of 
Commerce (Commerce), pursuant to section 702(h) of the Trade Agreements 
Act of 1979 (as amended) (the Act), published the quarterly update to 
the annual listing of foreign government subsidies on articles of 
cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty covering the period July 1, 
2023, through September 30, 2023.\1\ In the Third Quarter 2023 Update, 
we requested that any party that had information on foreign government 
subsidy programs that benefited articles of cheese subject to an in-
quota rate of duty submit such information to Commerce.\2\ We received

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    \1\ See Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government 
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty, 
89 FR 28745 (April 19, 2023) (Third Quarter 2023 Update).
    \2\ Id.
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    Pursuant to section 702(h) of the Act, we hereby provide Commerce's 
update of subsidies on articles of cheese that were imported during the 
period October 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. The appendix to this 
notice lists the country, the subsidy program or programs, and the 
gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which information is 
currently available.
    Commerce will incorporate additional programs which are found to 
constitute subsidies, and additional information on the subsidy 
programs listed, as the information is developed. Commerce encourages 
any person having information on foreign government subsidy programs 
which benefit articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty to 
submit such information in writing through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket No. ITA-2020-0005, 
``Quarterly Update to Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty.'' The 
materials in the docket will not be edited to remove identifying or 
contact information, and Commerce cautions against including any 
information in an electronic submission that the submitter does not 
want publicly disclosed. Attachments to electronic comments will be 
accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF formats only. All 
comments should be addressed to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 
and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a) 
of the Act.

    Dated: May 3, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
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    \3\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).>
    \4\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
    \5\ The 27 member states of the European Union are: Austria, 
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, 
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, 
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, 
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

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                                                                                  Gross \3\      Net \4\ subsidy
                   Country                              Program(s)             subsidy ($/lb)        ($/lb)
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27 European Union Member States \5\.........  European Union Restitution                $ 0.00             $0.00
                                               Payments.
Canada......................................  Export Assistance on Certain                0.47              0.47
                                               Types of Cheese.
Norway......................................  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy                     0.00              0.00
                                               Consumer Subsidy.
                                              Total.........................              0.00              0.00
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Switzerland.................................  Deficiency Payments...........              0.00              0.00
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[FR Doc. 2024-10128 Filed 5-8-24; 8:45 am]
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