[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55217-55218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14604]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard 
measures provided for in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement 
on Agriculture.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated quantity-based trigger levels 
for products which may be subject to additional import duties under the 
safeguard provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. This notice 
also includes the relevant period applicable for the trigger levels on 
each of the listed products.

DATES: This notice is applicable on [Enter date of publication in 
Federal Register].

ADDRESSES: Multilateral Affairs Division, Trade Policy and Geographic 
Affairs, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Stop 1070, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1070.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sonya Wahi-Miller, [email protected], 202-649-3870.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on 
Agriculture provides that additional import duties may be imposed on 
imports of products subject to tariffication as a result of the Uruguay 
Round, if certain conditions are met. The agreement permits additional 
duties to be charged if the price of an individual shipment of imported 
products falls below the average price for similar goods imported 
during the years 1986-88 by a specified percentage. It also permits 
additional duties when the volume of imports of that product exceeds 
the sum of (1) a base trigger level multiplied by the average of the 
last three years of available import data and (2) the change in yearly 
consumption in the most recent year for which data are available 
(provided that the final trigger level is not less than 105 percent of 
the three-year import average). The base trigger level is set at 105, 
110, or 125 percent of the three-year import average, depending on the 
percentage of domestic consumption that is represented by imports. 
These additional duties may not be imposed on quantities for which 
minimum or current access commitments were made during the Uruguay 
Round negotiations, and only one type of safeguard, price or quantity, 
may be applied at any given time to an article.
    Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires that the 
President cause to be published in the Federal Register information 
regarding the price and quantity safeguards, including the quantity 
trigger levels, which must be updated annually based upon import levels 
during the most recent 3 years. The President delegated this duty to 
the Secretary of Agriculture in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763, 
dated December 23, 1994, 60 FR 1007 (Jan. 4, 1995). The Secretary of 
Agriculture further delegated this duty, which lies with the 
Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.601(a)(42)). 
The Annex to this notice contains the updated quantity trigger levels, 
consistent with the provisions of Article 5.
    Additional information on the products subject to safeguards and 
the additional duties which may apply can be found in subchapter IV of 
Chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(2024) and in the Secretary of Agriculture's Notice of Uruguay Round 
Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels, published in the Federal 
Register at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).
    Notice: As provided in Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act, consistent with Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, the 
safeguard quantity trigger levels previously notified are superseded by 
the levels indicated in the Annex to this notice. The definitions of 
these products were provided in the Notice of Safeguard Action 
published in the Federal Register, at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).

Elaine Trevino,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

                                    Annex--Quantity-Based Safeguard Triggers
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                                                          2024 Quantity-based safeguard triggers
                Product                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Trigger level               Unit                      Period
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Beef...................................            372,197  MT.......................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Mutton.................................          4,684,007  MT.......................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Cream..................................          7,086,865  Liters...................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk...........          7,112,159  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Nonfat Dry Milk........................          2,348,461  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Dried Whole Milk.......................          4,073,804  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Dried Cream............................             33,373  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk..................            217,643  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Butter \1\.............................        143,993,327  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Butteroil..............................         23,654,977  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Chocolate Crumb........................         13,743,686  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb.................            934,573  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Animal Feed Containing Milk............            145,324  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Ice Cream..............................         17,305,958  Liters...................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Dairy Mixtures.........................         32,277,853  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Infant Formula Containing                       15,376,570  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
 Oligosaccharides.
Blue Cheese............................          3,811,994  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Cheddar Cheese.........................         13,341,643  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
American-Type Cheese...................            107,494  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.

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Edam/Gouda Cheese......................         11,890,220  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Italian-Type Cheese....................         24,695,010  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Swiss or Emmentaler Cheese with Eye             21,694,163  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
 Formation.
Gruyere Process Cheese.................          4,253,517  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Cheese and Substitutes for Cheese......         47,626,850  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Lowfat Cheese..........................             75,681  Kilograms................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Peanut Butter/Paste....................              4,532  MT.......................  Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Peanuts \1\............................              5,525  MT.......................  April 1, 2023-Mar 31,
                                                                                        2024.
                                                     9,514  MT.......................  April 1, 2024-Mar 31,
                                                                                        2025.
Raw Cane Sugar \1\.....................            828,297  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
                                                   754,409  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Refined Sugars and Syrups \1\..........            619,938  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
                                                   312,628  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Articles over 65% Sugar................                964  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
                                                     1,252  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Articles over 10% Sugar................             18,624  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
                                                    25,719  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Blended Syrups.........................                572  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
                                                       758  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder.................                671  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
                                                       578  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Mixes and Doughs.......................              4,340  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
                                                     3,943  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Mixed Condiments and Seasonings........                798  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
                                                       786  MT.......................  Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Short Staple Cotton \2\................             13,415  Kilograms................  Sep 20, 2023-Sep 19,
                                                                                        2024.
                                                     9,964  Kilograms................  Sep 20, 2024-Sep 19,
                                                                                        2025.
Harsh or Rough Cotton..................                  0  Kilograms................  Aug 1, 2023-July 31,
                                                                                        2024.
                                                         6  Kilograms................  Aug 1, 2024-July 31,
                                                                                        2025.
Extra Long Staple Cotton...............            747,139  Kilograms................  Aug 1, 2023-July 31,
                                                                                        2024.
                                                   621,260  Kilograms................  Aug 1, 2024-July 31,
                                                                                        2025.
Medium Staple Cotton...................                163  Kilograms................  Aug 1, 2023-July 31,
                                                                                        2024.
                                                       741  Kilograms................  Aug 1, 2024-July 31,
                                                                                        2025.
Cotton Waste \2\.......................          1,385,381  Kilograms................  Sep 20, 2023-Sep 19,
                                                                                        2024.
                                                   788,489  Kilograms................  Sep 20, 2024-Sep 19,
                                                                                        2025.
Cotton Processed but not Spun \2\......             18,752  Kilograms................  Sep 11, 2023-Sep 10,
                                                                                        2024.
                                                    18,803  Kilograms................  Sep 11, 2024-Sep 10,
                                                                                        2025.
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\1\ Includes change in consumption
\2\ Data used for the 12-month period from September to September


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