Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: September 1, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 170)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
7 CFR Part 6
Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation
for the 2006 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: This document sets forth the
revised appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate
Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2006
quota year reflecting the cumulative annual
transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix 2 for
certain dairy product import licenses
permanently surrendered by
licensees or revoked by the Licensing Authority.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bettyann
Gonzales, Dairy Import Specialist, Import
Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1021 or
telephone at (202) 720-1344 or e-mail at
gonzalesb@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
The
Foreign
Agricultural
Service,
under a delegation of authority from the
Secretary of Agriculture, administers the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation
codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.37 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 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
article from a specified country of origin. The
Import Policies and Programs Division,
Foreign
Agricultural
Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these
licenses and, in conjunction with the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, monitors their use.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states:
"Whenever a historical license (Appendix 1) is
not issued to an applicant pursuant to the
provisions of Sec. 6.23, is permanently
surrendered or is revoked by the Licensing
Authority, the amount of such license will be
transferred to Appendix 2." Section 6.34(b)
provides that the cumulative annual transfers
will be published in the Federal Register.
Accordingly, this document sets forth the
revised Appendices for the 2006 tariff-rate
quota year.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6
Agricultural
commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Issued at Washington, DC, the 9th day of
August, 2006.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
< Accordingly, 7
CFR part 6 is amended as follows:
PART 6—IMPORT
QUOTAS AND FEES
< 1. The authority
citation for part 6, Subpart—Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing continues to
read as follows:
Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7,
8, 12, 14, 16-23 and 25 to Chapter 4 and General
Note 15 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), Pub. L. 97-258,
96 Stat.
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103
and 404, Pub. L. 103-465, 108 Stat. 4819 (19
U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).
< 2. Appendices 1,
2 and 3 to Subpart—Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing are revised
to read as follows:
Appendices
1, 2 and 3 to Subpart—Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical
Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses;
and Appendix 3, Designated Importer Licenses for
Quota Year 2006
(quantities in kilograms)
|
Article by Additional U.S. Note Number
and Country of Origin
NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
|
Appendix
1 |
Appendix
2 |
Appendix 3 |
|
Tokyo
Round |
Uruguay Round |
|
BUTTER
(NOTE 6) |
5,363,672 |
1,613,328 |
|
|
|
EU-25 |
75,918 |
20,243 |
|
|
|
New Zealand |
117,540 |
33,053 |
|
|
|
Other Countries |
55,902 |
18,033 |
|
|
|
Any Country |
5,114,312 |
1,541,999 |
|
|
|
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7) |
118,800 |
5,142,200 |
|
|
|
Australia |
118,800 |
481,276 |
|
|
|
Canada |
|
219,565 |
|
|
|
Any Country |
|
4,441,359 |
|
|
|
DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8) |
3,175 |
3,318,125 |
|
|
|
New Zealand |
3,175 |
|
|
|
|
Any Country |
|
3,318,125 |
|
|
|
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12) |
63,820 |
161,161 |
|
|
|
Canada |
|
161,161 |
|
|
|
New Zealand |
63,820 |
|
|
|
|
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45
PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL
(NOTE 14) |
|
6,080,500 |
|
|
|
Any Country |
|
6,080,500 |
|
|
|
TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES |
5,549,467 |
16,315,314 |
|
|
|
Article by Additional U.S. Note Number
and Country of Origin
CHEESE
ARTICLES |
Appendix
1 |
Appendix
2 |
Appendix 3 |
|
Tokyo
Round |
Uruguay Round |
|
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
(EXCEPT: SOFT
RIPENED COW’S MILK CHEESE; CHEESE NOT
CONTAINING COW’S MILK; CHEESE (EXCEPT
COTTAGE CHEESE) CONTAINING 0.5
PERCENT OR LESS BY WEIGHT OF BUTTERFAT;
AND, ARTICLES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OTHER
IMPORT QUOTAS PROVIDED
FOR IN THIS SUBCHAPTER) (NOTE 16) |
23,365,483 |
8,104,248 |
9,661,128 |
7,496,000 |
|
Argentina |
7,690 |
|
92,310 |
|
|
Australia |
535,628 |
5,542 |
758,830 |
1,750,000 |
|
Canada |
1,013,777 |
127,223 |
|
|
|
Costa Rica |
|
|
|
1,550,000 |
|
EU-25 |
16,156,783 |
7,110,873 |
1,132,568 |
3,446,000 |
|
Of which Portugal is: |
65,838 |
63,471 |
223,691 |
|
|
Israel |
79,696 |
|
593,304 |
|
|
Iceland |
294,000 |
|
29,000 |
|
|
New Zealand |
4,443,558 |
371,914 |
6,506,528 |
|
|
Norway |
124,982 |
25,018 |
|
|
|
Switzerland |
597,513 |
73,899 |
548,588 |
500,000 |
|
Uruguay |
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
Other Countries |
111,856 |
89,779 |
|
|
|
Any Country |
|
300,000 |
|
|
|
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON
PRODUCED IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, BLUE-MOLD CHEESE
(NOTE 17) |
2,285,947 |
195,054 |
|
430,000 |
|
Argentina |
2,000 |
|
|
|
|
EU-25 |
2,283,946 |
195,054 |
|
350,000 |
|
Chile |
|
|
|
80,000 |
|
Other Countries |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Article by Additional U.S. Note Number
and Country of Origin
CHEESE ARTICLES
|
Appendix
1 |
Appendix
2 |
Appendix 3 |
|
Tokyo
Round |
Uruguay Round |
|
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18) |
3,645,715 |
638,141 |
519,033 |
7,620,000 |
|
Australia |
937,721 |
46,778 |
215,501 |
1,250,000 |
|
Chile |
|
|
|
220,000 |
|
EU-25 |
52,404 |
210,596 |
|
1,050,000 |
|
New Zealand |
2,539,040 |
257,428 |
303,532 |
5,100,000 |
|
Other Countries |
116,550 |
23,339 |
|
|
|
Any Country |
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY,
WASHED CURD
AND GRANULAR CHEESE (BUT NOT INCLUDING
CHEDDAR) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
CHEESE CONTAINING OR PROCESSED FROM SUCH
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19) |
2,795,736 |
369,817 |
357,003 |
|
|
Australia |
821,799 |
59,199 |
119,002 |
|
|
EU-25 |
152,383 |
201,617 |
|
|
|
New Zealand |
1,657,689 |
104,310 |
238,001 |
|
|
Other Countries |
163,865 |
4,691 |
|
|
|
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE
(NOTE 20) |
5,239,073 |
367,329 |
|
1,210,000 |
|
Argentina |
119,003 |
5,997 |
|
110,000 |
|
EU-25 |
5,000,990 |
288,010 |
|
1,100,000 |
|
Norway |
114,318 |
52,682 |
|
|
|
Other Countries |
4,762 |
20,640 |
|
|
|
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW’S
MILK, (ROMANO
MADE FROM COW’S MILK, REGGIANO,
PARMESAN, PROVOLONE, PROVOLETTI, SBRINZ,
AND GOYA-NOT IN ORIGINAL LOAVES) AND
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, SUCH
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, WHETHER OR NOT IN
ORIGINAL LOAVES (NOTE 21) |
6,479,092 |
1,041,455 |
795,517 |
5,165,000 |
|
Argentina |
3,937,962 |
187,521 |
367,517 |
1,890,000 |
|
EU-25 |
2,535,930 |
846,070 |
|
2,025,000 |
|
Romania |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
Uruguay |
|
|
428,000 |
750,000 |
|
Other Countries |
5,200 |
7,864 |
|
|
|
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN
WITH EYE FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS
CHEESE AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM,
SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22) |
5,626,772 |
1,024,542 |
823,519 |
380,000 |
|
EU-25 |
4,302,097 |
849,897 |
393,006 |
380,000 |
|
Switzerland |
1,66,100 |
153,387 |
430,513 |
|
|
Other Countries |
58,575 |
21,258 |
|
|
|
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE,
CONTAINING 0.5
PERCENT OR LESS BY WEIGHT OF BUTTERFAT
(EXCEPT ARTICLES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF
OTHER TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS PROVIDED FOR IN
THIS SUBCHAPTER), AND MARGARINE CHEESE
(NOTE 23) |
2,739,997 |
1,684,921 |
1,050,000 |
|
|
EU-25 |
2,739,996 |
1,684,921 |
|
|
|
Israel |
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
New Zealand |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
Other Countries |
1 |
|
|
|
|
SWISS
OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION
(NOTE 25) |
16,922,713 |
5,374,618 |
9,557,945 |
2,620,000 |
|
Argentina |
|
9,115 |
70,885 |
|
|
Australia |
209,698 |
|
290,302 |
|
|
Canada |
|
|
70,000 |
|
|
EU-25 |
11,980,352 |
4,496,476 |
4,003,172 |
2,420,000 |
|
Iceland |
149,999 |
|
150,001 |
|
|
Israel |
27,000 |
|
|
|
|
Norway |
3,187,264 |
468,046 |
3,227,690 |
|
|
Switzerland |
1,283,125 |
400,980 |
1,745,895 |
200,000 |
|
Other Countries |
85,275 |
1 |
|
|
|
TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES
|
69,100,528 |
18,800,125 |
22,764,145 |
24,921,000 |
|
|
