[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51681-51684]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-20943]
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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 2012 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2012 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.
DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import
Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Stop 1021,
Washington, DC 20250-1021; or by telephone at (202) 720-9439; or by
email at: [email protected].
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 dairy article from a specified country of origin. The Import
Policies and Export Reporting Division, 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: ``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 2012 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 13th day of July, 2012.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
Accordingly, 7 CFR part 6 is amended as follows:
PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES
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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).
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2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing are revised to read as follows:
Appendices 1-3 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 2012
[Quantities in kilograms]
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Sum of Appendix 3 Harmonized
Article by additional U.S. Note Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix -------------------------- tariff
No. and country of origin 1&2 Tokyo R. Uruguay R. schedule
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NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
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BUTTER (G-NOTE 6).............. 4,733,992 2,243,008 6,977,000 ........... ........... 6,977,000
EU-25...................... 75,000 21,161 96,161 ........... ........... ..............
New Zealand................ 110,045 40,548 150,593 ........... ........... ..............
Other Countries............ 41,970 31,965 73,935 ........... ........... ..............
Any Country................ 4,506,977 2,149,334 6,656,311 ........... ........... ..............
DRIED SKIM MILK (K-NOTE 7)..... ........... 5,261,000 5,261,000 ........... ........... 5,261,000
Australia.................. ........... 600,076 600,076 ........... ........... ..............
Canada..................... ........... 219,565 219,565 ........... ........... ..............
Any Country................ ........... 4,441,359 4,441,359 ........... ........... ..............
DRIED WHOLE MILK (H-NOTE 8).... 3,175 3,318,125 3,321,300 ........... ........... 3,321,300
New Zealand................ 3,175 ........... 3,175 ........... ........... ..............
Any Country................ ........... 3,318,125 3,318,125 ........... ........... ..............
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (M-NOTE ........... 224,981 224,981 ........... ........... 224,981
12)...........................
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Canada..................... ........... 161,161 161,161 ........... ........... ..............
New Zealand................ ........... 63,820 63,820 ........... ........... ..............
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING ........... 6,080,500 6,080,500 ........... ........... 6,080,500
OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT
AND/OR BUTTER OIL (SU-NOTE 14)
Any Country................ ........... 6,080,500 6,080,500 ........... ........... ..............
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TOTAL: NON-CHEESE 4,737,167 17,127,614 21,864,781 ........... ........... 21,864,781
ARTICLES..............
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CHEESE ARTICLES
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CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR 21,419,738 10,049,993 31,469,731 9,661,128 7,496,000 48,626,859
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) (OT-
NOTE 16)......................
Argentina.................. 7,690 0 7,690 92,310 ........... 100,000
Australia.................. 535,628 5,542 541,170 758,830 1,750,000 3,050,000
Canada..................... 977,439 163,561 1,141,000 ........... ........... 1,141,000
Costa Rica................. ........... 0 ........... ........... 1,550,000 1,550,000
EU-25...................... 15,729,427 7,538,229 23,267,656 1,132,568 3,446,000 27,846,224
Of which Portugal is:.. 65,838 63,471 129,309 223,691 ........... 353,000
Israel..................... 79,696 0 79,696 593,304 ........... 673,000
Iceland.................... 294,000 0 294,000 29,000 ........... 323,000
New Zealand................ 2,910,180 1,905,292 4,815,472 6,506,528 ........... 11,322,000
Norway..................... 124,982 25,018 150,000 ........... ........... 150,000
Switzerland................ 593,952 77,460 671,412 548,588 500,000 1,720,000
Uruguay.................... ........... 0 ........... ........... 250,000 250,000
Other Countries............ 100,906 100,729 201,635 ........... ........... 201,635
Any Country................ ........... 300,000 300,000 ........... ........... 300,000
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT 2,283,646 197,355 2,481,001 ........... 430,000 2,911,001
STILTON PRODUCED IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM,
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (B-NOTE 17)..
Argentina.................. 2,000 0 2,000 ........... ........... 2,000
EU-25...................... 2,281,646 197,354 2,479,000 ........... 350,000 2,829,000
Chile...................... ........... ........... ........... ........... 80,000 80,000
Other Countries............ ........... 1 1 ........... ........... 1
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND 2,795,016 1,488,840 4,283,856 519,033 7,620,000 12,422,889
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM,
CHEDDAR CHEESE (C-NOTE 18)....
Australia.................. 902,462 82,037 984,499 215,501 1,250,000 2,450,000
Chile...................... ........... 0 ........... ........... 220,000 220,000
EU-25...................... 52,404 210,596 263,000 ........... 1,050,000 1,313,000
New Zealand................ 1,737,605 1,058,863 2,796,468 303,532 5,100,000 8,200,000
Other Countries............ 102,545 37,344 139,889 ........... ........... 139,889
Any Country................ ........... 100,000 100,000 ........... ........... 100,000
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING 2,688,157 477,396 3,165,553 357,003 ........... 3,522,556
COLBY, WASHED CURD AND
GRANULAR CHEESE (BUT NOT
INCLUDING CHEDDAR) AND CHEESE
AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING OR PROCESSED FROM
SUCH AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (A-
NOTE 19)......................
Australia.................. 761,890 119,108 880,998 119,002 ........... 1,000,000
EU-25...................... 145,147 208,853 354,000 ........... ........... 354,000
New Zealand................ 1,630,479 131,520 1,761,999 238,001 ........... 2,000,000
Other Countries............ 150,641 17,915 168,556 ........... ........... 168,556
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND 4,910,073 696,329 5,606,402 ........... 1,210,000 6,816,402
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA
CHEESE (E-NOTE 20)............
Argentina.................. 110,495 14,505 125,000 ........... 110,000 235,000
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EU-25...................... 4,680,498 608,502 5,289,000 ........... 1,100,000 6,389,000
Norway..................... 114,318 52,682 167,000 ........... ........... 167,000
Other Countries............ 4,762 20,640 25,402 ........... ........... 25,402
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM 6,402,630 1,117,917 7,520,547 795,517 5,165,000 13,481,064
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 (D-NOTE 21)
Argentina.................. 3,910,738 214,745 4,125,483 367,517 1,890,000 6,383,000
EU-25...................... 2,491,892 890,108 3,382,000 ........... 2,025,000 5,407,000
Romania.................... ........... 0 ........... ........... 500,000 500,000
Uruguay.................... ........... 0 ........... 428,000 750,000 1,178,000
Other Countries............ ........... 13,064 13,064 ........... ........... 13,064
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE 5,264,929 1,386,385 6,651,314 823,519 380,000 7,854,833
OTHER THAN WITH EYE FORMATION,
GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES
(GR-NOTE 22)..................
EU-25...................... 3,995,739 1,156,255 5,151,994 393,006 380,000 5,925,000
Switzerland................ 1,235,692 183,795 1,419,487 430,513 ........... 1,850,000
Other Countries............ 33,498 46,335 79,833 ........... ........... 79,833
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR 1,840,852 2,584,056 4,424,918 1,050,000 ........... 5,474,908
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 (LF-NOTE 23)...........
EU-25...................... 1,840,852 2,584,055 4,424,907 ........... ........... 4,424,907
Israel..................... ........... 0 ........... 50,000 ........... 50,000
New Zealand................ ........... 0 ........... 1,000,000 ........... 1,000,000
Other Countries............ ........... 1 1 ........... ........... 1
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE 15,565,737 6,731,594 22,297,331 9,557,945 2,620,000 34,475,276
WITH EYE FORMATION (SW-NOTE
25)...........................
Argentina.................. ........... 9,115 9,115 70,885 ........... 80,000
Australia.................. 209,698 0 209,698 290,302 ........... 500,000
Canada..................... ........... 0 ........... 70,000 ........... 70,000
EU-25...................... 11,155,483 5,321,345 16,476,828 4,003,172 2,420,000 22,900,000
Iceland.................... 149,999 0 149,999 150,001 ........... 300,000
Israel..................... 27,000 0 27,000 ........... ........... 27,000
Norway..................... 3,187,264 468,046 3,655,310 3,227,690 ........... 6,883,000
Switzerland................ 776,708 907,397 1,684,105 1,745,895 200,000 3,630,000
Other Countries............ 59,585 25,691 85,276 ........... ........... 85,276
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TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES. 63,170,778 24,729,865 87,900,653 22,764,145 24,921,000 135,585,788
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TOTAL: CHEESE 67,907,945 41,857,479 109,765,434 22,764,145 24,921,000 157,450,569
ARTICLES & NON-
CHEESE ARTICLES...
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