[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 46565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18581]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 148 / Thursday, August 1, 2013 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2014 Tariff-
Rate Import Quota Year
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of $200 to be charged for the 2014
tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or
firm by the Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation of
certain dairy articles, which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set
forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States.
DATES: August 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import
Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, STOP
1021, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439 or email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
Regulation promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and codified at
7 CFR 6.20-6.37 provides for the issuance of licenses to import certain
dairy articles that are subject to TRQs set forth in the HTS. Those
dairy articles may only be entered into the United States at the in-
quota TRQ tariff-rates 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 use of such
licenses is monitored by the Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import
Programs and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) provides that a fee will be charged
for each license issued to a person or firm by the Licensing Authority
in order to defray the Department of Agriculture's costs of
administering the licensing system under this regulation.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also provides that the Licensing
Authority will announce the annual fee for each license and that such
fee will be set out in a notice to be published in the Federal
Register. Accordingly, this notice sets out the fee for the licenses to
be issued for the 2014 calendar year.
Notice: The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of
administering the licensing system for 2014 has been estimated to be
$440,280.00 and the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued
is 2,200. Of the total cost, $315,000.00 represents staff and
supervisory costs directly related to administering the licensing
system, and $125,280.00 represents other miscellaneous costs, including
travel, postage, publications, forms, and ADP system support.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license
issued to a person or firm for the 2014 calendar year, in accordance
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $200 per license.
Issued at Washington, DC, the 3rd day of July 2013.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 2013-18581 Filed 7-31-13; 8:45 am]
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