[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16619-16620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8004]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Quota Cheese
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Publication of Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign
Government Subsidies on Articles of Quota Cheese.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department), in consultation
with the Secretary of Agriculture, has prepared a quarterly update to
its annual list of foreign government subsidies on articles of quota
cheese. We are publishing the current listing of those subsidies that
we have determined exist.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Albright or Maria MacKay, Office
of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702(a) of the Trade Agreements Act
of 1979 (the Act) requires the Department to determine, in consultation
with the Secretary of Agriculture, whether any foreign government is
providing a subsidy with respect to any article of quota cheese, as
defined in section 701(c)(1) of the Act, and to publish an annual list
and quarterly updates of the type and amount of those subsidies.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h)(2)
of the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign
governments on articles of quota cheese. 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.
The Department will incorporate additional programs which are found
to constitute subsidies, and additional information on the subsidy
programs listed, as the information is developed.
The Department encourages any person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of quota cheese to
submit such information in writing to the Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the Act.
Dated March 23, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix--Quota Cheese Subsidy Programs
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Gross\1\ Net\2\
subsidy subsidy
Country Program(s) (cents per (cents per
lb.) lb.)
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Austria..................... Export Restitution Payments............................. 200.0 200.0
Belgium..................... European Community (EC) Restitution Payments............ 38.7 38.7
Canada...................... Export Assistance on Certain Types of Cheese............ 25.5 25.5
Denmark..................... EC Restitution Payments................................ 48.2 48.2
Finland..................... Export Subsidy.......................................... 104.7 104.7
France...................... EC Restitution Payments................................. 49.5 49.5
Germany..................... EC Restitution Payments................................. 56.5 56.5
Greece...................... EC Restitution Payments................................. 0.0 0.0
Ireland..................... EC Restitution Payments................................. 56.3 56.3
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Italy....................... EC Restitution Payments................................. 87.6 87.6
Luxembourg.................. EC Restitution Payments................................. 38.7 38.7
Netherlands................. EC Restitution Payments................................. 39.5 39.5
Norway...................... Indirect (Milk) Subsidy................................. 18.3 18.3
Consumer Subsidy........................................ 40.5 40.5
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58.8 58.8
Portugal.................... EC Restitution Payments................................. 37.3 37.3
Spain....................... EC Restitution Payments................................. 37.3 37.3
Switzerland................. Deficiency Payments..................................... 166.1 166.1
U.K......................... EC Restitution Payments................................. 40.1 40.1
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\1\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
[FR Doc. 95-8004 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]
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