[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 47 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12502-12503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5681]
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Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 47 / Thursday, March 9, 2000 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard
measures provided for in the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture.
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SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated quantity trigger levels for
products which may be subject to additional import duties under the
safeguard provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. It
also includes the relevant period applicable for trigger levels on each
of those products.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 9, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy S. McKinnell, Multilateral Trade
Negotiations Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, room 5530-South
Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-1022,
telephone at (202) 720-6064, or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 of the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Agriculture provides that additional import duties may be imposed on
imports of products subject to tariffication during 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 to be imposed if the volume of imports of an article
exceeds the average of the most recent 3 years for which data are
available by 5, 10, or 25 percent, depending on the article. 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 three years. The President delegated this duty
to the Secretary of Agriculture in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763,
dated December 23, 1994. The Secretary of Agriculture further delegated
the duty to the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service (7
CFR 2.43 (a)(2)). The Annex to this notice contains the updated
quantity trigger levels.
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 and
in the Secretary of Agriculture's Notice of Safeguard Action, published
in the Federal Register at 60 FR427 on January 4, 1995.
Notice
As provided in section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act,
consistent with Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture, the
safeguard quantity trigger levels previously notified are superceded by
the levels indicated in the Annex to this notice.
Issued at Washington, DC this 29th day of February, 2000.
Timothy J. Galvin,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
Annex
The definitions of these products were provided in the Notice of
Safeguard Action published in the Federal Register, at 60 FR 427 on
Wednesday, January 4, 1995.
Quantity Based Safeguard Trigger
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Product Trigger level Period
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Beef.......................... 982,666 mt............ January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Mutton........................ 12,612 mt............. January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Cream......................... 6,527,820 liters...... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk.. 4,584,100 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Nonfat Dry Milk............... 4,426,348 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Dried Whole Milk.............. 2,735,859 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Dried Cream................... 541 kilograms......... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk......... 147,571 kilograms..... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Butter........................ 7,335,863 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Butter Oil and Butter 7,480,980 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Substitutes.
Dairy Mixtures................ 3,000,734 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Blue Cheese................... 3,309,790 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Cheddar Cheese................ 14,724,970 kilograms.. January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
American Type Cheese.......... 7,848,260 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Edam/Gouda Cheese............. 7,029,019 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Italian-Type Cheese........... 16,396,083 kilograms.. January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Swiss Cheese with Eye 35,361,386 kilograms.. January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Formation.
Gruyere Process Cheese........ 8,008,352 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Lowfat Cheese................. 3,374,284 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
NSPF Cheese................... 51,102,583 kilograms.. January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Peanuts....................... 49,248 mt............. April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000.
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53,000 mt............. April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001.
Peanut Butter/Paste........... 21,031 mt............. January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Raw Cane Sugar................ 2,366,204 mt.......... October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
1,945,430 mt.......... October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Refined Sugar and Syrups...... 25,484 mt............. October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
27,058 mt............. October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Blended Syrups................ 0 mt.................. October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
0 mt.................. October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Articles Over 65% Sugar....... 0 mt.................. October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
0 mt.................. October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Articles Over 10% Sugar....... 80,282 mt............. October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
80,282 mt............. October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder........ 2,445 mt.............. October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
1,555 mt.............. October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Chocolate Crumb............... 21,252,239 kilograms.. January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb........ 176 kilograms......... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Infant Formula Containing 84,751 kilograms...... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Oligosaccharides.
Mixes and Doughs.............. 5,424 mt.............. October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
6,064 mt.............. October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Mixed Condiments and.......... 253 mt................ October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Seasonings.................... 232 mt................ October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001.
Ice Cream..................... 1,516,320 liters...... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Animal Feed Containing Milk... 1,339,075 kilograms... January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
Short Staple Cotton........... 17,211,112 kilograms.. September 20, 1999 to September 19, 2000.
5,340,573 kilograms... September 20, 2000 to September 19, 2001.
Harsh or Rough Cotton......... 0 mt.................. August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000.
0 mt.................. August 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001.
Medium Staple Cotton.......... 9,664 kilograms....... August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000.
622,754 kilograms..... August 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001.
Extra Long Staple Cotton...... 32,995 kilograms...... August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000.
1,482,280 kilograms... August 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001.
Cotton Waste.................. 13,378 kilograms...... September 20, 1999 to September 19, 2000.
0 kilograms........... September 20, 2000 to September 19, 2001.
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun... 383 kilograms......... September 11, 1999 to September 10, 2000.
798 kilograms......... September 11, 2000 to September 10, 2001.
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