82 FR 116 pgs. 27794-27796 - WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels
Type: NOTICEVolume: 82Number: 116Pages: 27794 - 27796
Pages: 27794, 27795, 27796FR document: [FR Doc. 2017-12648 Filed 6-16-17; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Foreign Agricultural Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels
AGENCY:
Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ACTION:
Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard measures provided for in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture.
SUMMARY:
[top] This notice lists the updated quantity-based trigger levels for products which may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. This notice also includes the relevant period
DATES:
June 19, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Souleymane Diaby, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, Office of Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1020, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-1020; by telephone (202) 720-0638; or by fax (202) 720-0876; or by email to Souleymane.Diaby@fas.usda.gov .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture provides that additional import duties may be imposed on imports of products subject to tariffication as a result of 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 3 years. The President delegated this duty to the Secretary of Agriculture in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763, dated December 23, 1994, 60 FR 1005 (Jan. 4, 1995). The Secretary of Agriculture further delegated this duty, which lies with 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 (2017) and in the Secretary of Agriculture's Notice of Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels, published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).
Notice: As provided in Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, consistent with Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, the safeguard quantity trigger levels previously notified are superseded by the levels indicated in the Annex to this notice. The definitions of these products were provided in the Notice of Safeguard Action published in the Federal Register , at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).
Issued at Washington, DC, on May 31, 2017.
Holly Higgins
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
Annex
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| Product | Quantity-based safeguard trigger | Trigger level | Units | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef | 331,166 | MT | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Mutton | 3,335 | MT | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Cream | 1,426,324 | Liters | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Evaporated or Condensed Milk | 2,228,725 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Nonfat Dry Milk | 564,347 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Dried Whole Milk | 4,493,172 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Dried Cream | 8,319 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Dried Whey/Buttermilk | 19,366 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Butter | 22,242,567 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Butter Oil and Butter Substitutes | 9,693,967 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Dairy Mixtures | 26,136,023 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Blue Cheese | 5,161,480 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Cheddar Cheese | 15,484,227 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| American-Type Cheese | 919,786 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Edam/Gouda Cheese | 8,779,770 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Italian-Type Cheese | 21,756,722 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation | 30,109,746 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Gruyere Process Cheese | 3,850,662 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| NSPF Cheese | 58,444,719 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Lowfat Cheese | 281,375 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Peanuts | 13,106 | MT | April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017. | |
| 14,577 | MT | April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018. | ||
| Peanut Butter/Paste | 4,148 | MT | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Raw Cane Sugar | 617,282 | MT | October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. | |
| 723,461 | MT | October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. | ||
| Refined Sugar and Syrups | 355,264 | MT | October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. | |
| 444,126 | MT | October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. | ||
| Blended Syrups | 106 | MT | October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. | |
| 233 | MT | October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. | ||
| Articles Over 65% Sugar | 415 | MT | October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. | |
| 451 | MT | October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. | ||
| Articles Over 10% Sugar | 18,930 | MT | October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. | |
| 15,540 | MT | October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. | ||
| Sweetened Cocoa Powder | 72 | MT | October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. | |
| 81 | MT | October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. | ||
| Chocolate Crumb | 12,507,343 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Lowfat Chocolate Crumb | 462,186 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Infant Formula Containing Oligosaccharides | 618,873 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Mixes and Doughs | 234 | MT | October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. | |
| 234 | MT | October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. | ||
| Mixed Condiments and Seasonings | 894 | MT | October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. | |
| 692 | MT | October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. | ||
| Ice Cream | 3,206,913 | Liters | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Animal Feed Containing Milk | 1,010,198 | Kilograms | January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. | |
| Short Staple Cotton | 1,363,307 | Kilograms | September 20, 2016 to September 19, 2017. | |
| 3,376,608 | Kilograms | September 20, 2017 to September 19, 2018. | ||
| Harsh or Rough Cotton | 13 | Kilograms | August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017. | |
| 13 | Kilograms | August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2018. | ||
| Medium Staple Cotton | 0 | Kilograms | August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017. | |
| 0 | Kilograms | August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2018. | ||
| Extra Long Staple Cotton | 1,270,096 | Kilograms | August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017. | |
| 1,219,841 | Kilograms | August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2018. | ||
| Cotton Waste | 925,273 | Kilograms | September 20, 2016 to September 19, 2017. | |
| 1,232,012 | Kilograms | September 20, 2017 to September 19, 2018. | ||
| Cotton, Processed, Not Spun | 51 | Kilograms | September 11, 2016 to September 10, 2017. | |
| 23,004 | Kilograms | September 11, 2017 to September 10, 2018. |
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