83 FR 166 pgs. 43635-43637 - Adjustment of Appendices Under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2018 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
Type: NOTICEVolume: 83Number: 166Pages: 43635 - 43637
Pages: 43635, 43636, 43637FR document: [FR Doc. 2018-18568 Filed 8-24-18; 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
Adjustment of Appendices Under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2018 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
AGENCY:
Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This notice publishes the document "Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2 Non-historical Licenses; and Appendix 3 and 4, Designated Importers Licenses for Quota Year 2018." The quantities in Appendices 1 and 2 have been revised under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2018 quota year to reflect 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:
August 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES:
Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1021, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720-9439, Abdelsalam.El-Farra@fas.usda.gov .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a delegation of authority from the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.36 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 (HTS) 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 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 by notice in the Federal Register . Accordingly, this document sets forth the revised Appendices 1 and 2 for the 2018 tariff-rate quota year below.
Issued at Washington, DC, the 6th day of July 2018.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
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| Non-cheese articles | Appendix 1 | Appendix 2 | Sum of Appendix 1&2 | Appendix 3 Tokyo Round | Appendix 4 Uruguay Round | Grand total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTER (NOTE 6) | 4,303,234 | 2,673,766 | 6,977,000 | 6,977,000 | ||
| EU-27 | 62,599 | 33,562 | 96,161 | |||
| New Zealand | 76,503 | 74,090 | 150,593 | |||
| Other Countries | 37,155 | 36,780 | 73,935 | |||
| Any Country | 4,126,977 | 2,529,334 | 6,656,311 | |||
| DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7) | 0 | 5,261,000 | 5,261,000 | 5,261,000 | ||
| Australia | 0 | 600,076 | 600,076 | |||
| Canada | 0 | 219,565 | 219,565 | |||
| Any Country | 0 | 4,441,359 | 4,441,359 | |||
| DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8) | 0 | 3,321,300 | 3,321,300 | 3,321,300 | ||
| New Zealand | 0 | 3,175 | 3,175 | |||
| Any Country | 0 | 3,318,125 | 3,318,125 | |||
| DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12) | 0 | 224,981 | 224,981 | 224,981 | ||
| Canada | 0 | 161,161 | 161,161 | |||
| New Zealand | 0 | 63,820 | 63,820 | |||
| BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14) | 0 | 6,080,500 | 6,080,500 | 6,080,500 | ||
| Any Country | 0 | 6,080,500 | 6,080,500 | |||
| TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES | 4,303,234 | 17,561,547 | 21,864,781 | 21,864,781 | ||
| CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16) | 17,681,563 | 13,788,168 | 31,469,731 | 9,661,128 | 7,496,000 | 48,626,859 |
| Argentina | 0 | 7,690 | 7,690 | 92,310 | 100,000 | |
| Australia | 535,628 | 5,542 | 541,170 | 758,830 | 1,750,000 | 3,050,000 |
| Canada | 950,162 | 190,838 | 1,141,000 | 1,141,000 | ||
| Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,550,000 | 1,550,000 | |
| EU-27 | 13,934,235 | 9,333,421 | 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 | 29,054 | 264,946 | 294,000 | 29,000 | 323,000 | |
| New Zealand | 1,351,000 | 3,464,472 | 4,815,472 | 6,506,528 | 11,322,000 | |
| Norway | 122,860 | 27,140 | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||
| Switzerland | 512,184 | 159,228 | 671,412 | 548,588 | 500,000 | 1,720,000 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250,000 | 250,000 | |
| Other Countries | 100,906 | 100,729 | 201,635 | 201,635 | ||
| Any Country | 0 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | ||
| BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17) | 1,933,126 | 547,875 | 2,481,001 | 430,000 | 2,911,001 | |
| Argentina | 2,000 | 0 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||
| EU-27 | 1,931,126 | 547,874 | 2,479,000 | 350,000 | 2,829,000 | |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80,000 | 80,000 | |
| Other Countries | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18) | 2,305,671 | 1,978,185 | 4,283,856 | 519,033 | 7,620,000 | 12,422,889 |
| Australia | 891,246 | 93,253 | 984,499 | 215,501 | 1,250,000 | 2,450,000 |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 220,000 | 220,000 | |
| EU-27 | 52,404 | 210,596 | 263,000 | 1,050,000 | 1,313,000 | |
| New Zealand | 1,265,070 | 1,531,398 | 2,796,468 | 303,532 | 5,100,000 | 8,200,000 |
| Other Countries | 96,951 | 42,938 | 139,889 | 139,889 | ||
| Any Country | 0 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||
| AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19) | 1,182,569 | 1,982,984 | 3,165,553 | 357,003 | 0 | 3,522,556 |
| Australia | 761,890 | 119,108 | 880,998 | 119,002 | 1,000,000 | |
| EU-27 | 136,075 | 217,925 | 354,000 | 354,000 | ||
| New Zealand | 176,865 | 1,585,134 | 1,761,999 | 238,001 | 2,000,000 | |
| Other Countries | 107,739 | 60,817 | 168,556 | 168,556 | ||
| EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20) | 4,286,917 | 1,319,485 | 5,606,402 | 0 | 1,210,000 | 6,816,402 |
| Argentina | 105,418 | 19,582 | 125,000 | 110,000 | 235,000 | |
| EU-27 | 4,065,691 | 1,223,309 | 5,289,000 | 1,100,000 | 6,389,000 | |
| Norway | 111,046 | 55,954 | 167,000 | 167,000 | ||
| Other Countries | 4,762 | 20,640 | 25,402 | 25,402 | ||
| ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21) | 6,107,184 | 1,413,363 | 7,520,547 | 795,517 | 5,165,000 | 13,481,064 |
| Argentina | 3,692,345 | 433,138 | 4,125,483 | 367,517 | 1,890,000 | 6,383,000 |
| EU-27 | 2,414,839 | 967,161 | 3,382,000 | 2,025,000 | 5,407,000 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500,000 | 500,000 | |
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 428,000 | 750,000 | 1,178,000 |
| Other Countries | 0 | 13,064 | 13,064 | 13,064 | ||
| SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NOTE 22) | 4,238,006 | 2,413,308 | 6,651,314 | 823,519 | 380,000 | 7,854,833 |
| EU-27 | 2,983,722 | 2,168,272 | 5,151,994 | 393,006 | 380,000 | 5,925,000 |
| Switzerland | 1,220,786 | 198,701 | 1,419,487 | 430,513 | 1,850,000 | |
| Other Countries | 33,498 | 46,335 | 79,833 | 79,833 | ||
| CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 23) | 1,173,766 | 3,251,142 | 4,424,908 | 1,050,000 | 0 | 5,474,908 |
| EU-27 | 1,173,766 | 3,251,141 | 4,424,907 | 4,424,907 | ||
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50,000 | 50,000 | |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | |
| Other Countries | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25) | 13,104,939 | 9,192,392 | 22,297,331 | 9,557,945 | 2,620,000 | 34,475,276 |
| Argentina | 0 | 9,115 | 9,115 | 70,885 | 80,000 | |
| Australia | 209,698 | 0 | 209,698 | 290,302 | 500,000 | |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70,000 | 70,000 | |
| EU-27 | 9,775,290 | 6,701,538 | 16,476,828 | 4,003,172 | 2,420,000 | 22,900,000 |
| Iceland | 0 | 149,999 | 149,999 | 150,001 | 300,000 | |
| Israel | 27,000 | 0 | 27,000 | 27,000 | ||
| Norway | 2,285,329 | 1,369,981 | 3,655,310 | 3,227,690 | 6,883,000 | |
| Switzerland | 759,369 | 924,736 | 1,684,105 | 1,745,895 | 200,000 | 3,630,000 |
| Other Countries | 48,253 | 37,023 | 85,276 | 85,276 | ||
| TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES | 52,013,741 | 35,886,902 | 87,900,643 | 22,764,145 | 24,921,000 | 135,585,788 |
| TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE | 56,316,975 | 53,448,449 | 109,765,424 | 22,764,145 | 24,921,000 | 157,450,569 |
[FR Doc. 2018-18568 Filed 8-24-18; 8:45 am]
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