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Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: April 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 64)]
[Notices]
[Page 17949-17950]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr02ap08-26]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
WTO Agricultural Safeguard
Trigger Levels
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of product coverage and
trigger levels for
safeguard measures provided for in the World
Trade Organization (WTO)
Agreement on Agriculture.
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 WTO Agreement on
Agriculture. This notice also includes the
relevant period applicable for the
trigger levels on
each of the listed products.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 2, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lana Bennett,
Import and Trade Support Programs Division,
Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Stop 1021, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1021,
telephone at (202) 720-0638, or e-mail
itspd@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 the duty to the
Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural
Service (7 CFR 2.43(a)(2)(2007)). 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 FR 427, 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.
The definitions of these products were provided in the Notice
of Safeguard Action published in the Federal
Register, at 60 FR 427, January 4, 1995.
Issued at Washington, DC this 26th day of
March, 2008.
Michael W. Yost,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
Annex.--Quantity-Based Safeguard
Trigger
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Product
Trigger level
Period
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Beef....................................
412,848 mt................. January 1,
2008 to December 31, 2008.
Mutton.................................. 2,455
mt................... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Cream..................................
1,683,273 liters........... January 1,
2008 to December 31, 2008.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk. 6,393,713
kilograms........ January 1, 2008 to
December 31 2008.
Nonfat Dry Milk........................501,702
kilograms.......... January 1, 2008 to
December 31,2008.
Dried Whole Milk......................3,300,683
kilograms........ January 1, 2008 to
December 31,2008.
Dried Cream............................16,575
kilograms........... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk..............57,385
kilograms........... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Butter..................................
8,119,255 kilograms........ January 1,
2008 to December 31, 2008.
Butter Oil & Butter Substitutes. 7,852,361
kilograms........ January 1, 2008 to
December 31,2008.
Dairy Mixtures....................... 59,001,920
kilograms....... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Blue Cheese...........................5,312,438
kilograms........ January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Cheddar Cheese....................12,878,813
kilograms....... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
American-Type Cheese............8,616,224
kilograms........ January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Edam/Gouda Cheese...............8,348,479
kilograms........ January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Italian-Type Cheese...............22,934,090
kilograms....... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Swiss Cheese w.Eye Formation32,795,660
kilograms....... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Gruyere Process Cheese..........7,028,728
kilograms........ January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Lowfat Cheese........................1,519,025
kilograms........ January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
NSPF Cheese.........................54,012,829
kilograms....... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Peanuts................................15,634 mt..................
April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008.
12,096 mt.................. April 1, 2008
to March 31, 2009.
Peanut Butter/Paste.................3,833 mt...................
January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.
Raw Cane Sugar.......................1,411,011
mt............... October 1, 2007 to
September 30, 2008.
1,462,968 mt............... October 1,
2008 to September 30, 2009.
Refined Sugar and Syrups..........158,544 mt.................
October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.
175,217 mt................. October 1,
2008 to September 30, 2009.
Blended Syrups.........................29 mt......................
October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.
72 mt...................... October 1,
2008 to September 30, 2009.
Articles Over 65% Sugar...............593 mt.....................
October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.
669 mt..................... October 1,
2008 to September 30, 2009.
Articles Over 10% Sugar.............17,655 mt..................
October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.
16,759 mt.................. October 1,
2008 to September 30, 2009.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder............1,083 mt...................
October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.
1,329 mt................... October 1,
2008 to September 30, 2009.
Chocolate Crumb....................9,137,158
kilograms........ January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb...........321,752
kilograms.......... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Infant Formula Containing
21,932 kilograms........... January 1,
2008 to December 31, 2008.
Oligosaccharides.
Mixes and Doughs.......................111 mt.....................
October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.
243 mt..................... October 1,
2008 to September 30, 2009.
Mixed Condiments and Seasonings...126 mt.....................October
1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.
128 mt..................... October 1,
2008 to September 30, 2009.
Ice Cream...............................
2,228,293 liters........... January 1,
2008 to December 31, 2008.
Animal Feed Containing Milk......29,683
kilograms........... January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2008.
Short Staple Cotton..........128,095
kilograms.......... September 20, 2007 to
September 19, 2008.
669,917 kilograms.......... September 20,
2008 to September 19, 2009.
Harsh or Rough Cotton................... 0
kilograms................ August 1, 2007
to July 31, 2008.
0 kilograms................ August 1, 2008
to July 31, 2009.
Medium Staple Cotton....................
2,113,814 kilograms........ August 1, 2007
to July 31, 2008.
1,723,796 kilograms........ August 1, 2008
to July 31, 2009.
Extra Long Staple Cotton................
7,045,601 kilograms........ August 1, 2007
to July 31, 2008.
4,416,936 kilograms........ August 1, 2008
to July 31, 2009.
Cotton Waste.....................5,128
kilograms............ September 20, 2007
to September 19, 2008.
70,768 kilograms........... September 20,
2008 to September 19, 2009.
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun....19,473
kilograms.......September 11, 2007 to September
10, 2008.
10,205 kilograms..........September 11, 2008 to
September 10, 2009.
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