[Federal Register: April 27, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 82)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
7 CFR Part 6
Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing Regulation for the 2001 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2001 quota year
reflecting 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.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Warsack, Dairy Import Quota
Manager, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
D.C. 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a
delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, administers
the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation codified at 7
CFR 6.20-6.37 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 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
Programs Group, Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these
licenses and, in conjunction with the U.S. Customs Service, 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 Sec. 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 in the Federal Register. Accordingly, this
document sets forth the revised Appendices for the 2001 tariff-rate
quota year.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6
Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports,
Reporting and record keeping requirements.
Issued at Washington, D.C. the 17th day of April, 2001.
Richard P. Warsack,
Licensing Authority.
Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:
PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES
1. The authority citation for Part 6, Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate
Import Quota Licensing continues to read as follows:
Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16-23 and 25
to Chapter 4 and General Note 15 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), Pub. L. 97-258, 96 Stat.
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103 and 404, Pub. L.
103-465, 108 Stat. 4819 (19 U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).
2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing are revised to read as follows:
Appendices 1, 2, and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing (Quantities in Kilograms)*
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Appendix 3
Article by additional U.S. note number and Appendix 1 Appendix 2 -------------------------------
country of origin Tokyo Round Uruguay Round
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Non-Cheese Articles
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Butter (Note 6)................................. 5,592,278 1,384,722 .............. ..............
EU-15....................................... 81,153 15,008 .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. 124,709 25,884 .............. ..............
Other Countries............................. 63,105 10,830 .............. ..............
Any Country................................. 5,323,311 1,333,000 .............. ..............
Dried Skim Milk (Note 7)........................ 600,076 4,660,924 .............. ..............
Australia................................... 600,076 .............. .............. ..............
Canada...................................... .............. 219,565 .............. ..............
Any Country................................. .............. 4,441,359 .............. ..............
Dried Whole Milk (Note 8)....................... 3,175 3,318,125 .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. 3,175 .............. .............. ..............
Any Country................................. .............. 3,318,125 .............. ..............
Dried Buttermilk/Whey (Note 12)................. 224,981 .............. .............. ..............
Canada...................................... 161,161 .............. .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. 63,820 .............. .............. ..............
Butter Substitutes containing over 45 percent of .............. 6,080,500 .............. ..............
butterfat and/or butter oil (Note 14)..........
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Any Country................................. .............. 6,080,500 .............. ..............
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Total: Non-Cheese Articles.............. 6,420,510 15,444,271 .............. ..............
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Cheese Articles
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Cheese and substitutes for cheese (except cheese 23,832,227 7,638,504 9,661,128 7,496,000
not containing cow's milk and soft ripened
cow's milk cheese, cheese (except cottage
cheese) containing 0.5 percent or less by
weight of butterfat and articles within the
scope of other import quotas provided for in
this subchapter) (Note 16).....................
Argentina................................... 7,690 .............. 92,310 ..............
Australia................................... 535,628 5,542 758,830 1,750,000
Canada...................................... 1,031,946 109,054 .............. ..............
Costa Rica.................................. .............. .............. .............. 1,550,000
Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. .............. 200,000
EU-15....................................... 15,596,462 6,735,970 1,132,568 2,346,000
Of which Portugal is.................... 127,536 1,773 223,691 ..............
Israel...................................... 79,696 .............. 593,304 ..............
Iceland..................................... 294,000 .............. 29,000 ..............
New Zealand................................. 4,516,178 299,294 6,506,528 ..............
Norway...................................... 124,982 25,018 .............. ..............
Poland...................................... 917,497 18,727 .............. 300,000
Slovak Republic............................. .............. .............. .............. 600,000
Switzerland................................. 597,513 73,899 548,588 500,000
Uruguay..................................... .............. .............. .............. 250,000
Other Countries............................. 130,635 71,000 .............. ..............
Any Country................................. .............. 300,000 .............. ..............
Blue-mold cheese (except Stilton produced in the 2,321,554 159,447 .............. 430,000
United Kingdom) and cheese and substitutes for
cheese containing, or processed from, Blue-mold
cheese (Note 17)...............................
Argentina................................... 2,000 .............. .............. ..............
EU-15....................................... 2,319,553 159,447 .............. 300,000
Chile....................................... .............. .............. .............. 80,000
Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. .............. 50,000
Other Countries............................. 1 .............. .............. ..............
Cheddar Cheese, and cheese and substitutes for 3,664,363 619,493 519,033 7,620,000
cheese containing, or processed from, Cheddar
cheese (Note 18)...............................
Australia................................... 937,721 46,778 215,501 1,250,000
Chile....................................... .............. .............. .............. 220,000
Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. .............. 50,000
EU-15....................................... 57,168 205,832 .............. 1,000,000
New Zealand................................. 2,543,600 252,868 303,532 5,100,000
Other Countries............................. 125,874 14,015 .............. ..............
Any Country................................. .............. 100,000 .............. ..............
American-type cheese, including Colby, washed 2,865,287 300,266 357,003 ..............
curd and granular cheese (but not including
Cheddar) and cheese and substitutes for cheese
containing or processed from such American-type
cheese (Note 19)...............................
Australia................................... 839,370 41,628 119,002 ..............
EU-15....................................... 190,758 163,242 .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. 1,671,294 90,705 238,001 ..............
Other Countries............................. 163,865 4,691 .............. ..............
Edam and Gouda cheese, and cheese and 5,296,988 309,414 .............. 1,210,000
substitutes for cheese containing, or processed
from, Edam and Gouda cheese (Note 20)..........
Argentina................................... 119,003 5,997 .............. 110,000
Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. .............. 100,000
EU-15....................................... 5,038,266 250,734 .............. 1,000,000
Norway...................................... 114,318 52,682 .............. ..............
Other Countries............................. 25,401 1 .............. ..............
Italian-type cheeses, made from cow's milk, 6,531,696 988,851 795,517 5,165,000
(Romano made from cow's milk, Reggiano,
Parmesan, Provolone, Provoletti, Sbrinz, and
Goya--not in original loaves) and cheese and
substitutes for cheese containing, or processed
from, such Italian-type cheeses, whether or not
in original loaves (Note 21)...................
Argentina................................... 3,962,921 162,562 367,517 1,890,000
EU-15....................................... 2,555,775 826,225 .............. 700,000
Poland...................................... .............. .............. .............. 1,325,000
Romania..................................... .............. .............. .............. 500,000
Uruguay..................................... .............. .............. 428,000 750,000
Other Countries............................. 13,000 64 .............. ..............
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Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese other than with eye 5,767,170 884,144 823,519 380,000
formation, Gruyere-process cheese and cheese
and substitutes for cheese containing, or
processed from, such cheeses (Note 22).........
EU-15........................................... 4,358,468 793,526 393,006 380,000
Switzerland................................. 1,333,942 85,545 430,513 ..............
Other Countries............................. 74,760 5,073 .............. ..............
Cheese and substitutes for cheese, 3,843,537 581,371 1,050,000 ..............
containing 0.5 percent or less by weight of
butterfat (except articles within the scope
of other tariff-rate quotas provided for in
this subchapter), and margarine cheese
(Note 23)..................................
EU-15....................................... 3,680,293 569,707 .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. .............. .............. 1,000,000 ..............
Israel...................................... .............. .............. 50,000 ..............
Poland...................................... 163,243 11,664 .............. ..............
Other Countries............................. 1 .............. .............. ..............
Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation 18,267,179 4,030,152 9,557,945 2,620,000
(Note 25)......................................
Argentina................................... 9,115 .............. 70,885 ..............
Australia................................... 209,698 .............. 290,302 ..............
Canada...................................... .............. .............. 70,000 ..............
Czech Republic.............................. .............. .............. .............. 400,000
Hungary..................................... .............. .............. .............. 800,000
EU-15....................................... 13,265,347 3,211,481 4,003,172 1,220,000
Iceland..................................... 149,999 .............. 150,001 ..............
Israel...................................... 27,000 .............. .............. ..............
Norway...................................... 3,206,405 448,905 3,227,690 ..............
Switzerland................................. 1,314,340 369,765 1,745,895 200,000
Other Countries............................. 85,275 1 .............. ..............
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Total: Cheese Articles.................. 72,390,001 15,511,642 22,764,145 24,921,000
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* Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3,
Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2001
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