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Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: July 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 141)]
[Notices]
[Page 41756-41758]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr24jy06-27]
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 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.
DATES: Efffective Date: July 24, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles
R. Bertsch, Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, Room
5524--South Building, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250 -1022,
telephone at (202) 720-6278, or e-mail
charles.bertsch@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, QUANTITY-BASED SAFEGUARD TRIGGER, 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 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 3rd day of July, 2006.
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..........................
447,684 mt....... January 1, 2006 to
December 31, 2006.
Mutton........................
3,242 mt......... January 1,
2006 to
December 31, 2006.
Cream......................... 4,298,187
liters. January 1, 2006 to
December 31, 2006.
Evaporated or
Condensed Milk..
6,930,879
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Nonfat Dry Milk............... 898,525
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms
December 31, 2006.
Dried Whole Milk.............3,987,868
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Dried Cream...................40,235 .
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms
December 31, 2006.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk.....70,736
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Butter........................
11,548,913
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Butter Oil and Butter
8,745,001
January 1, 2006 to
Substitutes.
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Dairy Mixtures................ 37,038,485
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Blue Cheese................... 5,047,654
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Cheddar Cheese..............12,356,363
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
American-Type Cheese.....15,606,654
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Edam/Gouda Cheese.........8,318,776
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Italian-Type Cheese..........23,130,918
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Swiss Cheese with Eye
34,767,209
January 1, 2006 to
Formation.
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Gruyere Process Cheese....8,355,381
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Lowfat Cheese................. 3,603,811
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
NSPF Cheese................... 55,111,280
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Peanuts.......................
15,699 mt........ April 1, 2006 to
March 31, 2007.
Peanut Butter/Paste........... 3,637 mt.........
January 1, 2006 to
December 31, 2006.
Raw Cane Sugar................ 1,096,324
mt....October 1, 2005 to
September 30, 2006.
1,172,199 mt..... October 1, 2006 to
September 30, 2007.
Refined Sugar and Syrups...36,661 mt........
October 1, 2005 to
September 30, 2006.
73,889........... October 1, 2006 to
September 30, 2007.
Blended Syrups................
59 mt............ October 1, 2005 to
September 30, 2006.
36 mt............ October 1, 2006 to
September 30, 2007.
Articles Over 65% Sugar.......170 mt...........
October 1, 2005 to
September 30, 2006.
358 mt........... October 1, 2006 to
September 30, 2007.
Articles Over 10% Sugar.....12,067 mt........
October 1, 2005 to
September 30, 2006.
18,297 mt........ October 1, 2006 to
September 30, 2007.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder.....660 mt...........
October 1, 2005 to
September 30, 2006.
1,008 mt......... October 1, 2006 to
September 30, 2007.
Chocolate Crumb............... 8,542,963
January 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
December 31, 2006.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb...229,080 kilograms
January 1, 2006 to
December 31, 2006.
Infant Formula Containing 53,153
kilograms. January 1, 2006 to
Oligosaccharides.
December 31, 2006.
Mixes and Doughs..............
78 mt............ October 1, 2005 to
September 30, 2006.
101 mt........... October 1, 2006 to
September 30, 2007.
Mixed Condiments and
98 mt............ October 1, 2005 to
Seasonings.
September 30, 2006.
0 mt............. October 1, 2006 to
September 30, 2007.
Ice Cream.....................
1,636, 297 liters January 1, 2006 to
December 31, 2006.
Animal Feed Containing Milk.157,978 kilograms
January 1, 2006 to
December 31, 2006.
Short Staple Cotton...........20,042 kilograms.
September 20, 2005 to
September 19, 2006.
29,945 kilograms. September 20, 2006 to
September 19, 2007.
Harsh or Rough Cotton.........
0 mt............. August 1, 2005 to
July 31, 2006.
0 mt............. August 1, 2006 to
July 31, 2007.
Medium Staple Cotton.......... 1,571,375
August 1, 2005 to
kilograms.
July 31, 2006.
2,361,931
August 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
July 31, 2007.
Extra Long Staple Cotton......9,736,417
August 1, 2005 to
kilograms.
July 31, 2006.
8,109,615
August 1, 2006 to
kilograms.
July 31, 2007.
Cotton Waste.................. 5,125
kilograms.. September 20, 2005 to
September 19, 2006.
7,692 kilograms.. September 20, 2006 to
September 19, 2007.
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun..80,208 kilograms.
September 11, 2005 to
September 10, 2006.
26,883 kilograms. September 11, 2006 to
September 10, 2007.
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