[Federal Register: April 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 74)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Publication of Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign
Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate
of Duty.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, has prepared its quarterly update to the annual list of
foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-
quota rate of duty during the period October 1, 2002 through December
31, 2002. We are publishing the current listing of those subsidies that
we have determined exist.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Kinsey, Office of AD/CVD
Enforcement VI, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (as amended) (``the Act'') requires the Department of Commerce
(the Department'') to determine, in consultation with the
Secretary of Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a
subsidy with respect to any article of cheese subject to an in-quota
rate of duty, as defined in section 702(h) of the Act, and to publish
an annual list and quarterly updates of the type and amount of those
subsidies. We hereby provide the Department's annual list of subsidies
on articles of cheese that were imported during the period October 1,
2002 through December 31, 2002.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h) of
the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign
governments on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty.
The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy program or
programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which
information is currently available.
The Department will incorporate additional programs which are found
to constitute subsidies, and additional information on the subsidy
programs listed, as the information is developed.
The Department encourages any person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of cheese subject to
an in-quota rate of duty to submit such information in writing to the
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the Act.
Dated: April 9, 2003.
Susan Kuhbach,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
APPENDIX
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY
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Country Program(s) Gross\1\ Subsidy ($/lb) Net\2\ Subsidy ($/lb)
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Austria....................................................... European Union Restitution $ 0.29 $ 0.29
Payments
Belgium....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.02 $ 0.02
Canada........................................................ Export Assistance on $ 0.22 $ 0.22
[chyph]Certain Types of
Cheese
Denmark....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.05 $ 0.05
Finland....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
France........................................................ EU Restitution Payments $ 0.03 $ 0.03
Germany....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.07 $ 0.07
Greece........................................................ EU Restitution Payments $0.01 $0.01
Ireland....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.07 $ 0.07
Italy......................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.03 $ 0.03
Luxembourg.................................................... EU Restitution Payments $0.07 $0.07
Netherlands................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.04 $ 0.04
Norway........................................................ Indirect (Milk) Subsidy $ 0.34 $ 0.34
Consumer Subsidy $ 0.15 $ 0.15
............................ $0.49 $0.49
Portugal...................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.04 $ 0.04
Spain......................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.02 $ 0.02
Switzerland................................................... Deficiency Payments $ 0.06 $ 0.06
U.K........................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.05 $ 0.05
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\1\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
[FR Doc. 03-9512 Filed 4-16-03; 8:45 am]