[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-115]
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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 3 / Monday, January 6, 1997 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Price Undercutting of Domestic Swiss Cheese by Imported Swiss
Cheese From Canada and Germany
AGENCY: Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture received a complaint alleging
price undercutting of domestic Swiss cheese in the United States by
imported subsidized Swiss cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty
produced in Canada and Germany. Under section 702 of the Trade
Agreements Act of 1979, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1202 note), the Secretary
of Agriculture must conduct an investigation and make a determination
as to the validity of the allegations within 30 days.
Based on the investigation of the Director of the Dairy, Livestock
and Poultry Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, conducted pursuant
to the regulations at 7 C.F.R. 6.40-.44, I have determined that
although available information suggests price undercutting of U.S.
Swiss cheese by Swiss cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty
imported from Canada and Germany, this information is insufficient for
the purposes of section 702 upon which to make a positive determination
at this time that price undercutting has occurred. I am, however,
directing the Department to monitor U.S. cheese markets for price
undercutting by cheese imported subject to an in-quota rate of duty. I
am also directing the Department, in coordination with the Office of
the United States Trade Representative, to analyze the Canadian dairy
price pooling system, including any implications this system would have
for Canada's North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade
Organization export subsidy obligations.
Robert S. LaRussa, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, Department of Commerce, has determined that subsidies
provided by the Government of Canada on Swiss cheese exported to the
United States averaged $0.26 per pound during the investigations
period. In the case of Germany, the Department of Commerce determined
that the average export restitution payment provided by the European
Union during the investigation period was $0.45 per pound on Swiss
cheese exported to the United States.
Done at Washington, D.C., this 27th day of December, 1996.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 97-115 Filed 1-3-97; 8:45 am]
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