2020-23649. Adjustment of Appendices Under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Regulation for the 2020 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
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AGENCY:
Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces the transfer of amounts for certain dairy articles from the historical license category (Appendix 1) to the lottery (nonhistorical) license category (Appendix 2) pursuant to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing regulations, 7 CFR part 6, for the 2020 quota year.
DATES:
October 26, 2020.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720-9439; abdelsalam.el-farra@fas.usda.gov.
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a delegation of authority from the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Regulation codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.36 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 (HTS) 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 Multilateral Affairs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, monitors their use.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states that whenever a historical license (Appendix 1) is permanently surrendered, revoked by the Licensing Authority, or not issued to an applicant pursuant to the provisions of § 6.23, then the amount of such license will be transferred to Appendix 2. Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative annual transfers will be published by notice in the Federal Register. Accordingly, this document sets forth the revised Appendices for the 2020 tariff-rate quota year in the table below. Although there are no changes to the quantities for designated licenses (Appendix 3 and Appendix 4) nor to the total amount for each article, those numbers are also included in the table below for completeness.
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this notice as not a major rule, as defined by U.S.C. 804(2).
Start SignatureLori Tortora,
Licensing Authority.
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[Kilograms] 1
Historical Licenses (Appendix 1) 2 Lottery Licenses (Appendix 2) 3 Sum of Appendix 1 & 2 4 Designated Licenses (Tokyo Round, Appendix 3) 4 Designated Licenses (Uruguay Round, Appendix 4) 4 Total 4 NON-CHEESE ARTICLES, Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 (Appendix 1 reduction): BUTTER (NOTE 6, Commodity Code G) (−76,000 kg) 4,225,461 2,751,539 6,977,000 6,977,000 EU-27 62,599 33,562 96,161 New Zealand 76,503 74,090 150,593 Other Countries 35,382 38,553 73,935 Any Country (−76,000 kg) 4,050,977 2,605,334 6,656,311 DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7, Commodity Code K) 0 5,261,000 5,261,000 5,261,000 Australia 0 600,076 600,076 Canada 0 219,565 219,565 Any Country 0 4,441,359 4,441,359 DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8, Commodity Code H) 0 3,321,300 3,321,300 3,321,300 New Zealand 0 3,175 3,175 Any Country 0 3,318,125 3,318,125 DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12, Commodity Code M) 0 224,981 224,981 224,981 Canada 0 161,161 161,161 New Zealand 0 63,820 63,820 BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14, Commodity Code SU) 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 6,080,500 Any Country 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES (−76,000 kg) 4,225,461 17,639,320 21,864,781 21,864,781 CHEESE ARTICLES (Notes 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25) (Appendix 1 reduction): CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16, Commodity Code OT) 17,613,583 13,856,148 31,469,731 9,661,128 7,496,000 48,626,859 Argentina 0 7,690 7,690 92,310 100,000 Australia 535,628 5,542 541,170 758,830 1,750,000 3,050,000 Canada 950,162 190,838 1,141,000 1,141,000 Costa Rica 0 0 0 1,550,000 1,550,000 EU-27 (not including Portugal) 13,866,255 9,272,092 23,138,347 908,877 3,446,000 27,493,224 Portugal 65,838 63,471 129,309 223,691 353,000 Israel 79,696 0 79,696 593,304 673,000 Iceland 29,054 264,946 294,000 29,000 323,000 New Zealand 1,351,000 3,464,472 4,815,472 6,506,528 11,322,000 Norway 122,860 27,140 150,000 150,000 Switzerland 512,184 159,228 671,412 548,588 500,000 1,720,000 Start Printed Page 67707 Uruguay 0 0 0 250,000 250,000 Other Countries 100,906 100,729 201,635 201,635 Any Country 0 300,000 300,000 300,000 BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17, Commodity Code B) 1,933,126 547,875 2,481,001 430,000 2,911,001 Argentina 2,000 0 2,000 2,000 EU-27 1,931,126 547,874 2,479,000 350,000 2,829,000 Chile 0 0 0 80,000 80,000 Other Countries 0 1 1 1 CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18, Commodity Code C) (−4,676 kg) 2,296,319 1,987,537 4,283,856 519,033 7,620,000 12,422,889 Australia (-4,676 kg) 881,894 102,605 984,499 215,501 1,250,000 2,450,000 Chile 0 0 0 220,000 220,000 EU-27 52,404 210,596 263,000 1,050,000 1,313,000 New Zealand 1,265,070 1,531,398 2,796,468 303,532 5,100,000 8,200,000 Other Countries 96,951 42,938 139,889 139,889 Any Country 0 100,000 100,000 100,000 AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19, Commodity Code A) (−13,693 kg) 1,151,434 2,014,119 3,165,553 357,003 0 3,522,556 Australia (−4,623 kg) 753,578 127,420 880,998 119,002 1,000,000 EU-27 136,075 217,925 354,000 354,000 New Zealand (−9,070 kg) 158,725 1,603,274 1,761,999 238,001 2,000,000 Other Countries 103,056 65,500 168,556 168,556 EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20, Commodity Code D) 4,286,917 1,319,485 5,606,402 0 1,210,000 6,816,402 Argentina 105,418 19,582 125,000 110,000 235,000 EU-27 4,065,691 1,223,309 5,289,000 1,100,000 6,389,000 Norway 111,046 55,954 167,000 167,000 Other Countries 4,762 20,640 25,402 25,402 ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21, Commodity Code D) (−4,538 kg) 6,100,358 1,420,189 7,520,547 795,517 5,165,000 13,481,064 Argentina (−4,538 kg) 3,687,807 437,676 4,125,483 367,517 1,890,000 6,383,000 EU-27 2,412,551 969,449 3,382,000 2,025,000 5,407,000 Romania 0 0 0 500,000 500,000 Uruguay 0 0 0 428,000 750,000 1,178,000 Other Countries 0 13,064 13,064 13,064 SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NOTE 22, Commodity Code GR) (−13,657 kg) 4,224,349 2,426,965 6,651,314 823,519 380,000 7,854,833 EU-27 (−8,917 kg) 2,974,805 2,177,189 5,151,994 393,006 380,000 5,925,000 Switzerland (−4,740 kg) 1,216,046 203,441 1,419,487 430,513 1,850,000 Other Countries 33,498 46,335 79,833 79,833 LOWFAT CHEESE (NOTE 23, Commodity Code LF) 1,173,766 3,251,142 4,424,908 1,050,000 0 5,474,908 EU-27 1,173,766 3,251,141 4,424,907 4,424,907 Israel 0 0 0 50,000 50,000 New Zealand 0 0 0 1,000,000 1,000,000 Other Countries 0 1 1 1 SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25, Commodity Code SW) 13,091,848 9,205,483 22,297,331 9,557,945 2,620,000 34,475,276 Argentina 0 9,115 9,115 70,885 80,000 Australia 209,698 0 209,698 290,302 500,000 Canada 0 0 0 70,000 70,000 EU-27 9,762,199 6,714,629 16,476,828 4,003,172 2,420,000 22,900,000 Iceland 0 149,999 149,999 150,001 300,000 Israel 27,000 0 27,000 27,000 Norway 2,285,329 1,369,981 3,655,310 3,227,690 6,883,000 Switzerland 759,369 924,736 1,684,105 1,745,895 200,000 3,630,000 Other Countries 48,253 37,023 85,276 85,276 TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES (−36,564 kg) 51,871,700 36,028,943 87,900,643 22,540,454 24,921,000 135,362,097 TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE (−112,564 kg) 56,097,161 53,668,263 109,765,424 22,540,454 24,921,000 157,226,878 1 Source of the total TRQs is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Chapter 4, in the corresponding Additional U.S. Notes. 2 Reduced from 2019 by total of 112,564 KG. 3 Increased from 2019 by total of 112,564 KG. 4 No change. [FR Doc. 2020-23649 Filed 10-23-20; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 10/26/2020
- Department:
- Foreign Agricultural Service
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice.
- Document Number:
- 2020-23649
- Dates:
- October 26, 2020.
- Pages:
- 67706-67707 (2 pages)
- PDF File:
- 2020-23649.pdf
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