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.

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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720-9439; abdelsalam.el-farra@fas.usda.gov.

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    SUPPLEMENTARY 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).

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    Lori Tortora,

    Licensing Authority.

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    Articles Subject to Dairy Import Licenses for Calendar Year 2020

    [Kilograms] 1

    Historical Licenses (Appendix 1) 2Lottery Licenses (Appendix 2) 3Sum of Appendix 1 & 2 4Designated Licenses (Tokyo Round, Appendix 3) 4Designated Licenses (Uruguay Round, Appendix 4) 4Total 4
    NON-CHEESE ARTICLES, Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 (Appendix 1 reduction):
    BUTTER (NOTE 6, Commodity Code G) (−76,000 kg)4,225,4612,751,5396,977,0006,977,000
    EU-2762,59933,56296,161
    New Zealand76,50374,090150,593
    Other Countries35,38238,55373,935
    Any Country (−76,000 kg)4,050,9772,605,3346,656,311
    DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7, Commodity Code K)05,261,0005,261,0005,261,000
    Australia0600,076600,076
    Canada0219,565219,565
    Any Country04,441,3594,441,359
    DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8, Commodity Code H)03,321,3003,321,3003,321,300
    New Zealand03,1753,175
    Any Country03,318,1253,318,125
    DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12, Commodity Code M)0224,981224,981224,981
    Canada0161,161161,161
    New Zealand063,82063,820
    BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14, Commodity Code SU)06,080,5006,080,5006,080,500
    Any Country06,080,5006,080,500
    TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES (−76,000 kg)4,225,46117,639,32021,864,78121,864,781
    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)17,613,58313,856,14831,469,7319,661,1287,496,00048,626,859
    Argentina07,6907,69092,310100,000
    Australia535,6285,542541,170758,8301,750,0003,050,000
    Canada950,162190,8381,141,0001,141,000
    Costa Rica0001,550,0001,550,000
    EU-27 (not including Portugal)13,866,2559,272,09223,138,347908,8773,446,00027,493,224
    Portugal65,83863,471129,309223,691353,000
    Israel79,696079,696593,304673,000
    Iceland29,054264,946294,00029,000323,000
    New Zealand1,351,0003,464,4724,815,4726,506,52811,322,000
    Norway122,86027,140150,000150,000
    Switzerland512,184159,228671,412548,588500,0001,720,000
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    Uruguay000250,000250,000
    Other Countries100,906100,729201,635201,635
    Any Country0300,000300,000300,000
    BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17, Commodity Code B)1,933,126547,8752,481,001430,0002,911,001
    Argentina2,00002,0002,000
    EU-271,931,126547,8742,479,000350,0002,829,000
    Chile00080,00080,000
    Other Countries0111
    CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18, Commodity Code C) (−4,676 kg)2,296,3191,987,5374,283,856519,0337,620,00012,422,889
    Australia (-4,676 kg)881,894102,605984,499215,5011,250,0002,450,000
    Chile000220,000220,000
    EU-2752,404210,596263,0001,050,0001,313,000
    New Zealand1,265,0701,531,3982,796,468303,5325,100,0008,200,000
    Other Countries96,95142,938139,889139,889
    Any Country0100,000100,000100,000
    AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19, Commodity Code A) (−13,693 kg)1,151,4342,014,1193,165,553357,00303,522,556
    Australia (−4,623 kg)753,578127,420880,998119,0021,000,000
    EU-27136,075217,925354,000354,000
    New Zealand (−9,070 kg)158,7251,603,2741,761,999238,0012,000,000
    Other Countries103,05665,500168,556168,556
    EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20, Commodity Code D)4,286,9171,319,4855,606,40201,210,0006,816,402
    Argentina105,41819,582125,000110,000235,000
    EU-274,065,6911,223,3095,289,0001,100,0006,389,000
    Norway111,04655,954167,000167,000
    Other Countries4,76220,64025,40225,402
    ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21, Commodity Code D) (−4,538 kg)6,100,3581,420,1897,520,547795,5175,165,00013,481,064
    Argentina (−4,538 kg)3,687,807437,6764,125,483367,5171,890,0006,383,000
    EU-272,412,551969,4493,382,0002,025,0005,407,000
    Romania000500,000500,000
    Uruguay000428,000750,0001,178,000
    Other Countries013,06413,06413,064
    SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NOTE 22, Commodity Code GR) (−13,657 kg)4,224,3492,426,9656,651,314823,519380,0007,854,833
    EU-27 (−8,917 kg)2,974,8052,177,1895,151,994393,006380,0005,925,000
    Switzerland (−4,740 kg)1,216,046203,4411,419,487430,5131,850,000
    Other Countries33,49846,33579,83379,833
    LOWFAT CHEESE (NOTE 23, Commodity Code LF)1,173,7663,251,1424,424,9081,050,00005,474,908
    EU-271,173,7663,251,1414,424,9074,424,907
    Israel00050,00050,000
    New Zealand0001,000,0001,000,000
    Other Countries0111
    SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25, Commodity Code SW)13,091,8489,205,48322,297,3319,557,9452,620,00034,475,276
    Argentina09,1159,11570,88580,000
    Australia209,6980209,698290,302500,000
    Canada00070,00070,000
    EU-279,762,1996,714,62916,476,8284,003,1722,420,00022,900,000
    Iceland0149,999149,999150,001300,000
    Israel27,000027,00027,000
    Norway2,285,3291,369,9813,655,3103,227,6906,883,000
    Switzerland759,369924,7361,684,1051,745,895200,0003,630,000
    Other Countries48,25337,02385,27685,276
    TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES (−36,564 kg)51,871,70036,028,94387,900,64322,540,45424,921,000135,362,097
    TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE (−112,564 kg)56,097,16153,668,263109,765,42422,540,45424,921,000157,226,878
    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.
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    [FR Doc. 2020-23649 Filed 10-23-20; 8:45 am]

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