[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5880]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Special Provisions for Canadian Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of determination of existence of conditions necessary
for imposition of temporary duty on cauliflower from Canada.
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SUMMARY: As required by section 301(a) of the United States-Canada
Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, as amended by the
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (``FTA
Implementation Act''), this is a notification that the Secretary of
Agriculture has determined that the necessary conditions exist with
respect to United States acreage and import price criteria for
cauliflower classifiable to subheadings 0704104000 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) imported from Canada to
permit the Secretary to consider recommending to the President the
imposition of a temporary duty (``snapback duty'') by the United States
pursuant to section 301(a) of the FTA Implementation Act, implementing
Article 702 of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Special
Provisions for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, as incorporated by
reference and made a part of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) pursuant to Annex 702.1, paragraph 1 of NAFTA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Wetzel, Horticultural &
Tropical Products Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-1049 or telephone at
(202) 720-3423.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA Implementation Act, in accordance
with the NAFTA, authorizes the imposition of a temporary duty
(snapback) for a limited group of fresh fruits and vegetables from
Canada when certain conditions exist. Cauliflower, classified under
subheadings 0704104000 of the HTS, is a good subject to the snapback
duty provision.
Under section 301(a) of the FTA Implementation Act, two conditions
must exist before imposition by the United States of a snapback duty
can be considered. First, the import price of a covered Canadian fruit
or vegetable, for each of five consecutive working days, must be less
than ninety percent of the corresponding five-year average monthly
import price. This price for a particular day is the average import
price of a Canadian fresh fruit or vegetable imported into the United
States from Canada, for the calendar month in which that day occurs, in
each of the 5 preceding years, excluding the years with the highest and
lowest monthly averages.
Second, the planted acreage in the United States for the like fruit
or vegetable must be no higher than the average planted acreage over
the preceding five years, excluding the years with the highest and
lowest acreage.
From October 27 to November 7, 1997, the price conditions with
respect to cauliflower were met.
The most recent revision of planted acreage for cauliflower shows
that this year's planted acreage is below the planted acreage over the
preceding five years, excluding the years with the highest and lowest
planted acreages.
Issued at Washington, D.C. the 27 day of February, 1998.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 98-5880 Filed 3-6-98; 8:45 am]
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