[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20516-20520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11031]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
7 CFR Part 6
Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
Regulation
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing Regulation for the 1998 Tariff-Rate Quota Year.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the cumulative annual transfers from
Appendix 1 to Appendix 2 for certain dairy product import licenses
permanently surrendered by licensees or revoked by the Licensing
Authority.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard P. Warsack, Licensing Authority, Import Policies and Programs
Division, STOP 1029, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-1029 or telephone at (202) 720-
9439.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),
under a delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture,
administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation
codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.36 which provides for the issuance of licenses
to import certain dairy articles which are subject to tariff-rate
quotas at the low-tier tariff (TRQs) set forth in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States. These dairy articles may only be entered
into the United States 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 for the quota year 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 use of licenses by the license holder to import dairy articles at
the low-tier tariff is monitored by the Dairy Import Program Group,
Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Customs Service.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states that whenever a historical
license (Appendix 1) is not issued to an applicant pursuant to the
provisions of 6.23, is permanently surrendered or is revoked by the
Licensing Authority, the amount of such license will be transferred to
Appendix 2. Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative annual
transfers will be published in the Federal Register. Accordingly, this
document sets out revised Appendices for the 1998 tariff-rate quota
year.
Issued at Washington, D.C. the 22nd day of April, 1998.
Richard P. Warsack,
Licensing Authority.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6
Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:
1. The authority citation for Part 6, Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate
Import Quota Licensing continues to read as follows:
Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16-23 and 25
to Chapter 4 and General Note 15 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), Pub. L. 97-258, 96 Stat.
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103 and 404, Pub. L.
103-465, 108 Stat. 4819 (19 U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).
2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing are revised to read as follows:
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[FR Doc. 98-11031 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]
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