01-10296. Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2001 Tariff-Rate Quota Year

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2001 quota year reflecting 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, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard P. Warsack, Dairy Import Quota Manager, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20250-1021 or telephone at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.37 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 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 Import Programs Group, Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction with the U.S. Customs Service, monitors their use.

The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states: “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 forth the revised Appendices for the 2001 tariff-rate quota year.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

• Agricultural commodities
• Cheese
• Dairy products
• Imports
• Reporting and record keeping requirements

Issued at Washington, D.C. the 17th day of April, 2001.

Richard P. Warsack,

Licensing Authority.

Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:

PART 6—IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES

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:

Appendices 1, 2, and 3 to Subpart—Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing (Quantities in Kilograms)*

Article by additional U.S. note number and country of origin	Appendix 1	Appendix 2	Appendix 3
			Tokyo Round	Uruguay Round
Non-Cheese Articles
Butter (Note 6)	5,592,278	1,384,722
EU-15	81,153	15,008
New Zealand	124,709	25,884
Other Countries	63,105	10,830
Any Country	5,323,311	1,333,000
Dried Skim Milk (Note 7)	600,076	4,660,924
Australia	600,076
Canada		219,565
Any Country		4,441,359
Dried Whole Milk (Note 8)	3,175	3,318,125
New Zealand	3,175
Any Country		3,318,125
Dried Buttermilk/Whey (Note 12)	224,981
Canada	161,161
New Zealand	63,820
Butter Substitutes containing over 45 percent of butterfat and/or butter oil (Note 14)		6,080,500
Any Country		6,080,500
Total: Non-Cheese Articles	6,420,510	15,444,271
Cheese Articles
Cheese and substitutes for cheese (except cheese not containing cow's milk and soft ripened cow's milk cheese, cheese (except cottage cheese) containing 0.5 percent or less by weight of butterfat and articles within the scope of other import quotas provided for in this subchapter) (Note 16)	23,832,227	7,638,504	9,661,128	7,496,000
Argentina	7,690		92,310
Australia	535,628	5,542	758,830	1,750,000
Canada	1,031,946	109,054
Costa Rica				1,550,000
Czech Republic				200,000
EU-15	15,596,462	6,735,970	1,132,568	2,346,000
Of which Portugal is	127,536	1,773	223,691
Israel	79,696		593,304
Iceland	294,000		29,000
New Zealand	4,516,178	299,294	6,506,528
Norway	124,982	25,018
Poland	917,497	18,727		300,000
Slovak Republic				600,000
Switzerland	597,513	73,899	548,588	500,000
Uruguay				250,000
Other Countries	130,635	71,000
Any Country		300,000
Blue-mold cheese (except Stilton produced in the United Kingdom) and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, Blue-mold cheese (Note 17)	2,321,554	159,447		430,000
Argentina	2,000
EU-15	2,319,553	159,447		300,000
Chile				80,000
Czech Republic				50,000
Other Countries	1
Cheddar Cheese, and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, Cheddar cheese (Note 18)	3,664,363	619,493	519,033	7,620,000
Australia	937,721	46,778	215,501	1,250,000
Chile				220,000
Czech Republic				50,000
EU-15	57,168	205,832		1,000,000
New Zealand	2,543,600	252,868	303,532	5,100,000
Other Countries	125,874	14,015
Any Country		100,000
American-type cheese, including Colby, washed curd and granular cheese (but not including Cheddar) and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing or processed from such American-type cheese (Note 19)	2,865,287	300,266	357,003
Australia	839,370	41,628	119,002
EU-15	190,758	163,242
New Zealand	1,671,294	90,705	238,001
Other Countries	163,865	4,691
Edam and Gouda cheese, and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, Edam and Gouda cheese (Note 20)	5,296,988	309,414		1,210,000
Argentina	119,003	5,997		110,000
Czech Republic				100,000
EU-15	5,038,266	250,734		1,000,000
Norway	114,318	52,682
Other Countries	25,401	1
Italian-type cheeses, made from cow's milk, (Romano made from cow's milk, Reggiano, Parmesan, Provolone, Provoletti, Sbrinz, and Goya—not in original loaves) and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, such Italian-type cheeses, whether or not in original loaves (Note 21)	6,531,696	988,851	795,517	5,165,000
Argentina	3,962,921	162,562	367,517	1,890,000
EU-15	2,555,775	826,225		700,000
Poland				1,325,000
Romania				500,000
Uruguay			428,000	750,000
Other Countries	13,000	64
Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese other than with eye formation, Gruyere-process cheese and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, such cheeses (Note 22)	5,767,170	884,144	823,519	380,000
EU-15	4,358,468	793,526	393,006	380,000
Switzerland	1,333,942	85,545	430,513
Other Countries	74,760	5,073
Cheese and substitutes for cheese, containing 0.5 percent or less by weight of butterfat (except articles within the scope of other tariff-rate quotas provided for in this subchapter), and margarine cheese (Note 23)	3,843,537	581,371	1,050,000
EU-15	3,680,293	569,707
New Zealand			1,000,000
Israel			50,000
Poland	163,243	11,664
Other Countries	1
Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation (Note 25)	18,267,179	4,030,152	9,557,945	2,620,000
Argentina	9,115		70,885
Australia	209,698		290,302
Canada			70,000
Czech Republic				400,000
Hungary				800,000
EU-15	13,265,347	3,211,481	4,003,172	1,220,000
Iceland	149,999		150,001
Israel	27,000
Norway	3,206,405	448,905	3,227,690
Switzerland	1,314,340	369,765	1,745,895	200,000
Other Countries	85,275	1
Total: Cheese Articles	72,390,001	15,511,642	22,764,145	24,921,000
* Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2001