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  02-10461. Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2002 Tariff-Rate Quota Year  

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    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 2002 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 29, 2002.

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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Michael I. Hankin, Dairy Import Quota Manager, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439.

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    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 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 2002 tariff-rate quota year.

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    List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

    • Agricultural commodities
    • Cheese
    • Dairy Products
    • Imports
    • Reporting and record keeping requirements
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    Issued at Washington, DC.

    Michael I. Hankin,

    Licensing Authority.

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    Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:

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    PART 6—IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES

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    1. The authority citation for Part 6, Subpart—Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing continues to read as follows:

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    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).

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    2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart—Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing are revised to read as follows:

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    Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart—Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing

    [Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2002 (quantities in kilograms)]

    Article by additional U.S. note number and country of originAppendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 3
    Tokyo RoundUruguay Round
    NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
    BUTTER (NOTE 6)5,591,8191,385,181
    EU-1580,69415,467
    New Zealand124,70925,884
    Other Countries63,10510,830
    Any Country5,323,3111,333,000
    DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)600,0764,660,924
    Australia600,076
    Canada219,565
    Any Country4,441,359
    DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8)3,1753,318,125
    New Zealand3,175
    Any Country3,318,125
    DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12)224,981Start Printed Page 20882
    Canada161,161
    New Zealand63,820
    BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14)6,080,500
    Any Country6,080,500
    TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES6,420,05115,444,730
    CHEESE ARTICLES
    CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT RIPENED COW'S MILK CHEESE; CHEESE NOT CONTAINING COW'S MILK; 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)23,759,6237,711,1089,661,1287,496,000
    Argentina7,69092,310
    Australia535,6285,542758,8301,750,000
    Canada1,031,946109,054
    Costa Rica1,550,000
    Czech Republic200,000
    EU-1515,578,9476,753,4851,132,5682,346,000
    Of which Portugal is127,5361,773223,691
    Israel79,696593,304
    Iceland294,00029,000
    New Zealand4,479,868335,6046,506,528
    Norway124,98225,018
    Poland917,49718,727300,000
    Slovak Republic600,000
    Switzerland597,51373,899548,588500,000
    Uruguay250,000
    Other Countries111,85689,779
    Any Country300,000
    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)2,321,554159,447430,000
    Argentina2,000
    EU-152,319,553159,447300,000
    Chile80,000
    Czech Republic50,000
    Other Countries1
    CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18)3,664,363619,493519,0337,620,000
    Australia937,72146,778215,5011,250,000
    Chile220,000
    Czech Republic50,000
    EU-1557,168205,8321,000,000
    New Zealand2,543,600252,868303,5325,100,000
    Other Countries125,87414,015
    Any Country100,000
    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)2,856,128309,425357,003
    Australia834,74746,251119,002
    EU-15186,222167,778
    New Zealand1,671,29490,705238,001
    Other Countries163,8654,691
    EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20)5,294,715311,6871,210,000
    Argentina119,0035,997110,000
    Czech Republic100,000
    EU-155,035,993253,0071,000,000
    Norway114,31852,682
    Other Countries25,4011
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    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)6,524,558995,989795,5175,165,000
    Argentina3,958,383167,100367,5171,890,000
    EU-152,555,775826,225700,000
    Poland1,325,000
    Romania500,000
    Uruguay428,000750,000
    Other Countries10,4002,664
    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)5,753,362897,952823,519380,000
    EU-154,344,660807,334393,006380,000
    Switzerland1,333,94285,545430,513
    Other Countries74,7605,073
    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)3,838,969585,9391,050,000
    EU-153,675,725574,275
    Israel50,000
    New Zealand1,000,000
    Poland163,24311,664
    Other Countries1
    SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25)18,247,1714,050,1609,557,9452,620,000
    Argentina9,11570,885
    Australia209,698290,302
    Canada70,000
    Czech Republic400,000
    Hungary800,000
    EU-1513,254,4543,222,3744,003,1721,220,000
    Iceland149,999150,001
    Israel27,000
    Norway3,206,405448,9053,227,690
    Switzerland1,314,340369,7651,745,895200,000
    Other Countries85,2751
    TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES72,260,44315,641,20022,764,14524,921,000
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    [FR Doc. 02-10461 Filed 4-26-02; 8:45 am]

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Effective Date:
4/29/2002
Published:
04/29/2002
Department:
Agriculture Department
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
02-10461
Dates:
April 29, 2002.
Pages:
20881-20883 (3 pages)
Topics:
Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
PDF File:
02-10461.pdf
CFR: (1)
7 CFR 6