98-9036. Tariff-rate Quota for Calendar Year 1998, on Tuna Classifiable Under Subheading 1604.14.20, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9036]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service
[T.D. 98-26]


Tariff-rate Quota for Calendar Year 1998, on Tuna Classifiable 
Under Subheading 1604.14.20, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS)

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Announcement of the quota quantity for tuna for Calendar Year 
1998.

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SUMMARY: Each year the tariff-rate quota for tuna fish described in 
subheading 1604.14.20, HTSUS, is based on the United States canned tuna 
production for the preceding calendar year. This document sets forth 
the quota for calendar year 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The 1998 tariff-rate quota is applicable to tuna fish 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 
January 1 through December 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Porter, Chief, Quota, Import 
Operations, Trade Compliance Division, Office of Field Operations, U.S. 
Customs Service, Washington, D.C. 20229, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    It has now been determined that 30,535,027 kilograms of tuna may be 
entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption 
during the Calendar Year 1998, at the rate of 6 percent ad valorem 
under subheading 1604.14.20, HTSUS. Any such tuna which is entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the current calendar 
year in excess of this quota will be dutiable at the rate of 12.5 
percent ad valorem under subheading 1604.14.30 HTSUS.

    Dated: April 2, 1998.
Connie J. Fenchel,
Acting Commissioner of Customs.
[FR Doc. 98-9036 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
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