[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18001]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of the fee for dairy import licenses for the 1999 quota
year.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the fee to be charged for the 1999
tariff-rate quota year for each license issued to a person or firm by
the Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation of certain
dairy articles which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set forth in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) will be $158.00
per license.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1999.
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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-1021 or telephone at
(202) 720-9439.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Licensing
Regulation promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and codified at
7 CFR 6.20-6.36 provides for the issuance of licenses to import certain
dairy articles which are subject to tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) set forth
in the HTS. Those dairy articles may only be entered into the United
States at the in-quota TRQ tariff rates 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 use of
licenses by the license holder to import dairy articles is monitored by
the Dairy Import Quota Manager, Import Licensing 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 6.33(a) provides that a fee will be charged
for each license issued to a person or firm by the Licensing Authority
in order to reimburse the Department of Agriculture for the costs of
administering the licensing system under this Regulation.
The Regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also provides that the Licensing
Authority will announce the annual fee for each license and that such
fee will be set out in a notice to be published in the Federal
Register. Accordingly, this notice sets out the fee for the licenses to
be issued for the 1999 calendar year.
Notice
The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of administering
the licensing system during 1998 has been determined to be $404,318 and
the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued is 2,563. Of the
total cost, $243,748 represent staff and supervisory costs directly to
administering the licensing system during 1998; $50,320 represents the
total computer costs to monitor and issue import licenses during 1998;
and $110,250 represents other miscellaneous costs, including travel,
postage, publications, forms, and an ADP system contractor.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license
issued to a person or firm for the 1999 calendar year, in accordance
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $158.00 per license.
Issued at Washington, D.C., June 23, 1998.
David J. Williams,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-18001 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-10-M
