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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Articles of Quota Cheese; Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of
Foreign Government Subsidies
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Publication of Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign
Government Subsidies on Articles of Quota Cheese.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, has prepared a quarterly update to its annual list of
foreign government subsidies on articles of quota cheese. We are
publishing the current listing of those subsidies that we have
determined exist.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karn Goff or Brian Albright, Office of
Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702(a) of the Trade Agreements Act
of 1979 (``the TAA'') requires the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') to determine, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy with
respect to any article of quota cheese, as defined in section 701(c)(1)
of the TAA, and to publish an annual list and quarterly updates of the
type and amount of those subsidies.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h)(2)
of the TAA) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign
governments on articles of quota cheese. The appendix to this notice
lists the country, the subsidy program or programs, and the gross and
net amount of each subsidy on which information is currently available.
The Department will incorporate additional programs which are found
to constitute subsidies, and additional information on the subsidy
programs listed, as the information is developed.
The Department encourages any person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of quota cheese to
submit such information in writing to the Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the TAA.
Dated: September 26, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
APPENDIX.--Quota Cheese Subsidy Programs
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Country Program(s) Gross\1\ subsidy Net\2\ subsidy
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Austria............................ Export Restitution Payments............ 226.2 cents/lb.. 226.2 cents/lb.
Belgium............................ European Community (EC) Restitution 50.1 cents/lb... 50.1 cents/lb.
Payments.
Canada............................. Export Assistance on Certain Types of 25.3 cents/lb... 25.3 cents/lb.
Cheese.
Denmark............................ EC Restitution Payments................ 50.2 cents/lb... 50.2 cents/lb.
Finland............................ Export Subsidy......................... 94.3 cents/lb... 94.3 cents/lb.
France............................. EC Restitution Payments................ 52.8 cents/lb... 52.8 cents/lb.
Germany............................ EC Restitution Payments................ 56.6 cents/lb... 56.6 cents/lb.
Greece............................. EC Restitution Payments................ 0.0 cents/lb.... 0.0 cents/lb.
Ireland............................ EC Restitution Payments................ 46.7 cents/lb... 46.7 cents/lb.
Italy.............................. EC Restitution Payments................ 75.3 cents/lb... 75.3 cents/lb.
Luxembourg......................... EC Restitution Payments................ 56.9 cents/lb... 56.9 cents/lb.
Netherlands........................ EC Restitution Payments................ 37.6 cents/lb... 37.6 cents/lb.
Norway............................. Indirect (Milk) Subsidy................ 17.6 cents/lb... 17.6 cents/lb.
Consumer Subsidy....................... 39.0 cents/lb... 39.0 cents/lb.
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56.6 cents/lb... 56.6 cents/lb.
Portugal........................... EC Restitution Payments................ 36.3 cents/lb... 36.3 cents/lb.
Spain.............................. EC Restitution Payments................ 43.06/lb........ 43.06/lb.
Switzerland........................ Deficiency Payments.................... 161.3 cents/lb.. 161.3 cents/lb.
U.K................................ EC Restitution Payments................ 36.7 cents/lb... 36.7 cents/lb.
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\1\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
[FR Doc. 94-24274 Filed 9-29-94; 8:45 am]
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