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 Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service
 AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: This notice announces the transfer of amounts for certain dairy articles from the historical license category (Appendix 1) to the lottery (nonhistorical) license category (Appendix 2) pursuant to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing regulations for the 2023 quota year.
 DATES: August 31, 2023.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Riley, (202) 720-6868, 
                        *Elizabeth.riley@usda.gov.*


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a delegation of authority from the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.36 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 (HTS) 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 Imports Program, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, monitors their use. The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states that whenever a historical license (Appendix 1) is permanently surrendered, revoked by the Licensing Authority, or not issued to an applicant pursuant to the provisions of § 6.23, then the amount of such license will be transferred to Appendix 2. Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative annual transfers will be published by notice in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                    . Accordingly, this document sets forth the revised Appendices in the table below. Although there are no changes to the quantities for designated licenses (Appendix 3 and Appendix 4), those numbers are also included in the table below for completeness. Aileen Mannix, Acting Licensing Authority, Foreign Agricultural Service.
 Articles Subject to Dairy Import Licenses
[Kilograms] 1
Historical 
                             licenses 
                             
                                (appendix 1) 2
Lottery licenses
                             
                                (appendix 2) 3
Sum of 
                             
                                appendix 1 & 2 4
Designated 
                             licenses 
                             (Tokyo round, 
                             
                                appendix 3) 4
Designated 
                             licenses 
                             (Uruguay round, 
                             
                                appendix 4) 4
Total 4NON-CHEESE ARTICLES, Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 (Appendix 1 reduction):Butter (Note 6, Commodity Code G)
4,200,466
2,776,534
6,977,000


6,977,000EU-27
53,445
28,654
82,099New Zealand
76,503
74,090
150,593United Kingdom
7,144
6,918
14,062Other Countries
31,863
42,072
73,935Any Country
4,031,511
2,624,800
6,656,311Dried Skim Milk (Note 7, Commodity Code K)
0
5,261,000
5,261,000


5,261,000Australia
0
600,076
600,076Canada
0
219,565
219,565Any Country
0
4,441,359
4,441,359Dried Whole Milk (Note 8, Commodity Code H)
0
3,321,300
3,321,300


3,321,300New Zealand
0
3,175
3,175Any Country
0
3,318,125
3,318,125Dried Buttermilk/Whey (Note 12, Commodity Code M)
0
224,981
224,981


224,981Canada
0
161,161
161,161New Zealand
0
63,820
63,820Butter Substitutes Containing Over 45 Percent of Butterfat and/or Butter Oil (Note 14, Commodity Code SU)
0
6,080,500
6,080,500


6,080,500Any Country
0
6,080,500
6,080,500Total: Non-Cheese Articles
4,200,466
17,664,315
21,864,781


21,864,781Cheese Articles (Notes 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25):( print page 60172)Cheese and Substitutes for Cheese (Note 16, Commodity Code OT) (−346,844 kg)
16,536,559
14,933,172
31,469,731
9,661,128
7,496,000
48,626,859Argentina
0
7,690
7,690
92,310

100,000Australia
13,122
528,048
541,170
758,830
1,750,000
3,050,000Canada
882,039
258,961
1,141,000


1,141,000Costa Rica
0
0
0

1,550,000
1,550,000EU-27 (not including Portugal) (−136,766 kg)
12,566,115
8,709,452
21,275,567
835,707
3,168,576
25,279,850Portugal
65,838
63,471
129,309
223,691

353,000Israel
79,696
0
79,696
593,304

673,000Iceland
29,054
0
294,000
29,000

323,000New Zealand
1,314,690
3,500,782
4,815,472
6,506,528

11,322,000Norway
122,860
27,140
150,000


150,000Switzerland
505,880
165,532
671,412
548,588
500,000
1,720,000Uruguay
0
0
0

250,000
250,000United Kingdom (−210,078 kg)
875,138
987,642
1,862,780
73,170
277,424
2,213,374Other Countries
82,127
119,508
201,635


201,635Any Country
0
300,000
300,000


300,000Blue-Mold Cheese (Note 17, Commodity Code B) (−3,324 kg)
1,919,656
561,345
2,481,001

430,000
2,911,001Argentina
2,000
0
2,000


2,000EU-27 (−2,941 kg)
1,905,316
552,989
2,458,305

347,078
2,805,383Chile
0
0
0

80,000
80,000United Kingdom (−383 kg)
12,340
8,355
20,695

2,922
23,617Other Countries
0
1
1


1Cheddar Cheese (Note 18, Commodity Code C) (−10,749 kg)
2,245,742
2,038,114
4,283,856
519,033
7,620,000
12,422,889Australia (−4,676 kg)
867,866
116,633
984,499
215,501
1,250,000
2,450,000Chile
0
0
0
0
220,000
220,000EU-27 (−1,513 kg)
12,106
71,431
83,537
0
333,515
417,052New Zealand (−4,560 kg)
1,260,510
1,535,958
2,796,468
303,532
5,100,000
8,200,000United Kingdom
26,006
153,457
179,463
0
716,485
895,948Other Countries
79,254
60,635
139,889


139,889Any Country
0
100,000
100,000


100,000American-Type Cheese (Note 19, Commodity Code A) (−12,766 kg)
1,124,658
2,040,895
3,165,553
357,003
0
3,522,556Australia (−3,696 kg)
744,943
136,055
880,998
119,002

1,000,000EU-27
131,539
222,461
354,000


354,000New Zealand (−9,070 kg)
145,120
1,616,879
1,761,999
238,001

2,000,000Other Countries
103,056
65,500
168,556


168,556Edam and Gouda Cheese (Note 20, Commodity Code D) (−8,629 kg)
4,230,506
1,375,896
5,606,402
0
1,210,000
6,816,402Argentina
105,418
19,582
125,000

110,000
235,000EU-27 (−8,629 kg)
4,009,280
1,279,720
5,289,000

1,100,000
6,389,000Norway
111,046
55,954
167,000


167,000Other Countries
4,762
20,640
25,402


25,402Italian-Type Cheeses (Note 21, Commodity Code D) (−2,288 kg)
5,824,262
1,696,285
7,520,547
795,517
5,165,000
13,481,064Argentina
3,507,548
617,935
4,125,483
367,517
1,890,000
6,383,000EU-27 (−2,288 kg)
2,316,714
1,065,286
3,382,000

2,025,000
5,407,000Romania
0
0
0

500,000
500,000Uruguay
0
0
0
428,000
750,000
1,178,000Other Countries
0
13,064
13,064


13,064Swiss or Emmenthaler Cheese (Note 22, Commodity Code GR) (−4,546 kg)
3,378,368
3,272,946
6,651,314
823,519
380,000
7,854,833EU-27 (−4,546 kg)
2,155,902
2,996,092
5,151,994
393,006
380,000
5,925,000Switzerland
1,211,306
208,181
1,419,487
430,513

1,850,000Other Countries
11,160
68,673
79,833


79,833Lowfat Cheese (Note 23, Commodity Code LF)
1,173,766
3,251,142
4,424,908
1,050,000
0
5,474,908EU-27
1,173,766
3,251,141
4,424,907


4,424,907Israel
0
0
0
50,000

50,000New Zealand
0
0
0
1,000,000

1,000,000Other Countries
0
1
1


1Swiss or Emmenthaler Cheese With Eye Formation (Note 25, Commodity Code SW) (−9,092 kg)
12,855,263
9,442,068
22,297,331
9,557,945
2,620,000
34,475,276Argentina
0
9,115
9,115
70,885

80,000Australia
209,698
0
209,698
290,302

500,000Canada
0
0
0
70,000

70,000EU-27 (−9,092 kg)
9,635,502
6,841,326
16,476,828
4,003,172
2,420,000
22,900,000Iceland
0
149,999
149,999
150,001

300,000Israel
0
27,000
27,000


27,000Norway
2,207,873
1,447,437
3,655,310
3,227,690

6,883,000Switzerland
759,369
924,736
1,684,105
1,745,895
200,000
3,630,000Other Countries
42,821
42,455
85,276


85,276Total: Cheese Articles (−398,238 kg)
49,288,780
38,611,863
87,900,643
22,764,145
24,921,000
135,585,788( print page 60173)Total: Cheese & Non-Cheese
53,489,246
56,276,178
109,765,424
22,764,145
24,921,000
157,450,5691
                         Source of the total TRQs is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Chapter 4, in the corresponding Additional U.S. Notes.2
                         Reduced from 2022 by a total of -398,238 kg.3
                         Increased from 2022 by a total of 398,238 kg.4
                         No change.


[FR Doc. 2023-18900 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-10-P