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 Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service
 AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
 ACTION: Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard measures provided for in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture.
 SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated quantity-based trigger levels for products which may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. This notice also includes the relevant period applicable for the trigger levels on each of the listed products.
 DATES: July 3, 2018.
 ADDRESSES: Safeguard Staff, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, Office of Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1020, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1020.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720-0638, 
                        *Souleymane.Diaby@fas.usda.gov.*


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture provides that additional import duties may be imposed on imports of products subject to tariffication as a result of the Uruguay Round, if certain conditions are met. The agreement permits additional duties to be charged if the price of an individual shipment of imported products falls below the average price for similar goods imported during the years 1986-88 by a specified percentage. It also permits additional duties when the volume of imports of that product exceeds the sum of (1) a base trigger level multiplied by the average of the last three years of available import data and (2) the change in yearly consumption in the most recent year for which data are available (provided that the final trigger level is not less than 105 percent of the three-year import average). The base trigger level is set at 105, 110, or 125 percent of the three-year import average, depending on the percentage of domestic consumption that is represented by imports. These additional duties may not be imposed on quantities for which minimum or current access commitments were made during the Uruguay Round negotiations, and only one type of safeguard, price or quantity, may be applied at any given time to an article.   Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires that the President cause to be published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     information regarding the price and quantity safeguards, including the quantity trigger levels, which must be updated annually based upon import levels during the most recent 3 years. The President delegated this duty to the Secretary of Agriculture in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763, dated December 23, 1994, 60 FR 1005 (Jan. 4, 1995). The Secretary of Agriculture further delegated this duty, which lies with the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.43(a)(2)). The Annex to this notice contains the updated quantity trigger levels, which are set at 125 percent of the most recent 3-year average level of imports for each commodity, consistent with the provisions of Article 5. Additional information on the products subject to safeguards and the additional duties which may apply can be found in subchapter IV of Chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2018) and in the Secretary of Agriculture's Notice of Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels, published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995). *Notice:*
                     As provided in Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, consistent with Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, the safeguard quantity trigger levels previously notified are superseded by the levels indicated in the Annex to this notice. The definitions of these products were provided in the Notice of Safeguard Action published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                    , at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995). Issued at Washington, DC, this 18th day of June 2018. Ken Isley, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
 Product
Quantity-based safeguard triggerTrigger
                             level
Unit
PeriodBeef
298,248
MT
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Mutton
5,103
MT
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Cream
1,323,021
Liters
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Evaporated or Condensed Milk
3,867,417
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Nonfat Dry Milk
1,267,208
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Dried Whole Milk
12,116,875
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Dried Cream
10,167
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Dried Whey/Buttermilk
245,833
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Butter 1
29,959,300
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Butteroil
8,183,833
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Chocolate Crumb
10,487,292
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Lowfat Chocolate Crumb
163,000
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Animal Feed Containing Milk
1,154,583
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Ice Cream
5,925,091
Liters
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Dairy Mixtures
18,623,423
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Infant Formula Containing Oligosaccharides
3,909,000
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Blue Cheese
4,179,292
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Cheddar Cheese
11,799,917
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.( print page 31119)American-Type Cheese
1,121,250
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Edam/Gouda Cheese
8,804,167
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Italian-Type Cheese
21,480,750
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation
29,604,667
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Gruyere Process Cheese
3,801,292
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.NSPF Cheese
52,789,750
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Lowfat Cheese
443,875
Kilograms
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Peanut Butter/Paste
4,314
MT
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018.Peanuts 1
14,577
                             40,078
MT
                             MT
April 1, 2017-Mar 31, 2018.
                             April 1, 2018-Mar 31, 2019.Raw Cane Sugar 1
723,461
                             574,933
MT
                             MT
Oct 1, 2017-Sept 30, 2018.
                             Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019.Refined Sugars and Syrups 1
444,126
                             396,386
MT
                             MT
Oct 1, 2017-Sept 30, 2018.
                             Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019.Articles over 65% Sugar
451
                             405
MT
                             MT
Oct 1, 2017-Sept 30, 2018.
                             Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019.Articles over 10% Sugar
15,540
                             8,028
MT
                             MT
Oct 1, 2017-Sept 30, 2018.
                             Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019.Blended Syrups
233
                             362
MT
                             MT
Oct 1, 2017-Sept 30, 2018.
                             Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019.Sweetened Cocoa Powder
81
                             111
MT
                             MT
Oct 1, 2017-Sept 30, 2018.
                             Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019.Mixes and Doughs
234
                             243
MT
                             MT
Oct 1, 2017-Sept 30, 2018.
                             Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019.Mixed Condiments and Seasonings
692
                             473
MT
                             MT
Oct 1, 2017-Sept 30, 2018.
                             Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019.Short Staple Cotton 2
3,376,608
                             2,592,880
Kilograms
                             Kilograms
Sep 20, 2017-Sep 19, 2018.
                             Sep 20, 2018-Sep 19, 2019.Harsh or Rough Cotton
13
                             32,958
Kilograms
                             Kilograms
Aug 1, 2017-July 31, 2018.
                             Aug 1, 2018-July 31, 2019.Medium Staple Cotton
0
                             8,333
Kilograms
                             Kilograms
Aug 1, 2017-July 31, 2018.
                             Aug 1, 2018-July 31, 2019.Extra Long Staple Cotton
1,219,841
                             722,750
Kilograms
                             Kilograms
Aug 1, 2017-July 31, 2018.
                             Aug 1, 2018-July 31, 2019.Cotton Waste 2
1,232,012
                             1,019,017
Kilograms
                             Kilograms
Sep 20, 2017-Sep 19, 2018.
                             Sep 20, 2018-Sep 19, 2019.Cotton, Processed, Not Spun 2
23,004
                             198,226
Kilograms
                             Kilograms
Sep 11, 2017-Sep 10, 2018.
                             Sep 11, 2018-Sep 10, 2019.1
                         Includes change in U.S. consumption.2
                         12-month period from October to September.


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