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 Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service
 AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: This notice publishes the document “Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2 Non-historical Licenses; and Appendix 3 and 4, Designated Importers Licenses for Quota Year 2018.” The quantities in Appendices 1 and 2 have been revised under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2018 quota year to reflect the cumulative annual transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix 2 for certain dairy product import licenses permanently surrendered by licensees or revoked by the Licensing Authority.
 DATES: August 27, 2018.
 ADDRESSES: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1021, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1021.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720-9439, 
                        *Abdelsalam.El-Farra@fas.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 Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, 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: “Whenever a historical license (Appendix 1) is not issued to an applicant pursuant to the provisions of 6.23, is permanently surrendered or is revoked by the Licensing Authority, 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 1 and 2 for the 2018 tariff-rate quota year below. Issued at Washington, DC, the 6th day of July 2018. Ronald Lord, Licensing Authority.
 
 
 Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2 Non-Historical Licenses; and Appendix 3 and 4, Designated Importers Licenses for Quota Year 2018
[Quantities in kilograms]
Non-cheese articles
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Sum of
                             Appendix 
                             1&2
Appendix 3 Tokyo Round
Appendix 4 Uruguay Round
Grand totalBUTTER (NOTE 6)
4,303,234
2,673,766
6,977,000


6,977,000EU-27
62,599
33,562
96,161New Zealand
76,503
74,090
150,593Other Countries
37,155
36,780
73,935Any Country
4,126,977
2,529,334
6,656,311DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)
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)
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)
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)
0
6,080,500
6,080,500


6,080,500Any Country
0
6,080,500
6,080,500TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
4,303,234
17,561,547
21,864,781


21,864,781CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16)
17,681,563
13,788,168
31,469,731
9,661,128
7,496,000
48,626,859Argentina
0
7,690
7,690
92,310

100,000Australia
535,628
5,542
541,170
758,830
1,750,000
3,050,000Canada
950,162
190,838
1,141,000


1,141,000Costa Rica
0
0
0

1,550,000
1,550,000EU-27
13,934,235
9,333,421
23,267,656
1,132,568
3,446,000
27,846,224Of which Portugal is
65,838
63,471
129,309
223,691

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

673,000Iceland
29,054
264,946
294,000
29,000

323,000New Zealand
1,351,000
3,464,472
4,815,472
6,506,528

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


150,000Switzerland
512,184
159,228
671,412
548,588
500,000
1,720,000Uruguay
0
0
0

250,000
250,000Other Countries
100,906
100,729
201,635


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


300,000BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17)
1,933,126
547,875
2,481,001

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


2,000EU-27
1,931,126
547,874
2,479,000

350,000
2,829,000Chile
0
0
0

80,000
80,000Other Countries
0
1
1


1CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18)
2,305,671
1,978,185
4,283,856
519,033
7,620,000
12,422,889Australia
891,246
93,253
984,499
215,501
1,250,000
2,450,000Chile
0
0
0

220,000
220,000EU-27
52,404
210,596
263,000

1,050,000
1,313,000New Zealand
1,265,070
1,531,398
2,796,468
303,532
5,100,000
8,200,000Other Countries
96,951
42,938
139,889


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


100,000AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19)
1,182,569
1,982,984
3,165,553
357,003
0
3,522,556Australia
761,890
119,108
880,998
119,002

1,000,000EU-27
136,075
217,925
354,000


354,000New Zealand
176,865
1,585,134
1,761,999
238,001

2,000,000Other Countries
107,739
60,817
168,556


168,556EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20)
4,286,917
1,319,485
5,606,402
0
1,210,000
6,816,402Argentina
105,418
19,582
125,000

110,000
235,000EU-27
4,065,691
1,223,309
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)
6,107,184
1,413,363
7,520,547
795,517
5,165,000
13,481,064Argentina
3,692,345
433,138
4,125,483
367,517
1,890,000
6,383,000EU-27
2,414,839
967,161
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)
4,238,006
2,413,308
6,651,314
823,519
380,000
7,854,833EU-27
2,983,722
2,168,272
5,151,994
393,006
380,000
5,925,000Switzerland
1,220,786
198,701
1,419,487
430,513

1,850,000Other Countries
33,498
46,335
79,833


79,833CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 23)
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)
13,104,939
9,192,392
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

70,000( print page 43637)EU-27
9,775,290
6,701,538
16,476,828
4,003,172
2,420,000
22,900,000Iceland
0
149,999
149,999
150,001

300,000Israel
27,000
0
27,000


27,000Norway
2,285,329
1,369,981
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
48,253
37,023
85,276


85,276TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES
52,013,741
35,886,902
87,900,643
22,764,145
24,921,000
135,585,788TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE
56,316,975
53,448,449
109,765,424
22,764,145
24,921,000
157,450,569


[FR Doc. 2018-18568 Filed 8-24-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-10-P