[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 759-760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-294]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of 
Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Publication of Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies 
on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Agriculture, has prepared its annual list of foreign government 
subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty 
during the period October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999. We are 
publishing the current listing of those subsidies that we have 
determined exist.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tipten Troidl, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement VI, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Section 702(a) of the Trade Agreements Act of 
1979 (as amended) (``the Act'') 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 cheese subject to an in-quota rate of 
duty, as defined in section 702(g)(b)(4) of the Act, and to publish an 
annual list and quarterly updates of the type and amount of those 
subsidies. We hereby provide the Department's annual list of subsidies 
on articles of cheese that were imported during the period October 1, 
1998 through September 30, 1999.
    The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702 
(g)(b)(2) of the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by 
foreign governments on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate 
of duty. The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy 
program or programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for 
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 cheese subject to 
an in-quota rate of duty 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 Act.

    Dated: December 29, 1999.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

                    Appendix--Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
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                                                                                         Gross \1\     Net \2\
                    Country                                   Program(s)                subsidy  ($/ subsidy  ($/
                                                                                            lb)          lb)
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Austria.......................................  European Union Restitution Payments...         0.19         0.19
Belgium.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.07         0.07
Canada........................................  Export Assistance on Certain Types of          0.23         0.23
                                                 Cheese.
Denmark.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.17         0.17
Finland.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.26         0.26
France........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.15         0.15
Germany.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.19         0.19
Greece........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.00         0.00
Ireland.......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.10         0.10
Italy.........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.13         0.13
Luxembourg....................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.07         0.07
Netherlands...................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.10         0.10
Norway........................................  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy...............         0.34         0.34
                                                Consumer Subsidy......................         0.14         0.14
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    Total.....................................  ......................................         0.48         0.48
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Portugal......................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.10         0.10
Spain.........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.11         0.11
Switzerland...................................  Deficiency Payments...................         0.25         0.25
U.K...........................................  EU Restitution Payments...............         0.13        0.13
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\1\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).


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