[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20516-20520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11031]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

7 CFR Part 6


Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing 
Regulation

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
Licensing Regulation for the 1998 Tariff-Rate Quota Year.

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SUMMARY: This document announces 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard P. Warsack, Licensing Authority, Import Policies and Programs 
Division, STOP 1029, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-1029 or telephone at (202) 720-
9439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), 
under a delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation 
codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.36 which provides for the issuance of licenses 
to import certain dairy articles which are subject to tariff-rate 
quotas at the low-tier tariff (TRQs) set forth in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States. These dairy articles may only be entered 
into the United States 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 for the quota year 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 use of licenses by the license holder to import dairy articles at 
the low-tier tariff is monitored by the Dairy Import Program Group, 
Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Customs Service.
    The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states that 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 in the Federal Register. Accordingly, this 
document sets out revised Appendices for the 1998 tariff-rate quota 
year.

    Issued at Washington, D.C. the 22nd day of April, 1998.
Richard P. Warsack,
Licensing Authority.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

    Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:
    1. The authority citation for Part 6, Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate 
Import Quota Licensing continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16-23 and 25 
to Chapter 4 and General Note 15 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), Pub. L. 97-258, 96 Stat. 
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103 and 404, Pub. L. 
103-465, 108 Stat. 4819 (19 U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).

    2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
Licensing are revised to read as follows:

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