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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 21 (Monday, February 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8784-8785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02092]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

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

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by March 31, 2025.

ADDRESSES: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 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. All comments must be submitted 
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, 
Docket No. ITA-2020-0005. The materials in the docket will not be 
edited to remove identifying or contact information, and Commerce 
cautions against including any information in an electronic submission 
that the submitter does not want publicly disclosed. Attachments to 
electronic comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe 
PDF formats only.
    All comments should be addressed to Abdelali Elouaradia, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-7851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 28, 2024, pursuant to section 702(h) of the Trade 
Agreements Act of 1979, as amended (the Act), Commerce published the 
quarterly update to the annual listing of foreign government subsidies 
on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty covering the 
period April 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024.\1\ In the Second Quarter 
2024 Update, we requested that any party that had information on 
foreign government subsidy programs that benefited articles of cheese 
subject to an in-quota rate of duty submit such information to 
Commerce.\2\ We received no comments, information, or requests for 
consultation from any party.
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    \1\ See Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government 
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty, 
89 FR 85505 (October 28, 2024) (Second Quarter 2024 Update).
    \2\ Id.
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    Pursuant to section 702(h) of the Act, we hereby provide Commerce's 
update

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of subsidies on articles of cheese that were imported during the period 
July 1, 2024, through September 30, 2024. 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. Commerce will incorporate additional programs which are 
found to constitute subsidies, and additional information on the 
subsidy programs listed, as the information is developed.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a) 
of the Act.
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    \3\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
    \4\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
    \5\ The 27 member states of the European Union are: Austria, 
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, 
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, 
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, 
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

    Dated: January 28, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

                         Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
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                                                                              Gross \3\ subsidy  Net \4\ subsidy
                   Country                              Program(s)                 ($/lb.)           ($/lb.)
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27 European Union Member States \5\.........  European Union Restitution                  $0.00            $0.00
                                               Payments.
Canada......................................  Export Assistance on Certain                 0.47             0.47
                                               Types of Cheese.
Norway......................................  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy.......               0.00             0.00
                                              Consumer Subsidy..............               0.00             0.00
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                                                 Total......................               0.00             0.00
Switzerland.................................  Deficiency Payments...........               0.00             0.00
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[FR Doc. 2025-02092 Filed 1-31-25; 8:45 am]
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