[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21047-21049]
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[FR Doc No: 01-10296]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

7 CFR Part 6


Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
Licensing Regulation for the 2001 Tariff-Rate Quota Year

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy 
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2001 quota year 
reflecting 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, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Warsack, Dairy Import Quota 
Manager, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
D.C. 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a 
delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, administers 
the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation codified at 7 
CFR 6.20-6.37 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 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 
Programs Group, Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign 
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these 
licenses and, in conjunction with the U.S. Customs Service, 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 Sec. 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 forth the revised Appendices for the 2001 tariff-rate 
quota year.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

    Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports, 
Reporting and record keeping requirements.

    Issued at Washington, D.C. the 17th day of April, 2001.
Richard P. Warsack,
Licensing Authority.

    Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:

PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES

    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:

Appendices 1, 2, and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
Licensing (Quantities in Kilograms)*

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                                                                                            Appendix 3
   Article by additional U.S. note number and       Appendix 1      Appendix 2   -------------------------------
                country of origin                                                  Tokyo  Round   Uruguay  Round
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                                               Non-Cheese Articles
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Butter (Note 6).................................       5,592,278       1,384,722  ..............  ..............
    EU-15.......................................          81,153          15,008  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................         124,709          25,884  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries.............................          63,105          10,830  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................       5,323,311       1,333,000  ..............  ..............
Dried Skim Milk (Note 7)........................         600,076       4,660,924  ..............  ..............
    Australia...................................         600,076  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Canada......................................  ..............         219,565  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................  ..............       4,441,359  ..............  ..............
Dried Whole Milk (Note 8).......................           3,175       3,318,125  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................           3,175  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................  ..............       3,318,125  ..............  ..............
Dried Buttermilk/Whey (Note 12).................         224,981  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Canada......................................         161,161  ..............  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................          63,820  ..............  ..............  ..............
Butter Substitutes containing over 45 percent of  ..............       6,080,500  ..............  ..............
 butterfat and/or butter oil (Note 14)..........

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    Any Country.................................  ..............       6,080,500  ..............  ..............
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        Total: Non-Cheese Articles..............       6,420,510      15,444,271  ..............  ..............
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                                                 Cheese Articles
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Cheese and substitutes for cheese (except cheese      23,832,227       7,638,504       9,661,128       7,496,000
 not containing cow's milk and soft ripened
 cow's milk cheese, cheese (except cottage
 cheese) containing 0.5 percent or less by
 weight of butterfat and articles within the
 scope of other import quotas provided for in
 this subchapter) (Note 16).....................
    Argentina...................................           7,690  ..............          92,310  ..............
    Australia...................................         535,628           5,542         758,830       1,750,000
    Canada......................................       1,031,946         109,054  ..............  ..............
    Costa Rica..................................  ..............  ..............  ..............       1,550,000
    Czech Republic..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............         200,000
    EU-15.......................................      15,596,462       6,735,970       1,132,568       2,346,000
        Of which Portugal is....................         127,536           1,773         223,691  ..............
    Israel......................................          79,696  ..............         593,304  ..............
    Iceland.....................................         294,000  ..............          29,000  ..............
    New Zealand.................................       4,516,178         299,294       6,506,528  ..............
    Norway......................................         124,982          25,018  ..............  ..............
    Poland......................................         917,497          18,727  ..............         300,000
    Slovak Republic.............................  ..............  ..............  ..............         600,000
    Switzerland.................................         597,513          73,899         548,588         500,000
    Uruguay.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         250,000
    Other Countries.............................         130,635          71,000  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................  ..............         300,000  ..............  ..............
Blue-mold cheese (except Stilton produced in the       2,321,554         159,447  ..............         430,000
 United Kingdom) and cheese and substitutes for
 cheese containing, or processed from, Blue-mold
 cheese (Note 17)...............................
    Argentina...................................           2,000  ..............  ..............  ..............
    EU-15.......................................       2,319,553         159,447  ..............         300,000
    Chile.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          80,000
    Czech Republic..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............          50,000
    Other Countries.............................               1  ..............  ..............  ..............
Cheddar Cheese, and cheese and substitutes for         3,664,363         619,493         519,033       7,620,000
 cheese containing, or processed from, Cheddar
 cheese (Note 18)...............................
    Australia...................................         937,721          46,778         215,501       1,250,000
    Chile.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         220,000
    Czech Republic..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............          50,000
    EU-15.......................................          57,168         205,832  ..............       1,000,000
    New Zealand.................................       2,543,600         252,868         303,532       5,100,000
    Other Countries.............................         125,874          14,015  ..............  ..............
    Any Country.................................  ..............         100,000  ..............  ..............
American-type cheese, including Colby, washed          2,865,287         300,266         357,003  ..............
 curd and granular cheese (but not including
 Cheddar) and cheese and substitutes for cheese
 containing or processed from such American-type
 cheese (Note 19)...............................
    Australia...................................         839,370          41,628         119,002  ..............
    EU-15.......................................         190,758         163,242  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................       1,671,294          90,705         238,001  ..............
    Other Countries.............................         163,865           4,691  ..............  ..............
Edam and Gouda cheese, and cheese and                  5,296,988         309,414  ..............       1,210,000
 substitutes for cheese containing, or processed
 from, Edam and Gouda cheese (Note 20)..........
    Argentina...................................         119,003           5,997  ..............         110,000
    Czech Republic..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............         100,000
    EU-15.......................................       5,038,266         250,734  ..............       1,000,000
    Norway......................................         114,318          52,682  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries.............................          25,401               1  ..............  ..............
Italian-type cheeses, made from cow's milk,            6,531,696         988,851         795,517       5,165,000
 (Romano made from cow's milk, Reggiano,
 Parmesan, Provolone, Provoletti, Sbrinz, and
 Goya--not in original loaves) and cheese and
 substitutes for cheese containing, or processed
 from, such Italian-type cheeses, whether or not
 in original loaves (Note 21)...................
    Argentina...................................       3,962,921         162,562         367,517       1,890,000
    EU-15.......................................       2,555,775         826,225  ..............         700,000
    Poland......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............       1,325,000
    Romania.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         500,000
    Uruguay.....................................  ..............  ..............         428,000         750,000
    Other Countries.............................          13,000              64  ..............  ..............

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Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese other than with eye        5,767,170         884,144         823,519         380,000
 formation, Gruyere-process cheese and cheese
 and substitutes for cheese containing, or
 processed from, such cheeses (Note 22).........
EU-15...........................................       4,358,468         793,526         393,006         380,000
    Switzerland.................................       1,333,942          85,545         430,513  ..............
    Other Countries.............................          74,760           5,073  ..............  ..............
    Cheese and substitutes for cheese,                 3,843,537         581,371       1,050,000  ..............
     containing 0.5 percent or less by weight of
     butterfat (except articles within the scope
     of other tariff-rate quotas provided for in
     this subchapter), and margarine cheese
     (Note 23)..................................
    EU-15.......................................       3,680,293         569,707  ..............  ..............
    New Zealand.................................  ..............  ..............       1,000,000  ..............
    Israel......................................  ..............  ..............          50,000  ..............
    Poland......................................         163,243          11,664  ..............  ..............
    Other Countries.............................               1  ..............  ..............  ..............
Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation        18,267,179       4,030,152       9,557,945       2,620,000
 (Note 25)......................................
    Argentina...................................           9,115  ..............          70,885  ..............
    Australia...................................         209,698  ..............         290,302  ..............
    Canada......................................  ..............  ..............          70,000  ..............
    Czech Republic..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............         400,000
    Hungary.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         800,000
    EU-15.......................................      13,265,347       3,211,481       4,003,172       1,220,000
    Iceland.....................................         149,999  ..............         150,001  ..............
    Israel......................................          27,000  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Norway......................................       3,206,405         448,905       3,227,690  ..............
    Switzerland.................................       1,314,340         369,765       1,745,895         200,000
    Other Countries.............................          85,275               1  ..............  ..............
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        Total: Cheese Articles..................      72,390,001      15,511,642      22,764,145      24,921,000
 
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 * Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3,
  Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2001

[FR Doc. 01-10296 Filed 4-26-01; 8:45 am]
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