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 Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary 7 CFR Part 6
 AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
 ACTION: Final rule.
 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 § 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: Article by additional U.S. note number and country of origin
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3Tokyo 
                                 Round
Uruguay 
                                 Round**Non-Cheese Articles**Butter (Note 6)
5,592,278
1,384,722EU-15
81,153
15,008New Zealand
124,709
25,884Other Countries
63,105
10,830Any Country
5,323,311
1,333,000Dried Skim Milk (Note 7)
600,076
4,660,924Australia
600,076Canada

219,565Any Country

4,441,359Dried Whole Milk (Note 8)
3,175
3,318,125New Zealand
3,175Any Country

3,318,125Dried Buttermilk/Whey (Note 12)
224,981Canada
161,161New Zealand
63,820Butter Substitutes containing over 45 percent of butterfat and/or butter oil (Note 14)

6,080,500( print page 21048)Any Country

6,080,500Total: Non-Cheese Articles
6,420,510
15,444,271**Cheese Articles**Cheese and substitutes for cheese (except cheese 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)
23,832,227
7,638,504
9,661,128
7,496,000Argentina
7,690

92,310Australia
535,628
5,542
758,830
1,750,000Canada
1,031,946
109,054Costa Rica



1,550,000Czech Republic



200,000EU-15
15,596,462
6,735,970
1,132,568
2,346,000Of which Portugal is
127,536
1,773
223,691Israel
79,696

593,304Iceland
294,000

29,000New Zealand
4,516,178
299,294
6,506,528Norway
124,982
25,018Poland
917,497
18,727

300,000Slovak Republic



600,000Switzerland
597,513
73,899
548,588
500,000Uruguay



250,000Other Countries
130,635
71,000Any Country

300,000Blue-mold cheese (except Stilton produced in the United Kingdom) and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, Blue-mold cheese (Note 17)
2,321,554
159,447

430,000Argentina
2,000EU-15
2,319,553
159,447

300,000Chile



80,000Czech Republic



50,000Other Countries
1Cheddar Cheese, and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, Cheddar cheese (Note 18)
3,664,363
619,493
519,033
7,620,000Australia
937,721
46,778
215,501
1,250,000Chile



220,000Czech Republic



50,000EU-15
57,168
205,832

1,000,000New Zealand
2,543,600
252,868
303,532
5,100,000Other Countries
125,874
14,015Any Country

100,000American-type cheese, including Colby, washed curd and granular cheese (but not including Cheddar) and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing or processed from such American-type cheese (Note 19)
2,865,287
300,266
357,003Australia
839,370
41,628
119,002EU-15
190,758
163,242New Zealand
1,671,294
90,705
238,001Other Countries
163,865
4,691Edam and Gouda cheese, and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, Edam and Gouda cheese (Note 20)
5,296,988
309,414

1,210,000Argentina
119,003
5,997

110,000Czech Republic



100,000EU-15
5,038,266
250,734

1,000,000Norway
114,318
52,682Other Countries
25,401
1Italian-type cheeses, made from cow's milk, (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)
6,531,696
988,851
795,517
5,165,000Argentina
3,962,921
162,562
367,517
1,890,000EU-15
2,555,775
826,225

700,000Poland



1,325,000Romania



500,000Uruguay


428,000
750,000Other Countries
13,000
64( print page 21049)Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese other than with eye formation, Gruyere-process cheese and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, such cheeses (Note 22)
5,767,170
884,144
823,519
380,000EU-15
4,358,468
793,526
393,006
380,000Switzerland
1,333,942
85,545
430,513Other Countries
74,760
5,073Cheese and substitutes for cheese, 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)
3,843,537
581,371
1,050,000EU-15
3,680,293
569,707New Zealand


1,000,000Israel


50,000Poland
163,243
11,664Other Countries
1Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation (Note 25)
18,267,179
4,030,152
9,557,945
2,620,000Argentina
9,115

70,885Australia
209,698

290,302Canada


70,000Czech Republic



400,000Hungary



800,000EU-15
13,265,347
3,211,481
4,003,172
1,220,000Iceland
149,999

150,001Israel
27,000Norway
3,206,405
448,905
3,227,690Switzerland
1,314,340
369,765
1,745,895
200,000Other Countries
85,275
1Total: Cheese Articles
72,390,001
15,511,642
22,764,145
24,921,000* Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2001


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