[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25200-25202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10878]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


WTO Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard 
measures provided for in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement 
on Agriculture.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated quantity trigger levels for 
products which may be subject to additional import duties under the 
safeguard provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. This notice 
also includes the relevant period applicable for the trigger levels on 
each of the listed products.

DATES: Effective Date: May 7, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Safeguard Staff, Import Policies and 
Export Reporting Division, Office of Trade Programs, Foreign 
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1021, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1021; or by telephone at 
(202) 720-0638, or by e-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ed84999e9d89ad8b8c9ec3989e898cc38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d6bfa2a5a6b296b0b7a5f8a3a5b2b7f8b1b9a0">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on 
Agriculture provides that additional import duties may be imposed on 
imports of products subject to tariffication as a result of the Uruguay 
Round, if certain conditions are met. The agreement permits additional 
duties to be charged if the price of an individual shipment of imported 
products falls below the average price for similar goods imported 
during the years 1986-88 by a specified percentage. It also permits 
additional duties to be imposed if the volume of imports of an article 
exceeds the average of the most recent 3 years for which data are 
available by 5, 10, or 25 percent, depending on the article. These 
additional duties may not be imposed on quantities for which minimum or 
current access commitments were made during the Uruguay Round 
negotiations, and only one type of safeguard, price or quantity, may be 
applied at any given time to an article.

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    Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires that the 
President cause to be published in the Federal Register information 
regarding the price and quantity safeguards, including the quantity 
trigger levels, which must be updated annually based upon import levels 
during the most recent 3 years. The President delegated this duty to 
the Secretary of Agriculture in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763, 
dated December 23, 1994, 60 FR 1005 (Jan. 4, 1995). The Secretary of 
Agriculture further delegated the duty to the Administrator of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.43(a)(2) (2007)). The Annex to 
this notice contains the updated quantity trigger levels.
    Additional information on the products subject to safeguards and 
the additional duties which may apply can be found in subchapter IV of 
Chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(2010) and in the Secretary of Agriculture's Notice of Uruguay Round 
Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels, published in the Federal 
Register at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).
    Notice: As provided in section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act, consistent with Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture, the 
safeguard quantity trigger levels previously notified are superceded by 
the levels indicated in the Annex to this notice. The definitions of 
these products were provided in the Notice of Uruguay Round 
Agricultural Safeguard Action published in the Federal Register, at 60 
FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).

    Issued at Washington, DC, April 29, 2010.
John D. Brewer,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

                                     Annex--Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger
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            Product               Trigger level                                Period
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Beef..........................  270,519 mt.......  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Mutton........................  4,503 mt.........  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Cream.........................  1,165,099 liters.  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk..  3,536,146          January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Nonfat Dry Milk...............  393,499 kilograms  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Dried Whole Milk..............  2,397,493          January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Dried Cream...................  27,330 kilograms.  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk.........  30,238 kilograms.  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Butter........................  7,311,166          January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Butter Oil and Butter           6,985,605          January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
 Substitutes.                    kilograms.
Dairy Mixtures................  43,535,705         January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Blue Cheese...................  4,846,863          January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Cheddar Cheese................  12,272,710         January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
American-Type Cheese..........  7,093,001          January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Edam/Gouda Cheese.............  7,019,833          January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Italian-Type Cheese...........  22,355,614         January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Swiss Cheese with Eye           28,867,494         January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
 Formation.                      kilograms.
Gruyere Process Cheese........  4,398,721          January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Lowfat Cheese.................  848,545 kilograms  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
NSPF Cheese...................  46,400,350         January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Peanuts.......................  15,172 mt........  April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.
                                18,176 mt........  April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011.
Peanut Butter/Paste...........  4,280 mt.........  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Raw Cane Sugar................  1,407,556 mt.....  October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
                                1,142,815 mt.....  October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
Refined Sugar and Syrups......  191,180 mt.......  October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
                                176,800 mt.......  October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
Blended Syrups................  107 mt...........  October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
                                134 mt...........  October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
Articles Over 65% Sugar.......  578 mt...........  October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
                                277 mt...........  October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
Articles Over 10% Sugar.......  15,617 mt........  October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
                                15,083 mt........  October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder........  1,249 mt.........  October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
                                1,054 mt.........  October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
Chocolate Crumb...............  10,081,708         January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb........  226,647 kilograms  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Infant Formula Containing       10,530 kilograms.  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
 Oligosaccharides.
Mixes and Doughs..............  315 mt...........  October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
                                383 mt...........  October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
Mixed Condiments and            176 mt...........  October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
 Seasonings.
                                280 mt...........  October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
Ice Cream.....................  2,869,565 liters.  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Animal Feed Containing Milk...  32,419 kilograms.  January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Short Staple Cotton...........  699,482 kilograms  September 20, 2009 to September 19, 2010.
                                591,350 kilograms  September 20, 2010 to September 19, 2011.
Harsh or Rough Cotton.........  0 kilograms......  August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010.
                                0 kilograms......  August 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011.
Medium Staple Cotton..........  688,341 kilograms  August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010.
                                149,148 kilograms  August 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011.
Extra Long Staple Cotton......  3,656,233          August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010.
                                 kilograms.
                                2,017,042          August 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011.
                                 kilograms.
Cotton Waste..................  395,745 kilograms  September 20, 2009 to September 19, 2010.
                                432,133 kilograms  September 20, 2010 to September 19, 2011.

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Cotton, Processed, Not Spun...  3,995 kilograms..  September 11, 2009 to September 10, 2010.
                                31,338 kilograms.  September 11, 2010 to September 10, 2011.
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