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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 2008 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.
 DATES: *Effective Date:*
                         August 29, 2008.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jorge Martinez, Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import and Trade Support Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439 or e-mail at 
                        *jorge.martinez@fas.usda.gov.*


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 and Trade Support Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 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 2008 tariff-rate quota year. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6 Agricultural commodities
Cheese
Dairy products
Imports
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
 Issued at Washington, DC, the 20th day of June 2008. Ronald Lord, 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 Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2008
[Quantities in kilograms]
Article by Additional U.S. Note Number and Country of Origin
Appendix 
                                 1
Appendix 
                                 2
Appendix 3Tokyo 
                                 round
Uruguay 
                                 roundNON-CHEESE ARTICLESBUTTER (NOTE 6)
5,361,732
1,615,268EU-25
75,918
20,243New Zealand
116,998
33,595Other Countries
54,504
19,431Any Country
5,114,312
1,541,999DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)

5,261,000Australia

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)
12,760
212,221( print page 50876)Canada

161,161New Zealand
12,760
51,060BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14)

6,080,500Any Country

6,080,500TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
5,377,667
16,487,114CHEESE ARTICLESCHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT RIPENED COW'S MILK CHEESE; CHEESE NOT CONTAINING COW'S MILK; 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)
23,345,203
8,124,528
9,661,128
7,496,000Argentina
7,690

92,310Australia
535,628
5,542
758,830
1,750,000Canada
1,013,777
127,223Costa Rica



1,550,000EU-25
16,147,453
7,120,203
1,132,568
3,446,000Of which Portugal is:
65,838
63,471
223,691Israel
79,696

593,304Iceland
294,000

29,000New Zealand
4,443,558
371,914
6,506,528Norway
124,982
25,018Switzerland
597,513
73,899
548,588
500,000Uruguay



250,000Other Countries
100,906
100,729Any 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)
2,285,947
195,054

430,000Argentina
2,000EU-25
2,283,946
195,054

350,000Chile



80,000Other Countries
1CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18)
3,619,547
664,309
519,033
7,620,000Australia
925,557
58,942
215,501
1,250,000Chile



220,000EU-25
52,404
210,596

1,050,000New Zealand
2,539,040
257,428
303,532
5,100,000Other Countries
102,546
37,343Any 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)
2,744,970
420,583
357,003Australia
789,626
91,372
119,002EU-25
145,148
208,852New Zealand
1,657,689
104,310
238,001Other Countries
152,507
16,049EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20)
5,230,565
375,837

1,210,000Argentina
110,495
14,505

110,000EU-25
5,000,990
288,010

1,100,000Norway
114,318
52,682Other Countries
4,762
20,640ITALIAN-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)
6,467,087
1,053,460
795,517
5,165,000Argentina
3,931,157
194,326
367,517
1,890,000( print page 50877)EU-25
2,535,930
846,070

2,025,000Romania



500,000Uruguay


428,000
750,000Other Countries

13,064SWISS 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)
5,371,777
1,279,537
823,519
380,000EU-25
4,102,587
1,049,407
393,006
380,000Switzerland
1,235,692
183,795
430,513Other Countries
33,498
46,335CHEESE 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)
1,879,481
2,545,437
1,050,000EU-25
1,879,480
2,545,437Israel


50,000New Zealand


1,000,000Other Countries
1SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25)
16,078,683
6,218,648
9,557,945
2,620,000Argentina

9,115
70,885Australia
209,698

290,302Canada


70,000EU-25
11,198,973
5,277,855
4,003,172
2,420,000Iceland
149,999

150,001Israel
27,000Norway
3,187,264
468,046
3,227,690Switzerland
1,246,164
437,941
1,745,895
200,000Other Countries
59,585
25,691TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES
67,023,260
20,877,393
22,764,145
24,921,000


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