[Federal Register: September 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 183)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 53913-53915] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr21se07-1] ======================================================================== Rules and Regulations Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of each week. ======================================================================== [[Page 53913]] 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 2007 Tariff-Rate Quota Year 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 2007 quota year reflecting the cumulative annual transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix 2 for certain dairy product import licenses permanently surrendered by licenses or revoked by the Licensing Authority. DATES: Effective Date: September 21, 2007. 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@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 article from a specified country of origin. The Import Trade and 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 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 2007 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 4th day of September, 2007. Ronald Lord, Licensing Authority. 0 Accordingly, 7 CFR part 6 is amended as follows: PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES 0 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). 0 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 Tarrif-Rate Import Quota Licensing Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses, Appendix 2, Nonhistorical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2007 [Quantities in kilograms] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 3 Article by additional U.S. note number and Appendix 1 Appendix 2 ------------------------------- country of origin Tokyo round Uruguay round ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NON-CHEESE ARTICLES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUTTER (NOTE 6)................................. 5,363,130 1,613,870 .............. .............. EU-25....................................... 75,918 20,243 .............. .............. New Zealand................................. 116,998 33,595 .............. .............. Other Countries............................. 55,902 18,033 .............. .............. Any Country................................. 5,114,312 1,541,999 .............. .............. DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7)........................ 118,800 5,142,200 .............. .............. Australia................................... 118,800 481,276 .............. .............. 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 .............. .............. [[Page 53914]] DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12)................. 25,515 199,466 .............. .............. Canada...................................... .............. 161,161 .............. .............. New Zealand................................. 25,515 38,305 .............. .............. BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF .............. 6,080,500 .............. .............. BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14).......... Any Country................................. .............. 6,080,500 .............. .............. TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES.............. 5,510,620 16,354,161 .............. .............. ================================================= CHEESE ARTICLES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (EXCEPT: SOFT 23,356,153 8,113,578 9,661,128 7,496,000 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)..................... Argentina................................... 7,690 .............. 92,310 Australia................................... 535,628 5,542 758,830 1,750,000 Canada...................................... 1,013,777 127,223 .............. .............. Costa Rica.................................. .............. .............. .............. 1,550,000 EU-25....................................... 16,147,453 7,120,203 1,132,568 7,446,000 Of which Portugal is:....................... 65,838 63,471 223,691 .............. Israel...................................... 79,696 .............. 593,304 .............. Iceland..................................... 294,000 .............. 29,000 .............. New Zealand................................. 4,443,558 371,914 6,506,528 .............. Norway...................................... 124,982 25,018 .............. .............. Switzerland................................. 597,513 73,899 548,588 500,000 Uruguay..................................... .............. .............. .............. 250,000 Other Countries............................. 111,856 89,779 .............. .............. Any Country................................. .............. 300,000 .............. .............. BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON PRODUCED IN THE 2,285,947 195,054 .............. 430,000 UNITED KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, BULE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17)............................... Argentina................................... 2,000 .............. .............. .............. EU-25....................................... 2,283,946 195,054 .............. 350,000 Chile....................................... .............. .............. .............. 80,000 Other Countries............................. 1 .............. .............. .............. CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES OR 3,635,792 648,064 519,033 7,620,000 CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18)............................... Australia................................... 930,605 53,894 215,501 1,250,000 Chile....................................... .............. .............. .............. 220,000 EU-25....................................... 52,404 210,596 .............. 1,050,000 New Zealand................................. 2,539,040 257,428 303,532 5,100,000 Other Countries............................. 113,743 26,146 .............. .............. Any Country................................. .............. 100,000 .............. .............. AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING COLBY, WASHED 2,784,899 380,654 357,003 .............. 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................................... 813,798 67,200 119,002 .............. EU-25....................................... 149,547 204,453 .............. .............. New Zealand................................. 1,657,689 104,310 238,001 .............. Other Countries............................. 163,865 4,691 .............. .............. EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND 5,239,073 367,329 .............. 1,210,000 SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20).......... Argentina................................... 119,003 5,997 .............. 110,000 EU-25....................................... 5,000,990 288,010 .............. 1,100,000 Norway...................................... 114,318 52,682 .............. .............. Other Countries............................. 4,762 20,640 .............. .............. ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM COW'S MILK, 6,473,892 1,046,655 795,517 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................................... 3,937,962 187,521 367,517 1,890,000 [[Page 53915]] EU-25....................................... 2,535,930 846,070 .............. 2,025,000 Romania..................................... .............. .............. .............. 500,000 Uruguay..................................... .............. .............. 428,000 750,000 Other Countries............................. .............. 13,064 .............. .............. SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN WITH EYE 5,567,856 1,083,458 823,519 380,000 FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22)......... EU-25....................................... 4,266,210 885,784 393,006 380,000 Switzerland................................. 1,264,357 155,130 430,513 .............. Other Countries............................. 37,289 42,544 .............. .............. CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING 2,711,667 1,713,251 1,050,000 .............. 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-25....................................... 2,711,666 1,713,251 .............. .............. Israel...................................... .............. .............. 50,000 .............. New Zealand................................. .............. .............. 1,000,000 .............. Other Countries............................. 1 .............. 1 .............. SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION 16,290,841 6,006,490 9,557,945 2,620,000 (NOTE 25)...................................... Argentina................................... .............. 9,115 70,885 .............. Australia................................... 209,698 .............. 290,302 .............. Canada...................................... .............. .............. 70,000 .............. EU-25....................................... 11,348,480 5,128,348 4,003,172 2,420,000 Iceland..................................... 149,999 .............. 150,001 .............. Israel...................................... 27,000 .............. .............. .............. Norway...................................... 3,187,264 468,046 3,227,690 Switzerland................................. 1,283,125 400,980 1,745,895 200,000 Other Countries............................. 85,275 1 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES.................. 68,346,120 19,554,533 22,764,145 24,921,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [FR Doc. 07-4682 Filed 9-20-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-10-M
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