Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2012 Tariff-Rate Quota Year, 51681-51684 [2012-20943]
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Monday, August 27, 2012
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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 2012 Tariff-Rate
Quota Year
Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This document sets forth the
revised appendices to the Dairy TariffRate Import Quota Licensing Regulation
for the 2012 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 27, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import
Licensing Program, Import Policies and
Export Reporting Division, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
SUMMARY:
Independence Avenue SW., Stop 1021,
Washington, DC 20250–1021; or by
telephone at (202) 720–9439; or by
email at: abdelsalam.elfarra@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
Policies and Export Reporting Division,
Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, issues these
licenses and, in conjunction with 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 2012 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 13th day of
July, 2012.
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 1–3 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 2012
[Quantities in kilograms]
Article by additional U.S. Note No. and country of
origin
Appendix 1
Sum of
Appendix
1&2
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Tokyo R.
Uruguay R.
Harmonized
tariff schedule
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....................
....................
....................
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....................
....................
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....................
....................
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6,977,000
........................
........................
........................
........................
5,261,000
........................
........................
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3,321,300
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224,981
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NON–CHEESE ARTICLES
BUTTER (G–NOTE 6) .................................................
EU–25 ...................................................................
New Zealand .........................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
Any Country ..........................................................
DRIED SKIM MILK (K–NOTE 7) .................................
Australia ................................................................
Canada .................................................................
Any Country ..........................................................
DRIED WHOLE MILK (H–NOTE 8) .............................
New Zealand .........................................................
Any Country ..........................................................
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (M–NOTE 12) ..............
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75,000
110,045
41,970
4,506,977
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3,175
3,175
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....................
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2,243,008
21,161
40,548
31,965
2,149,334
5,261,000
600,076
219,565
4,441,359
3,318,125
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3,318,125
224,981
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6,977,000
96,161
150,593
73,935
6,656,311
5,261,000
600,076
219,565
4,441,359
3,321,300
3,175
3,318,125
224,981
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ARTICLES SUBJECT TO: APPENDIX 1, HISTORICAL LICENSES; APPENDIX 2, NONHISTORICAL LICENSES; AND APPENDIX 3,
DESIGNATED IMPORTER LICENSES FOR QUOTA YEAR 2012—Continued
[Quantities in kilograms]
Article by additional U.S. Note No. and country of
origin
Appendix 1
Canada .................................................................
New Zealand .........................................................
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45
PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER
OIL (SU–NOTE 14) ..................................................
Any Country ..........................................................
....................
....................
161,161
63,820
....................
....................
TOTAL: NON–CHEESE ARTICLES .............
4,737,167
Sum of
Appendix
1&2
Appendix 3
Tokyo R.
Uruguay R.
Harmonized
tariff schedule
161,161
63,820
....................
....................
....................
....................
........................
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6,080,500
6,080,500
6,080,500
6,080,500
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6,080,500
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17,127,614
21,864,781
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21,864,781
Appendix 2
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CHEESE ARTICLES
CHEESE 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) (OT–NOTE
16) ............................................................................
Argentina ...............................................................
Australia ................................................................
Canada .................................................................
Costa Rica ............................................................
EU–25 ...................................................................
Of which Portugal is: .....................................
Israel .....................................................................
Iceland ..................................................................
New Zealand .........................................................
Norway ..................................................................
Switzerland ...........................................................
Uruguay ................................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
Any Country ..........................................................
BLUE–MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT STILTON PRODUCED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) AND
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, BLUE–
MOLD CHEESE (B–NOTE 17) ................................
Argentina ...............................................................
EU–25 ...................................................................
Chile ......................................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (C–
NOTE 18) .................................................................
Australia ................................................................
Chile ......................................................................
EU–25 ...................................................................
New Zealand .........................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
Any Country ..........................................................
AMERICAN–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 (A–NOTE 19) ............................................
Australia ................................................................
EU–25 ...................................................................
New Zealand .........................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA
CHEESE (E–NOTE 20) ............................................
Argentina ...............................................................
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21,419,738
7,690
535,628
977,439
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15,729,427
65,838
79,696
294,000
2,910,180
124,982
593,952
....................
100,906
....................
10,049,993
0
5,542
163,561
0
7,538,229
63,471
0
0
1,905,292
25,018
77,460
0
100,729
300,000
31,469,731
7,690
541,170
1,141,000
....................
23,267,656
129,309
79,696
294,000
4,815,472
150,000
671,412
....................
201,635
300,000
9,661,128
92,310
758,830
....................
....................
1,132,568
223,691
593,304
29,000
6,506,528
....................
548,588
....................
....................
....................
7,496,000
....................
1,750,000
....................
1,550,000
3,446,000
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
500,000
250,000
....................
....................
48,626,859
100,000
3,050,000
1,141,000
1,550,000
27,846,224
353,000
673,000
323,000
11,322,000
150,000
1,720,000
250,000
201,635
300,000
2,283,646
2,000
2,281,646
....................
....................
197,355
0
197,354
....................
1
2,481,001
2,000
2,479,000
....................
1
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
430,000
....................
350,000
80,000
....................
2,911,001
2,000
2,829,000
80,000
1
2,795,016
902,462
....................
52,404
1,737,605
102,545
....................
1,488,840
82,037
0
210,596
1,058,863
37,344
100,000
4,283,856
984,499
....................
263,000
2,796,468
139,889
100,000
519,033
215,501
....................
....................
303,532
....................
....................
7,620,000
1,250,000
220,000
1,050,000
5,100,000
....................
....................
12,422,889
2,450,000
220,000
1,313,000
8,200,000
139,889
100,000
2,688,157
761,890
145,147
1,630,479
150,641
477,396
119,108
208,853
131,520
17,915
3,165,553
880,998
354,000
1,761,999
168,556
357,003
119,002
....................
238,001
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
3,522,556
1,000,000
354,000
2,000,000
168,556
4,910,073
110,495
696,329
14,505
5,606,402
125,000
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1,210,000
110,000
6,816,402
235,000
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ARTICLES SUBJECT TO: APPENDIX 1, HISTORICAL LICENSES; APPENDIX 2, NONHISTORICAL LICENSES; AND APPENDIX 3,
DESIGNATED IMPORTER LICENSES FOR QUOTA YEAR 2012—Continued
[Quantities in kilograms]
Article by additional U.S. Note No. and country of
origin
EU–25 ...................................................................
Norway ..................................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
ITALIAN–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 (D–NOTE 21) ............................................
Argentina ...............................................................
EU–25 ...................................................................
Romania ................................................................
Uruguay ................................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER
THAN WITH EYE FORMATION, GRUYERE–
PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES (GR–
NOTE 22) .................................................................
EU–25 ...................................................................
Switzerland ...........................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
CHEESE 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 (LF–NOTE 23) ...................
EU–25 ...................................................................
Israel .....................................................................
New Zealand .........................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE
FORMATION (SW–NOTE 25) .................................
Argentina ...............................................................
Australia ................................................................
Canada .................................................................
EU–25 ...................................................................
Iceland ..................................................................
Israel .....................................................................
Norway ..................................................................
Switzerland ...........................................................
Other Countries ....................................................
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Sum of
Appendix
1&2
Appendix 3
Tokyo R.
Uruguay R.
Harmonized
tariff schedule
4,680,498
114,318
4,762
608,502
52,682
20,640
5,289,000
167,000
25,402
....................
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1,100,000
....................
....................
6,389,000
167,000
25,402
6,402,630
3,910,738
2,491,892
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....................
....................
1,117,917
214,745
890,108
0
0
13,064
7,520,547
4,125,483
3,382,000
....................
....................
13,064
795,517
367,517
....................
....................
428,000
....................
5,165,000
1,890,000
2,025,000
500,000
750,000
....................
13,481,064
6,383,000
5,407,000
500,000
1,178,000
13,064
5,264,929
3,995,739
1,235,692
33,498
1,386,385
1,156,255
183,795
46,335
6,651,314
5,151,994
1,419,487
79,833
823,519
393,006
430,513
....................
380,000
380,000
....................
....................
7,854,833
5,925,000
1,850,000
79,833
1,840,852
1,840,852
....................
....................
....................
2,584,056
2,584,055
0
0
1
4,424,918
4,424,907
....................
....................
1
1,050,000
....................
50,000
1,000,000
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
5,474,908
4,424,907
50,000
1,000,000
1
15,565,737
....................
209,698
....................
11,155,483
149,999
27,000
3,187,264
776,708
59,585
6,731,594
9,115
0
0
5,321,345
0
0
468,046
907,397
25,691
22,297,331
9,115
209,698
....................
16,476,828
149,999
27,000
3,655,310
1,684,105
85,276
9,557,945
70,885
290,302
70,000
4,003,172
150,001
....................
3,227,690
1,745,895
....................
2,620,000
....................
....................
....................
2,420,000
....................
....................
....................
200,000
....................
34,475,276
80,000
500,000
70,000
22,900,000
300,000
27,000
6,883,000
3,630,000
85,276
TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES .......................
63,170,778
24,729,865
87,900,653
22,764,145
24,921,000
135,585,788
TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES & NON–
CHEESE ARTICLES ..........................
67,907,945
41,857,479
109,765,434
22,764,145
24,921,000
157,450,569
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 932
[Doc. No. AMS–FV–11–0093; FV12–932–1
FR]
Olives Grown in California; Increased
Assessment Rate
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This rule increases the
assessment rate established for the
California Olive Committee (Committee)
for 2012 and subsequent fiscal years
from $16.61 to $31.32 per assessable ton
of olives handled. The Committee
locally administers the marketing order
which regulates the handling of olives
grown in California. Assessments upon
olive handlers are used by the
Committee to fund reasonable and
necessary expenses of the program. The
fiscal year began January 1 and ends
December 31. The assessment rate will
remain in effect indefinitely unless
modified, suspended, or terminated.
DATES: Effective Date: August 28, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry
L. Simmons, Marketing Specialist or
Kurt J. Kimmel, Regional Director,
California Marketing Field Office,
Marketing Order and Agreement
Division, Fruit and Vegetable Programs,
AMS, USDA; Telephone: (559) 487–
5901, Fax: (559) 487–5906, or Email:
Jerry.Simmons@ams.usda.gov or
Kurt.Kimmel@ams.usda.gov.
Small businesses may request
information on complying with this
regulation by contacting Laurel May,
Marketing Order and Agreement
Division, Fruit and Vegetable Programs,
AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington,
DC 20250–0237; Telephone: (202) 720–
2491, Fax: (202) 720–8938, or Email:
Laurel.May@ams.usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
This rule
is issued under Marketing Agreement
No. 148 and Order No. 932, both as
amended (7 CFR part 932), regulating
the handling of olives grown in
California, hereinafter referred to as the
‘‘order.’’ The order is effective under the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674),
hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Act.’’
The Department of Agriculture
(USDA) is issuing this rule in
conformance with Executive Order
12866.
This rule has been reviewed under
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice
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Reform. Under the marketing order now
in effect, California olive handlers are
subject to assessments. Funds to
administer the order are derived from
such assessments. It is intended that the
assessment rate as issued herein will be
applicable to all assessable olives
beginning on January 1, 2012, and
continue until amended, suspended, or
terminated.
The Act provides that administrative
proceedings must be exhausted before
parties may file suit in court. Under
section 608c(15)(A) of the Act, any
handler subject to an order may file
with USDA a petition stating that the
order, any provision of the order, or any
obligation imposed in connection with
the order is not in accordance with law
and request a modification of the order
or to be exempted therefrom. Such
handler is afforded the opportunity for
a hearing on the petition. After the
hearing, USDA would rule on the
petition. The Act provides that the
district court of the United States in any
district in which the handler is an
inhabitant, or has his or her principal
place of business, has jurisdiction to
review USDA’s ruling on the petition,
provided an action is filed not later than
20 days after the date of the entry of the
ruling.
This rule increases the assessment
rate established for the Committee for
the 2012 and subsequent fiscal years
from $16.61 to $31.32 per ton of
assessable olives.
The California olive marketing order
provides authority for the Committee,
with the approval of USDA, to formulate
an annual budget of expenses and
collect assessments from handlers to
administer the program. The members
of the Committee are producers and
handlers of California olives. They are
familiar with the Committee’s needs and
with the costs for goods and services in
their local area and are thus in a
position to formulate an appropriate
budget and assessment rate. The
assessment rate is formulated and
discussed in a public meeting. Thus, all
directly affected persons have an
opportunity to participate and provide
input.
For the 2011 and subsequent fiscal
years, the Committee recommended,
and USDA approved, an assessment rate
that would continue in effect from fiscal
year to fiscal year unless modified,
suspended, or terminated by USDA
upon recommendation and information
submitted by the Committee or other
information available to USDA.
The Committee met on December 15,
2011, and unanimously recommended
2012 expenditures of $1,197,291 and an
assessment rate of $31.32 per ton of
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assessable olives. Olives are an alternate
year bearing crop. Olive growers and
handlers are accustomed to wide swings
in crop yields and assessments from
year to year. In comparison, last year’s
budgeted expenditures were $2,203,909.
The assessment rate of $31.32 is $14.71
higher than the rate currently in effect.
The Committee recommended the
higher assessment rate because of a
substantial decrease in the assessable
olive volume for the 2012 fiscal year.
The olive volume available for fiscal
year 2011 as reported by the California
Agricultural Statistics Service (CASS) is
26,944 tons, which compares to 167,000
tons reported for the 2010 fiscal year.
The reduced crop is due to olives being
an alternate year bearing fruit. The
Committee also plans to use available
reserve funds to help meet its 2012
expenses.
The major expenditures
recommended by the Committee for the
2012 fiscal year include $333,791 for
research, $480,000 for marketing
activities, $50,000 for inspection
equipment development, and $333,500
for administration. Budgeted expenses
for these items in 2011 were $1,093,009,
$700,000, $75,000 and $335,900,
respectively.
The assessment rate recommended by
the Committee was derived by
considering anticipated fiscal year
expenses, actual olive tonnage received
by handlers during the 2011 crop year,
and additional pertinent factors. Actual
assessable tonnage for the 2012 fiscal
year is expected to be lower than the
2011 crop receipts of 167,000 tons
reported by the CASS because some
olives may be diverted by handlers to
uses that are exempt from marketing
order requirements. Income derived
from handler assessments, along with
interest income and funds from the
Committee’s authorized reserve would
be adequate to cover budgeted expenses.
Funds in the reserve will be kept within
the maximum permitted by the order of
approximately one fiscal year’s
expenses (§ 932.40).
The assessment rate established in
this rule will continue in effect
indefinitely unless modified,
suspended, or terminated by USDA
upon recommendation and information
submitted by the Committee or other
available information.
Although this assessment rate will be
in effect for an indefinite period, the
Committee will continue to meet prior
to or during each fiscal year to
recommend a budget of expenses and
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 166 / Monday, August 27, 2012 / Rules
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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 2012 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 2012 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 27, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import
Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Stop 1021,
Washington, DC 20250-1021; or by telephone at (202) 720-9439; or by
email at: abdelsalam.el-farra@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
Policies and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in
conjunction with 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 2012 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 13th day of July, 2012.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
Accordingly, 7 CFR part 6 is amended as follows:
PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES
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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).
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2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing are revised to read as follows:
Appendices 1-3 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 2012
[Quantities in kilograms]
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Sum of Appendix 3 Harmonized
Article by additional U.S. Note Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix -------------------------- tariff
No. and country of origin 1&2 Tokyo R. Uruguay R. schedule
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NON-CHEESE ARTICLES
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BUTTER (G-NOTE 6).............. 4,733,992 2,243,008 6,977,000 ........... ........... 6,977,000
EU-25...................... 75,000 21,161 96,161 ........... ........... ..............
New Zealand................ 110,045 40,548 150,593 ........... ........... ..............
Other Countries............ 41,970 31,965 73,935 ........... ........... ..............
Any Country................ 4,506,977 2,149,334 6,656,311 ........... ........... ..............
DRIED SKIM MILK (K-NOTE 7)..... ........... 5,261,000 5,261,000 ........... ........... 5,261,000
Australia.................. ........... 600,076 600,076 ........... ........... ..............
Canada..................... ........... 219,565 219,565 ........... ........... ..............
Any Country................ ........... 4,441,359 4,441,359 ........... ........... ..............
DRIED WHOLE MILK (H-NOTE 8).... 3,175 3,318,125 3,321,300 ........... ........... 3,321,300
New Zealand................ 3,175 ........... 3,175 ........... ........... ..............
Any Country................ ........... 3,318,125 3,318,125 ........... ........... ..............
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (M-NOTE ........... 224,981 224,981 ........... ........... 224,981
12)...........................
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Canada..................... ........... 161,161 161,161 ........... ........... ..............
New Zealand................ ........... 63,820 63,820 ........... ........... ..............
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING ........... 6,080,500 6,080,500 ........... ........... 6,080,500
OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT
AND/OR BUTTER OIL (SU-NOTE 14)
Any Country................ ........... 6,080,500 6,080,500 ........... ........... ..............
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TOTAL: NON-CHEESE 4,737,167 17,127,614 21,864,781 ........... ........... 21,864,781
ARTICLES..............
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CHEESE ARTICLES
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CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR 21,419,738 10,049,993 31,469,731 9,661,128 7,496,000 48,626,859
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) (OT-
NOTE 16)......................
Argentina.................. 7,690 0 7,690 92,310 ........... 100,000
Australia.................. 535,628 5,542 541,170 758,830 1,750,000 3,050,000
Canada..................... 977,439 163,561 1,141,000 ........... ........... 1,141,000
Costa Rica................. ........... 0 ........... ........... 1,550,000 1,550,000
EU-25...................... 15,729,427 7,538,229 23,267,656 1,132,568 3,446,000 27,846,224
Of which Portugal is:.. 65,838 63,471 129,309 223,691 ........... 353,000
Israel..................... 79,696 0 79,696 593,304 ........... 673,000
Iceland.................... 294,000 0 294,000 29,000 ........... 323,000
New Zealand................ 2,910,180 1,905,292 4,815,472 6,506,528 ........... 11,322,000
Norway..................... 124,982 25,018 150,000 ........... ........... 150,000
Switzerland................ 593,952 77,460 671,412 548,588 500,000 1,720,000
Uruguay.................... ........... 0 ........... ........... 250,000 250,000
Other Countries............ 100,906 100,729 201,635 ........... ........... 201,635
Any Country................ ........... 300,000 300,000 ........... ........... 300,000
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (EXCEPT 2,283,646 197,355 2,481,001 ........... 430,000 2,911,001
STILTON PRODUCED IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM) AND CHEESE AND
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM,
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (B-NOTE 17)..
Argentina.................. 2,000 0 2,000 ........... ........... 2,000
EU-25...................... 2,281,646 197,354 2,479,000 ........... 350,000 2,829,000
Chile...................... ........... ........... ........... ........... 80,000 80,000
Other Countries............ ........... 1 1 ........... ........... 1
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND CHEESE AND 2,795,016 1,488,840 4,283,856 519,033 7,620,000 12,422,889
SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM,
CHEDDAR CHEESE (C-NOTE 18)....
Australia.................. 902,462 82,037 984,499 215,501 1,250,000 2,450,000
Chile...................... ........... 0 ........... ........... 220,000 220,000
EU-25...................... 52,404 210,596 263,000 ........... 1,050,000 1,313,000
New Zealand................ 1,737,605 1,058,863 2,796,468 303,532 5,100,000 8,200,000
Other Countries............ 102,545 37,344 139,889 ........... ........... 139,889
Any Country................ ........... 100,000 100,000 ........... ........... 100,000
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE, INCLUDING 2,688,157 477,396 3,165,553 357,003 ........... 3,522,556
COLBY, WASHED CURD AND
GRANULAR CHEESE (BUT NOT
INCLUDING CHEDDAR) AND CHEESE
AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE
CONTAINING OR PROCESSED FROM
SUCH AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (A-
NOTE 19)......................
Australia.................. 761,890 119,108 880,998 119,002 ........... 1,000,000
EU-25...................... 145,147 208,853 354,000 ........... ........... 354,000
New Zealand................ 1,630,479 131,520 1,761,999 238,001 ........... 2,000,000
Other Countries............ 150,641 17,915 168,556 ........... ........... 168,556
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE, AND 4,910,073 696,329 5,606,402 ........... 1,210,000 6,816,402
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, EDAM AND GOUDA
CHEESE (E-NOTE 20)............
Argentina.................. 110,495 14,505 125,000 ........... 110,000 235,000
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EU-25...................... 4,680,498 608,502 5,289,000 ........... 1,100,000 6,389,000
Norway..................... 114,318 52,682 167,000 ........... ........... 167,000
Other Countries............ 4,762 20,640 25,402 ........... ........... 25,402
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES, MADE FROM 6,402,630 1,117,917 7,520,547 795,517 5,165,000 13,481,064
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 (D-NOTE 21)
Argentina.................. 3,910,738 214,745 4,125,483 367,517 1,890,000 6,383,000
EU-25...................... 2,491,892 890,108 3,382,000 ........... 2,025,000 5,407,000
Romania.................... ........... 0 ........... ........... 500,000 500,000
Uruguay.................... ........... 0 ........... 428,000 750,000 1,178,000
Other Countries............ ........... 13,064 13,064 ........... ........... 13,064
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE 5,264,929 1,386,385 6,651,314 823,519 380,000 7,854,833
OTHER THAN WITH EYE FORMATION,
GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR
CHEESE CONTAINING, OR
PROCESSED FROM, SUCH CHEESES
(GR-NOTE 22)..................
EU-25...................... 3,995,739 1,156,255 5,151,994 393,006 380,000 5,925,000
Switzerland................ 1,235,692 183,795 1,419,487 430,513 ........... 1,850,000
Other Countries............ 33,498 46,335 79,833 ........... ........... 79,833
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR 1,840,852 2,584,056 4,424,918 1,050,000 ........... 5,474,908
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 (LF-NOTE 23)...........
EU-25...................... 1,840,852 2,584,055 4,424,907 ........... ........... 4,424,907
Israel..................... ........... 0 ........... 50,000 ........... 50,000
New Zealand................ ........... 0 ........... 1,000,000 ........... 1,000,000
Other Countries............ ........... 1 1 ........... ........... 1
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE 15,565,737 6,731,594 22,297,331 9,557,945 2,620,000 34,475,276
WITH EYE FORMATION (SW-NOTE
25)...........................
Argentina.................. ........... 9,115 9,115 70,885 ........... 80,000
Australia.................. 209,698 0 209,698 290,302 ........... 500,000
Canada..................... ........... 0 ........... 70,000 ........... 70,000
EU-25...................... 11,155,483 5,321,345 16,476,828 4,003,172 2,420,000 22,900,000
Iceland.................... 149,999 0 149,999 150,001 ........... 300,000
Israel..................... 27,000 0 27,000 ........... ........... 27,000
Norway..................... 3,187,264 468,046 3,655,310 3,227,690 ........... 6,883,000
Switzerland................ 776,708 907,397 1,684,105 1,745,895 200,000 3,630,000
Other Countries............ 59,585 25,691 85,276 ........... ........... 85,276
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TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES. 63,170,778 24,729,865 87,900,653 22,764,145 24,921,000 135,585,788
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TOTAL: CHEESE 67,907,945 41,857,479 109,765,434 22,764,145 24,921,000 157,450,569
ARTICLES & NON-
CHEESE ARTICLES...
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