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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based
Safeguard Trigger Levels
Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of product coverage and
trigger levels for safeguard measures
provided for in the World Trade
Organization (WTO) Agreement on
Agriculture.
AGENCY:
This notice lists the updated
quantity-based 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: May 20, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Souleymane Diaby, International Trade
Specialist, Import Policies and Export
Reporting Division, Office of Trade
SUMMARY:
Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop
1021, 1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1021; by
telephone (202) 720–2916; by fax (202)
720–0876; or by email
Souleymane.Diaby@fas.usda.gov.
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.
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 this duty,
which lies with the Administrator of the
Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR
2.43(a)(2)). 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 (2014) 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 WTO
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 Safeguard
Action published in the Federal
Register, at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).
Issued at Washington, DC, this 25th day of
April, 2014.
Suzanne Palmieri,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural
Service.
ANNEX-QUANTITY-BASED SAFEGUARD TRIGGER
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Product
Trigger level
Beef ....................................................................
Mutton .................................................................
Cream .................................................................
Evaporated or Condensed Milk ..........................
Nonfat Dry Milk ...................................................
Dried Whole Milk ................................................
Dried Cream .......................................................
Dried Whey/Buttermilk ........................................
Butter ..................................................................
Butter Oil and Butter Substitutes .......................
Dairy Mixtures ....................................................
Blue Cheese .......................................................
Cheddar Cheese ................................................
American-Type Cheese ......................................
Edam/Gouda Cheese .........................................
Italian-Type Cheese ...........................................
Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation ....................
Gruyere Process Cheese ...................................
Lowfat Cheese ...................................................
NSPF Cheese ....................................................
237,876 mt .......................................................
5,278 mt ...........................................................
129,711 liters ...................................................
952,925 kilograms ............................................
482,615 kilograms ............................................
3,315,900 kilograms .........................................
10,935 kilograms ..............................................
41,537 kilograms ..............................................
6,689,056 kilograms .........................................
5,321,260 kilograms .........................................
12,688,511 kilograms .......................................
4,499,916 kilograms .........................................
8,055,448 kilograms .........................................
201,684 kilograms ............................................
6,927,820 kilograms .........................................
18,259,276 kilograms .......................................
25,055,569 kilograms .......................................
3,293,010 kilograms .........................................
157,337 kilograms ............................................
46,496,622 kilograms .......................................
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ANNEX-QUANTITY-BASED SAFEGUARD TRIGGER—Continued
Product
Trigger level
Period
Peanuts ..............................................................
21,598 mt .........................................................
20,493 mt .........................................................
3,789 mt ...........................................................
1,033,635 mt ....................................................
599,416 mt .......................................................
215,423 mt .......................................................
198,613 mt .......................................................
145 mt ..............................................................
60 mt ................................................................
238 mt ..............................................................
269 mt ..............................................................
14,942 mt .........................................................
15,471 mt .........................................................
124 mt ..............................................................
84 mt ................................................................
8,996,737 kilograms .........................................
173,391 kilograms ............................................
380,061 kilograms ............................................
178 mt ..............................................................
170 mt ..............................................................
593 mt ..............................................................
653 mt ..............................................................
2,241,098 liters ................................................
74,236 kilograms ..............................................
2,385,410 kilograms .........................................
2,899,397 kilograms .........................................
60 kilograms .....................................................
0 kilograms .......................................................
57,587 kilograms ..............................................
57,587 kilograms ..............................................
505,834 kilograms ............................................
860,694 kilograms ............................................
589,849 kilograms ............................................
443,246 kilograms ............................................
50,873 kilograms ..............................................
4,035 kilograms ................................................
April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014.
April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015.
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
September 20, 2013 to September 19, 2014.
September 20, 2014 to September 19, 2015.
August 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014.
August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015.
August 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014.
August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015.
August 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014.
August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015.
September 20, 2013 to September 19, 2014.
September 20, 2014 to September 19, 2015.
September 20, 2013 to September 19, 2014.
September 20, 2014 to September 19, 2015.
Peanut Butter/Paste ...........................................
Raw Cane Sugar ................................................
Refined Sugar and Syrups .................................
Blended Syrups ..................................................
Articles Over 65% Sugar ....................................
Articles Over 10% Sugar ....................................
Sweetened Cocoa Powder .................................
Chocolate Crumb ...............................................
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb ....................................
Infant Formula Containing Oligosaccharides .....
Mixes and Doughs .............................................
Mixed Condiments and Seasonings ...................
Ice Cream ...........................................................
Animal Feed Containing Milk .............................
Short Staple Cotton ............................................
Harsh or Rough Cotton ......................................
Medium Staple Cotton ........................................
Extra Long Staple Cotton ...................................
Cotton Waste ......................................................
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun ............................
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Mendocino National Forest; Upper
Lake Ranger District; California; Pine
Mountain Late-Successional Reserve
Habitat Protection and Enhancement
Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Mendocino National
Forest, Upper Lake Ranger District,
proposes to conduct fuels reduction and
habitat enhancement treatments on
approximately 7,830 acres southwest of
Lake Pillsbury in the Pine Mountain
vicinity. The Planning Area is 10,200
acres in size and comprises both Late
Successional Reserve (LSR) and Matrix
land designations. Of the approximately
7,830 acres to be treated, ∼5690 acres are
within the Pine Mountain LSR and
∼2,140 acres are in Matrix lands. The
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project emphasizes fuel reduction
activities and habitat management for
the protection and enhancement of latesuccessional species. The project area
was chosen for treatment based on past
fire history and the existing conditions
that pose a threat to late-successional
habitat.
The Pine Mountain LSR is one of the
smaller LSRs within the Forest and
provides a link between the Blue Slides
LSR seven miles to the southeast and
the Sanhedrin LSR, 1.25 miles to the
north. This LSR also provides a critical
link to State and other Federal lands to
the south and west. This area is
currently part of Northern Spotted Owl
Critical Habitat (Unit 11, Subunit ICC 5),
a designated land allocation by U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, and also
includes 1.6 miles of critical habitat for
anadromous fish. These habitats are
located within both the LSR and matrix
lands. The Project Area is located
approximately 15 miles north of the
town of Upper Lake, primarily in T18N,
R10W, and portions of T18N, R11W;
T17N, R10W; and T17N, R11W, Mount
Diablo Base Meridian.
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Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by June
19, 2014. The draft environmental
impact statement is expected in August
2014 and the final environmental
impact statement is expected in
December 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Forest Supervisor, 825 N. Humboldt
Avenue, Willows, CA 95988. Comments
may also be sent via email to commentspacificsouthwest-mendocino@fs.fed.us,
or via facsimile to (530) 934–7384.
A public meeting will be held on May
30, 2014 to enable those with interest in
the project to obtain more information,
ask questions, and make comments for
the development of the EIS and the
alternatives. A field trip the following
day may be held if enough interest is
shown.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Aebly, at the Upper Lake Ranger
District, 10025 Elk Mountain Road,
Upper Lake, CA 95485, (707) 275–2361,
or faebly@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use
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(TDD) may call the Federal Information
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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-based 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: May 20, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Souleymane Diaby, International Trade
Specialist, 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; by telephone (202) 720-2916; by fax (202) 720-0876; or by
email Souleymane.Diaby@fas.usda.gov.
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.
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 this duty, which lies with the
Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.43(a)(2)).
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
(2014) 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 WTO 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 Safeguard Action
published in the Federal Register, at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).
Issued at Washington, DC, this 25th day of April, 2014.
Suzanne Palmieri,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
Annex-Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger
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Product Trigger level Period
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Beef........................ 237,876 mt.......... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Mutton...................... 5,278 mt............ January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Cream....................... 129,711 liters...... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk 952,925 kilograms... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Nonfat Dry Milk............. 482,615 kilograms... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Dried Whole Milk............ 3,315,900 kilograms. January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Dried Cream................. 10,935 kilograms.... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk....... 41,537 kilograms.... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Butter...................... 6,689,056 kilograms. January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Butter Oil and Butter 5,321,260 kilograms. January 1, 2014 to
Substitutes. December 31, 2014.
Dairy Mixtures.............. 12,688,511 kilograms January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Blue Cheese................. 4,499,916 kilograms. January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Cheddar Cheese.............. 8,055,448 kilograms. January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
American-Type Cheese........ 201,684 kilograms... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Edam/Gouda Cheese........... 6,927,820 kilograms. January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Italian-Type Cheese......... 18,259,276 kilograms January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Swiss Cheese with Eye 25,055,569 kilograms January 1, 2014 to
Formation. December 31, 2014.
Gruyere Process Cheese...... 3,293,010 kilograms. January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Lowfat Cheese............... 157,337 kilograms... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
NSPF Cheese................. 46,496,622 kilograms January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
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Peanuts..................... 21,598 mt........... April 1, 2013 to
20,493 mt........... March 31, 2014.
April 1, 2014 to
March 31, 2015.
Peanut Butter/Paste......... 3,789 mt............ January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Raw Cane Sugar.............. 1,033,635 mt........ October 1, 2013 to
599,416 mt.......... September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015.
Refined Sugar and Syrups.... 215,423 mt.......... October 1, 2013 to
198,613 mt.......... September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015.
Blended Syrups.............. 145 mt.............. October 1, 2013 to
60 mt............... September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015.
Articles Over 65% Sugar..... 238 mt.............. October 1, 2013 to
269 mt.............. September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015.
Articles Over 10% Sugar..... 14,942 mt........... October 1, 2013 to
15,471 mt........... September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder...... 124 mt.............. October 1, 2013 to
84 mt............... September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015.
Chocolate Crumb............. 8,996,737 kilograms. January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb...... 173,391 kilograms... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Infant Formula Containing 380,061 kilograms... January 1, 2014 to
Oligosaccharides. December 31, 2014.
Mixes and Doughs............ 178 mt.............. October 1, 2013 to
170 mt.............. September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015.
Mixed Condiments and 593 mt.............. October 1, 2013 to
Seasonings. 653 mt.............. September 30, 2014.
October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015.
Ice Cream................... 2,241,098 liters.... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Animal Feed Containing Milk. 74,236 kilograms.... January 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014.
Short Staple Cotton......... 2,385,410 kilograms. September 20, 2013
2,899,397 kilograms. to September 19,
2014.
September 20, 2014
to September 19,
2015.
Harsh or Rough Cotton....... 60 kilograms........ August 1, 2013 to
0 kilograms......... July 31, 2014.
August 1, 2014 to
July 31, 2015.
Medium Staple Cotton........ 57,587 kilograms.... August 1, 2013 to
57,587 kilograms.... July 31, 2014.
August 1, 2014 to
July 31, 2015.
Extra Long Staple Cotton.... 505,834 kilograms... August 1, 2013 to
860,694 kilograms... July 31, 2014.
August 1, 2014 to
July 31, 2015.
Cotton Waste................ 589,849 kilograms... September 20, 2013
443,246 kilograms... to September 19,
2014.
September 20, 2014
to September 19,
2015.
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun. 50,873 kilograms.... September 20, 2013
4,035 kilograms..... to September 19,
2014.
September 20, 2014
to September 19,
2015.
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