Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2019 Tariff-Rate Import Quota Year, 43637 [2018-18567]
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ARTICLES SUBJECT TO: APPENDIX 1, HISTORICAL LICENSES; APPENDIX 2 NON-HISTORICAL LICENSES; AND APPENDIX 3
AND 4, DESIGNATED IMPORTERS LICENSES FOR QUOTA YEAR 2018—Continued
[Quantities in kilograms]
Non-cheese articles
Appendix 1
Appendix 3
Tokyo Round
Appendix 4
Uruguay
Round
Grand total
EU–27 ................................................................................
Iceland ................................................................................
Israel ..................................................................................
Norway ...............................................................................
Switzerland .........................................................................
Other Countries ..................................................................
9,775,290
0
27,000
2,285,329
759,369
48,253
6,701,538
149,999
0
1,369,981
924,736
37,023
16,476,828
149,999
27,000
3,655,310
1,684,105
85,276
4,003,172
150,001
........................
3,227,690
1,745,895
........................
2,420,000
........................
........................
........................
200,000
........................
22,900,000
300,000
27,000
6,883,000
3,630,000
85,276
TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES .....................................
52,013,741
35,886,902
87,900,643
22,764,145
24,921,000
135,585,788
TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE ...................
56,316,975
53,448,449
109,765,424
22,764,145
24,921,000
157,450,569
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import
Licenses for the 2019 Tariff-Rate
Import Quota Year
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of
$300 to be charged for the 2019 tariffrate quota (TRQ) year for each license
issued to a person or firm by the
Department of Agriculture authorizing
the importation of certain dairy articles,
which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set
forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
(HTS) of the United States.
DATES: August 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy
Import Licensing Program, Import
Policies and Export Reporting Division,
Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Stop 1021,
1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–1021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720–9439,
Abdelsalam.El-Farra@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy
Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing
Regulation promulgated by the
Department of Agriculture and codified
at 7 CFR 6.20–6.36 provides for the
issuance of licenses to import certain
dairy articles that are subject to TRQs
set forth in the HTS. Those dairy articles
may only be entered into the United
States at the in-quota TRQ tariff-rates 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
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license holder to import a specified
quantity and type of dairy article from
a specified country of origin. The use of
such licenses is monitored by the Dairy
Import Licensing Program, Import
Policies and Export Reporting Division,
Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a)
provides that a fee will be charged for
each license issued to a person or firm
by the Licensing Authority in order to
defray the Department of Agriculture’s
costs of administering the licensing
system under this regulation.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also
provides that the Licensing Authority
will announce the annual fee for each
license and that such fee will be set out
in a notice to be published in the
Federal Register. Accordingly, this
notice sets out the fee for the licenses to
be issued for the 2019 calendar year.
Notice: The total cost to the
Department of Agriculture of
administering the licensing system for
2019 has been estimated to be
$749,300.00 and the estimated number
of licenses expected to be issued is
2,500. Of the total cost, $479,200.00
represents staff and supervisory costs
directly related to administering the
licensing system, and $270,100.00
represents other miscellaneous costs,
including travel, postage, publications,
forms, and Automatic Data Processing
(ADP) system support.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given
that the fee for each license issued to a
person or firm for the 2019 calendar
year, in accordance with 7 CFR 6.33,
will be $300 per license.
Issued at Washington, DC, the 6th day of
July 2018.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2019 Tariff-
Rate Import Quota Year
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of $300 to be charged for the 2019
tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or
firm by the Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation of
certain dairy articles, which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set
forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States.
DATES: August 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import
Policies and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1021, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250-1021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720-9439,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing
Regulation promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and codified at
7 CFR 6.20-6.36 provides for the issuance of licenses to import certain
dairy articles that are subject to TRQs set forth in the HTS. Those
dairy articles may only be entered into the United States at the in-
quota TRQ tariff-rates 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 use of such
licenses is monitored by the Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import
Policies and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) provides that a fee will be charged
for each license issued to a person or firm by the Licensing Authority
in order to defray the Department of Agriculture's costs of
administering the licensing system under this regulation.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also provides that the Licensing
Authority will announce the annual fee for each license and that such
fee will be set out in a notice to be published in the Federal
Register. Accordingly, this notice sets out the fee for the licenses to
be issued for the 2019 calendar year.
Notice: The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of
administering the licensing system for 2019 has been estimated to be
$749,300.00 and the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued
is 2,500. Of the total cost, $479,200.00 represents staff and
supervisory costs directly related to administering the licensing
system, and $270,100.00 represents other miscellaneous costs, including
travel, postage, publications, forms, and Automatic Data Processing
(ADP) system support.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license
issued to a person or firm for the 2019 calendar year, in accordance
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $300 per license.
Issued at Washington, DC, the 6th day of July 2018.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 2018-18567 Filed 8-24-18; 8:45 am]
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