Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2024 Tariff-Rate Import Quota Year, 67408 [2024-18574]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import
Licenses for the 2024 Tariff-Rate
Import Quota Year
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a fee of
$325 to be charged for the 2025 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 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Riley, Dairy Import Licensing
Program, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, at (202)
720–6868; or by email at:
Elizabeth.riley@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
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
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Import Program within the 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 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 2025 calendar year.
The total cost to the Department of
Agriculture of administering the
licensing system for 2025 has been
estimated to be $551,234.00 and the
estimated number of licenses expected
to be issued is 1,696. Of the total cost,
$348,584.00 represents staff and
supervisory costs directly related to
administering the licensing system, and
$202,234.00 represents other
miscellaneous costs, including travel,
publications, 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 2025 calendar
year, in accordance with 7 CFR 6.33,
will be $325 per license.
Daniel R. Williams II,
Acting Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024–18574 Filed 8–19–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Adjustment of Appendices Under the
Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import
Licensing Regulation
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
transfer of amounts for certain dairy
articles from the historical license
category (Appendix 1) to the lottery
(nonhistorical) license category
(Appendix 2) pursuant to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing
regulations for the 2024 quota year.
DATES: August 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Riley, (202) 720–6868,
Elizabeth.riley@usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
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The
Foreign Agricultural Service, under a
delegation of authority from the Under
Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs, administers the
Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing Regulation codified at 7 CFR
6.20–6.36 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 (HTS) 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
Imports Program, 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.
7 CFR 6.34(a) provides that whenever
a historical license (Appendix 1) is
permanently surrendered, revoked by
the Licensing Authority, or not issued to
an applicant pursuant to the provisions
of § 6.23, the amount of such license
will be transferred to Appendix 2.
Section 6.25(b) of the regulations
provides that beginning with the 2024
quota year, a historical licensee who has
surrendered more than 50% of such
historical license in at least three of the
past five quota years will have their
historical license reduced to the average
of their imports over those five years.
When issuing historical licenses for the
2024 quota year, FAS used license usage
data from 2019–2023 to implement this
provision of the regulations. Section
6.34(b) provides that the cumulative
annual transfers to Appendix 2 will be
published by notice in the Federal
Register. Accordingly, this document
sets forth the revised Appendices in the
table below. Although there are no
changes to the quantities for designated
licenses (Appendix 3 and Appendix 4),
those numbers are also included in the
table below for completeness.
Daniel R. Williams II,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Foreign
Agricultural Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2024 Tariff-
Rate Import Quota Year
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of $325 to be charged for the 2025
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 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Riley, Dairy Import
Licensing Program, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, at (202) 720-6868; or by email at:
[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 Import Program within the 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
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 2025 calendar year.
The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of administering
the licensing system for 2025 has been estimated to be $551,234.00 and
the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued is 1,696. Of the
total cost, $348,584.00 represents staff and supervisory costs directly
related to administering the licensing system, and $202,234.00
represents other miscellaneous costs, including travel, publications,
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 2025 calendar year, in accordance
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $325 per license.
Daniel R. Williams II,
Acting Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-18574 Filed 8-19-24; 8:45 am]
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