Notice2021-18817
WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels
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Published
September 1, 2021
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Agriculture DepartmentForeign Agricultural Service
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 167 (Wednesday, September 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48978-48980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18817]
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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
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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: This notice is applicable on September 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Multilateral Affairs Division, Trade Policy and Geographic
Affairs, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Stop 1070, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1070.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720-2916,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a49756f767f63777b747f345e737b78635a6f697e7b347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e1d213b222b37232f202b600a272f2c370e3b3d2a2f60292138">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 when the volume of imports of that product exceeds
the sum of (1) a base trigger level multiplied by the average of the
last three years of available import data and (2) the change in yearly
consumption in the most recent year for which data are available
(provided that the final trigger level is not less than 105 percent of
the three-year import average). The base trigger level is set at 105,
110, or 125 percent of the three-year import average, depending on the
percentage of domestic consumption that is represented by imports.
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 1007 (Jan. 4, 1995). The Secretary of
Agriculture further delegated this duty, which lies with the
Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.601(a)(42)).
The Annex to this notice contains the updated quantity trigger levels,
consistent with the provisions of Article 5.
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
(2021) 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 superseded 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).
Clay M. Hamilton,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
Annex--Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger
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2021 Quantity-based safeguard trigger
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Trigger level Unit Period
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Beef.................................. 267,883 MT....................... Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Mutton................................ 3,384 MT....................... Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Cream................................. 3,047,452 Liters................... Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk.......... 5,123,257 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Nonfat Dry Milk....................... 131,867 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Dried Whole Milk...................... 3,248,335 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Dried Cream........................... 65,896 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk................. 76,425 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Butter \1\............................ 65,347,766 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Butteroil............................. 18,209,591 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Chocolate Crumb....................... 11,785,460 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb................ 303,240 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Animal Feed Containing Milk........... 236,222 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Ice Cream............................. 9,968,711 Liters................... Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Dairy Mixtures........................ 7,581,497 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Infant Formula Containing 2,741,347 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Oligosaccharides.
Blue Cheese........................... 4,086,430 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Cheddar Cheese........................ 7,613,990 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
American-Type Cheese.................. 80,873 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Edam/Gouda Cheese..................... 10,535,143 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Italian-Type Cheese................... 22,873,353 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation....... 26,375,209 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Gruyere Process Cheese................ 4,008,437 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
NSPF Cheese........................... 45,205,687 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Lowfat Cheese......................... 107,243 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Peanut Butter/Paste................... 4,085 MT....................... Jan 1, 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
Peanuts \1\........................... 24,220 MT....................... April 1, 2020-Mar 31, 2021.
14,274 MT....................... April 1, 2021-Mar 31, 2022.
Raw Cane Sugar \1\.................... 766,524 MT....................... Oct 1, 2020-Sep 30, 2021.
812,543 MT....................... Oct 1, 2021-Sep 30, 2022.
Refined Sugars and Syrups \1\......... 256,005 MT....................... Oct 1, 2020-Sep 30, 2021.
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375,127 MT....................... Oct 1, 2021-Sep 30, 2022.
Articles over 65% Sugar............... 482 MT....................... Oct 1, 2020-Sep 30, 2021.
531 MT....................... Oct 1, 2021-Sep 30, 2022.
Articles over 10% Sugar............... 11,093 MT....................... Oct 1, 2020-Sep 30, 2021.
14,508 MT....................... Oct 1, 2021-Sep 30, 2022.
Blended Syrups........................ 391 MT....................... Oct 1, 2020-Sep 30, 2021.
408 MT....................... Oct 1, 2021-Sep 30, 2022.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder................ 459 MT....................... Oct 1, 2020-Sep 30, 2021.
707 MT....................... Oct 1, 2021-Sep 30, 2022.
Mixes and Doughs...................... 781 MT....................... Oct 1, 2020-Sep 30, 2021.
1,142 MT....................... Oct 1, 2021-Sep 30, 2022.
Mixed Condiments and Seasonings....... 350 MT....................... Oct 1, 2020-Sep 30, 2021.
348 MT....................... Oct 1, 2021-Sep 30, 2022.
Short Staple Cotton \2\............... 45,688 Kilograms................ Sep 20, 2020-Sep 19, 2021.
7,944 Kilograms................ Sep 20, 2021-Sep 19, 2022.
Harsh or Rough Cotton................. 32,962 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2020-July 31, 2021.
10 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2021-July 31, 2022.
Medium Staple Cotton.................. 8,417 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2020-July 31, 2021.
102 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2021-July 31, 2022.
Extra Long Staple Cotton.............. 692,467 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2020-July 31, 2021.
813,823 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2021-July 31, 2022.
Cotton Waste \2\...................... 1,013,866 Kilograms................ Sep 20, 2020-Sep 19, 2021.
1,458,693 Kilograms................ Sep 20, 2021-Sep 19, 2022.
Cotton Processed but not Spun \2\..... 124,933 Kilograms................ Sep 11, 2020-Sep 10, 2021.
23,676 Kilograms................ Sep 11, 2021-Sep 10, 2022
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\1\ Includes change in U.S. consumption.
\2\ 12-month period from October to September.
[FR Doc. 2021-18817 Filed 8-31-21; 8:45 am]
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