Notice2024-14604
WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels
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Published
July 3, 2024
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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 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55217-55218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14604]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 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: This notice is applicable on [Enter date of publication in
Federal Register].
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: Sonya Wahi-Miller, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7f0c1011061e51081e171652121613131a0d3f0a0c1b1e51181009"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee9d8180978fc0998f8687c3838782828b9cae9b9d8a8fc0898198">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-649-3870.
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
(2024) 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).
Elaine Trevino,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
Annex--Quantity-Based Safeguard Triggers
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2024 Quantity-based safeguard triggers
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Trigger level Unit Period
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Beef................................... 372,197 MT....................... Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Mutton................................. 4,684,007 MT....................... Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Cream.................................. 7,086,865 Liters................... Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk........... 7,112,159 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Nonfat Dry Milk........................ 2,348,461 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Dried Whole Milk....................... 4,073,804 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Dried Cream............................ 33,373 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk.................. 217,643 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Butter \1\............................. 143,993,327 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Butteroil.............................. 23,654,977 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Chocolate Crumb........................ 13,743,686 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb................. 934,573 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Animal Feed Containing Milk............ 145,324 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Ice Cream.............................. 17,305,958 Liters................... Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Dairy Mixtures......................... 32,277,853 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Infant Formula Containing 15,376,570 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Oligosaccharides.
Blue Cheese............................ 3,811,994 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Cheddar Cheese......................... 13,341,643 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
American-Type Cheese................... 107,494 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
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Edam/Gouda Cheese...................... 11,890,220 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Italian-Type Cheese.................... 24,695,010 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Swiss or Emmentaler Cheese with Eye 21,694,163 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Formation.
Gruyere Process Cheese................. 4,253,517 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Cheese and Substitutes for Cheese...... 47,626,850 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Lowfat Cheese.......................... 75,681 Kilograms................ Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Peanut Butter/Paste.................... 4,532 MT....................... Jan 1, 2024-Dec 31, 2024.
Peanuts \1\............................ 5,525 MT....................... April 1, 2023-Mar 31,
2024.
9,514 MT....................... April 1, 2024-Mar 31,
2025.
Raw Cane Sugar \1\..................... 828,297 MT....................... Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
754,409 MT....................... Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Refined Sugars and Syrups \1\.......... 619,938 MT....................... Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
312,628 MT....................... Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Articles over 65% Sugar................ 964 MT....................... Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
1,252 MT....................... Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Articles over 10% Sugar................ 18,624 MT....................... Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
25,719 MT....................... Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Blended Syrups......................... 572 MT....................... Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
758 MT....................... Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder................. 671 MT....................... Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
578 MT....................... Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Mixes and Doughs....................... 4,340 MT....................... Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
3,943 MT....................... Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Mixed Condiments and Seasonings........ 798 MT....................... Oct 1, 2023-Sep 30, 2024.
786 MT....................... Oct 1, 2024-Sep 30, 2025.
Short Staple Cotton \2\................ 13,415 Kilograms................ Sep 20, 2023-Sep 19,
2024.
9,964 Kilograms................ Sep 20, 2024-Sep 19,
2025.
Harsh or Rough Cotton.................. 0 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2023-July 31,
2024.
6 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2024-July 31,
2025.
Extra Long Staple Cotton............... 747,139 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2023-July 31,
2024.
621,260 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2024-July 31,
2025.
Medium Staple Cotton................... 163 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2023-July 31,
2024.
741 Kilograms................ Aug 1, 2024-July 31,
2025.
Cotton Waste \2\....................... 1,385,381 Kilograms................ Sep 20, 2023-Sep 19,
2024.
788,489 Kilograms................ Sep 20, 2024-Sep 19,
2025.
Cotton Processed but not Spun \2\...... 18,752 Kilograms................ Sep 11, 2023-Sep 10,
2024.
18,803 Kilograms................ Sep 11, 2024-Sep 10,
2025.
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\1\ Includes change in consumption
\2\ Data used for the 12-month period from September to September
[FR Doc. 2024-14604 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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