Notice2024-18577
Adjustment of Appendices Under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Regulation
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August 20, 2024
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Agriculture DepartmentForeign Agricultural Service
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67408-67410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18577]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Adjustment of Appendices Under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import
Licensing Regulation
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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,
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
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 Sec. 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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Articles Subject to Dairy Import Licenses
[Kilograms] \1\
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Designated
Designated licenses
Historical Lottery licenses Sum of appendix 1 licenses (Uruguay
licenses (appendix 2) \3\ & 2 \4\ (Tokyo round, round, Total \4\
(appendix 1) \2\ appendix 3) appendix 4)
\4\ \4\
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NON-CHEESE ARTICLES, Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14
(Appendix 1 reduction):
BUTTER (NOTE 6, Commodity Code G) (-189,068kg).. 4,011,398 2,965,602 6,977,000 .............. .............. 6,977,000
EU-27 (-392kg).............................. 53,053 29,046 82,099 .............. .............. ..............
New Zealand (-3,611kg)...................... 72,892 77,701 150,593 .............. .............. ..............
United Kingdom (-701kg)..................... 6,443 7,619 14,062 .............. .............. ..............
Other Countries (-31,559kg)................. 304 73,631 73,935 .............. .............. ..............
Any Country (-152,804kg).................... 3,878,707 2,777,604 6,656,311 .............. .............. ..............
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7, Commodity Code K)...... 0 5,261,000 5,261,000 .............. .............. 5,261,000
Australia................................... 0 600,076 600,076 .............. .............. ..............
Canada...................................... 0 219,565 219,565 .............. .............. ..............
Any Country................................. 0 4,441,359 4,441,359 .............. .............. ..............
DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8, Commodity Code H)..... 0 3,321,300 3,321,300 .............. .............. 3,321,300
New Zealand................................. 0 3,175 3,175 .............. .............. ..............
Any Country................................. 0 3,318,125 3,318,125 .............. .............. ..............
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12, Commodity Code 0 224,981 224,981 .............. .............. 224,981
M).............................................
Canada...................................... 0 161,161 161,161 .............. .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. 0 63,820 63,820 .............. .............. ..............
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 .............. .............. 6,080,500
BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14, Commodity
Code SU).......................................
Any Country................................. 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 .............. .............. ..............
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Total: Non-Cheese Articles (-189,068kg). 4,011,398 17,853,383 21,864,781 .............. .............. 21,864,781
CHEESE ARTICLES (Notes 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, 23, 25):
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16, 15,672,293 15,797,438 31,469,731 9,661,128 7,496,000 48,626,859
Commodity Code OT) (-864,266kg)................
Argentina................................... 0 7,690 7,690 92,310 .............. 100,000
Australia................................... 13,122 528,048 541,170 758,830 1,750,000 3,050,000
Canada (-456,179kg)......................... 425,860 715,140 1,141,000 .............. .............. 1,141,000
Costa Rica.................................. 0 0 0 .............. 1,550,000 1,550,000
EU-27 (not including Portugal) (-219,770kg). 12,346,345 8,929,222 21,275,567 835,707 3,168,576 25,279,850
Portugal.................................... 65,838 63,471 129,309 223,691 .............. 353,000
Israel...................................... 79,696 0 79,696 593,304 .............. 673,000
Iceland..................................... 29,054 264,946 294,000 29,000 .............. 323,000
New Zealand (-30,086kg)..................... 1,284,604 3,530,868 4,815,472 6,506,528 .............. 11,322,000
Norway (-80,418kg).......................... 42,442 107,558 150,000 .............. .............. 150,000
Switzerland (-76,343kg)..................... 429,537 241,875 671,412 548,588 500,000 1,720,000
Uruguay..................................... 0 0 0 .............. 250,000 250,000
United Kingdom (-1,470kg)................... 873,668 989,112 1,862,780 73,170 277,424 2,213,374
Other Countries............................. 82,127 119,508 201,635 .............. .............. 201,635
Any Country................................. 0 300,000 300,000 .............. .............. 300,000
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17, Commodity Code B) (- 1,874,481 606,520 2,481,001 .............. 430,000 2,911,001
45,175kg)......................................
Argentina (-2,000kg)........................ 0 2,000 2,000 .............. .............. 2,000
EU-27 (-43,156kg)........................... 1,862,160 596,145 2,458,305 .............. 347,078 2,805,383
Chile....................................... 0 0 0 .............. 80,000 80,000
United Kingdom (-19kg)...................... 12,321 8,374 20,695 .............. 2,922 23,617
Other Countries............................. 0 1 1 .............. .............. 1
CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18, Commodity Code C) (- 1,661,914 2,621,942 4,283,856 519,033 7,620,000 12,422,889
583,828kg).....................................
Australia (-73,435kg)....................... 794,431 190,068 984,499 215,501 1,250,000 2,450,000
Chile....................................... 0 0 0 0 220,000 220,000
EU-27 (-287kg).............................. 11,819 71,718 83,537 0 333,515 417,052
New Zealand (-502,193kg).................... 758,317 2,038,151 2,796,468 303,532 5,100,000 8,200,000
United Kingdom (-3,251kg)................... 22,755 156,708 179,463 0 716,485 895,948
Other Countries (-4,662kg).................. 74,592 65,297 139,889 .............. .............. 139,889
Any Country................................. 0 100,000 100,000 .............. .............. 100,000
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19, Commodity Code A) 907 3,164,646 3,165,553 357,003 0 3,522,556
(-1,123,751kg).................................
Australia (-744,943kg)...................... 0 880,998 880,998 119,002 .............. 1,000,000
EU-27 (-130,632kg).......................... 907 353,093 354,000 .............. .............. 354,000
New Zealand (-145,120kg).................... 0 1,761,999 1,761,999 238,001 .............. 2,000,000
Other Countries (-103,056kg)................ 0 168,556 168,556 .............. .............. 168,556
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20, Commodity Code 4,202,581 1,403,821 5,606,402 0 1,210,000 6,816,402
D) (-27,925kg).................................
Argentina................................... 105,418 19,582 125,000 .............. 110,000 235,000
EU-27 (-23,163kg)........................... 3,986,117 1,302,883 5,289,000 .............. 1,100,000 6,389,000
Norway...................................... 111,046 55,954 167,000 .............. .............. 167,000
Other Countries (-4,762kg).................. 0 25,402 25,402 .............. .............. 25,402
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21, Commodity Code D) 3,435,989 4,084,558 7,520,547 795,517 5,165,000 13,481,064
(-2,388,273kg).................................
Argentina (-2,378,911kg).................... 1,128,637 2,996,846 4,125,483 367,517 1,890,000 6,383,000
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EU-27 (-9,362kg)............................ 2,307,352 1,074,648 3,382,000 .............. 2,025,000 5,407,000
Romania..................................... 0 0 0 .............. 500,000 500,000
Uruguay..................................... 0 0 0 428,000 750,000 1,178,000
Other Countries............................. 0 13,064 13,064 .............. .............. 13,064
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NOTE 22, Commodity 1,908,365 4,742,949 6,651,314 823,519 380,000 7,854,833
Code GR) (-1,470,003kg)........................
EU-27 (-410,920kg).......................... 1,744,982 3,407,012 5,151,994 393,006 380,000 5,925,000
Switzerland (-1,059,083kg).................. 152,223 1,267,264 1,419,487 430,513 .............. 1,850,000
Other Countries............................. 11,160 68,673 79,833 .............. .............. 79,833
LOWFAT CHEESE (NOTE 23, Commodity Code LF) (- 0 4,424,908 4,424,908 1,050,000 0 5,474,908
1,173,766kg)...................................
EU-27 (-1,173,766kg)........................ 0 4,424,907 4,424,907 .............. .............. 4,424,907
Israel...................................... 0 0 0 50,000 .............. 50,000
New Zealand................................. 0 0 0 1,000,000 .............. 1,000,000
Other Countries............................. 0 1 1 .............. .............. 1
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION 10,222,564 12,074,767 22,297,331 9,557,945 2,620,000 34,475,276
(NOTE 25, Commodity Code SW) (-2,632,699kg)....
Argentina................................... 0 9,115 9,115 70,885 .............. 80,000
Australia................................... 209,698 0 209,698 290,302 .............. 500,000
Canada...................................... 0 0 0 70,000 .............. 70,000
EU-27 (-1,792,062kg)........................ 7,843,440 8,633,388 16,476,828 4,003,172 2,420,000 22,900,000
Iceland..................................... 0 149,999 149,999 150,001 .............. 300,000
Israel...................................... 0 27,000 27,000 .............. .............. 27,000
Norway (-797,816kg)......................... 1,410,057 2,245,253 3,655,310 3,227,690 .............. 6,883,000
Switzerland................................. 759,369 924,736 1,684,105 1,745,895 200,000 3,630,000
Other Countries (-42,821kg)................. 0 85,276 85,276 .............. .............. 85,276
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Total: CHEESE ARTICLES (-10,309,686kg).. 38,979,094 48,921,549 87,900,643 22,764,145 24,921,000 135,585,788
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Total: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE.......... 42,990,492 66,774,932 109,765,424 22,764,145 24,921,000 157,450,569
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\1\ Source of the total TRQs is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Chapter 4, in the corresponding Additional U.S.
Notes:
\2\ Reduced from 2023 by a total of -10,498,754 kg.
\3\ Increased from 2023 by a total of 10,498,754 kg.
\4\ No change.
[FR Doc. 2024-18577 Filed 8-19-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-10-P
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