Notice2025-07683
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
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May 5, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 85 (Monday, May 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07683]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by June 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) encourages any
person having information on foreign government subsidy programs which
benefit articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty to
submit such information in writing. All comments must be submitted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>,
Docket No. ITA-2020-0005. The materials in the docket will not be
edited to remove identifying or contact information, and Commerce
cautions against including any information in an electronic submission
that the submitter does not want publicly disclosed. Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe
PDF formats only.
All comments should be addressed to Christopher Abbott, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-
exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-7851.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 3, 2025, pursuant to section 702(h) of the Trade
Agreements Act of 1979, as amended (the Act), Commerce published the
quarterly update to the annual listing of foreign government subsidies
on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty covering the
period July 1, 2024, through September 30, 2024.\1\ In the Third
Quarter 2024 Update, we requested that any party that had information
on foreign government subsidy programs that benefited articles of
cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty submit such information to
Commerce.\2\ We received no comments, information, or requests for
consultation from any party.
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\1\ See Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty,
90 FR 8784 (February 3, 2025) (Third Quarter 2024 Update).
\2\ Id.
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Pursuant to section 702(h) of the Act, we hereby provide Commerce's
update of subsidies on articles of cheese that were imported during the
period October 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. The appendix to this
notice lists the country, the subsidy program or programs, and the
gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which information is
currently available. Commerce will incorporate additional programs
which are found to constitute subsidies, and additional information on
the subsidy programs listed, as the information is developed.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the Act.
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\3\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\4\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
\5\ The 27 member states of the European Union are: Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
Dated: April 28, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
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Gross \3\ subsidy Net \4\ subsidy
Country Program(s) ($/lb.) ($/lb.)
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27 European Union Member States \5\......... European Union Restitution $0.00 $0.00
Payments.
Canada...................................... Export Assistance on Certain 0.47 0.47
Types of Cheese.
Norway...................................... Indirect (Milk) Subsidy....... 0.00
Consumer Subsidy.............. 0.00
0.00
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Total................................... 0.00..........................
0.00..........................
0.00..........................
Switzerland................................. Deficiency Payments........... 0.00 0.00
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[FR Doc. 2025-07683 Filed 5-2-25; 8:45 am]
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