Notice2025-14844

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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August 5, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37472-37473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14844]


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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 September 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 May 5, 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 October 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.\1\ In the Fourth 
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 18956 (May 5, 2025) (Fourth 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 January 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025. 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.

    Dated: July 31, 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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    \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.

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                                                                 Gross \3\ subsidy ($/
               Country                        Program(s)                  lb.)           Net \4\ subsidy ($/lb.)
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27 European Union Member States \5\..  European Union           $ 0.00.................  $ 0.00
                                        Restitution Payments.
Canada...............................  Export Assistance on      0.47..................   0.47
                                        Certain Types of
                                        Cheese.
Norway...............................  Indirect (Milk) Subsidy   0.00..................   0.00
                                       Consumer Subsidy.......   0.00..................   0.00
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Total................................   0.00..................   0.00..................

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Switzerland..........................  Deficiency Payments....   0.00..................   0.00
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[FR Doc. 2025-14844 Filed 8-4-25; 8:45 am]
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