Notice2025-20734

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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November 24, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 224 (Monday, November 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52916-52917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20734]


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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 December 31, 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 August 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 January 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025.\1\ In the First Quarter 
2025 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 37472 (August 5, 2025) (First Quarter 2025 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 April 1, 2025, through June 30, 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: November 19, 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.

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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  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             0.00
                                              Consumer Subsidy..............               0.00             0.00
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                                                 Total......................               0.00             0.00
Switzerland.................................  Deficiency Payments...........               0.00             0.00
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[FR Doc. 2025-20734 Filed 11-21-25; 8:45 am]
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