Notice2026-17952
Adjustment of Appendices Under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Regulation
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Published
September 2, 2026
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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 2027 quota year.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56421-56423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17952]
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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
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(nonhistorical) license category (Appendix 2) pursuant to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing regulations for the 2027 quota year.
DATES: [Insert date of publication in the Federal Register]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Riley, Dairy Import
Licensing Program, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, at (202) 7202778; or by email at:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#07426b6e7d666562736f29756e6b627e477274636629606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5a0898c9f848780918dcb978c89809ca590968184cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states 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, then the amount of such license will be
transferred to Appendix 2. Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative
annual transfers 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 B. Whitley
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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) (-22kg)....... 4,009,061 2,967,917 6,977,000 .............. .............. 6,977,000
EU-27....................................... 53,053 29,046 82,099 .............. .............. ..............
New Zealand................................. 72,172 78,421 150,593 .............. .............. ..............
United Kingdom.............................. 6,443 7,619 14,062 .............. .............. ..............
Other Countries............................. 0 73,935 73,935 .............. .............. ..............
Any Country (-22kg)......................... 3,877,393 2,778,918 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 (-22kg)...... 4,009,061 17,855,720 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, 13,613,554 17,856176 31,469,731 9,661,128 7,496,000 48,626,859
Commodity Code OT) (-2,058,739kg)..............
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 (-12,806kg).......................... 386,595 754,405 1,141,000 .............. .............. 1,141,000
Costa Rica.................................. 0 0 0 .............. 1,550,000 1,550,000
EU-27 (not including Portugal) (- 10,368,215 10,907,352 21,275,567 835,707 3,168,576 25,279,850
1,969,129kg)...............................
Portugal (-65,838kg)........................ 0 129,309 129,309 223,691 .............. 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................................. 1,278,380 3,537,092 4,815,472 6,506,528 .............. 11,322,000
Norway (-5,171kg)........................... 30,924 119,076 150,000 .............. .............. 150,000
Switzerland (-4,325kg)...................... 423,111 248,301 671,412 548,588 500,000 1,720,000
Uruguay..................................... 0 0 0 .............. 250,000 250,000
United Kingdom (-1,470kg)................... 848,729 1,014,051 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) (- 1,852,231 628,770 2,481,001 .............. 430,000 2,911,001
11,697kg)......................................
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Argentina................................... 0 2,000 2,000 .............. .............. 2,000
EU-27 (-11,697kg)........................... 1,839,910 618,395 2,458,305 .............. 347,078 2,805,383
Chile....................................... 0 0 0 .............. 80,000 80,000
United Kingdom.............................. 12,321 8,374 20,695 .............. 2,922 23,617
Other Countries............................. 0 1 1 .............. .............. 1
CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18, Commodity Code C) (- 1,654,958 2,628,898 4,283,856 519,033 7,620,000 12,422,889
6,956kg).......................................
Australia................................... 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....................................... 11,819 71,718 83,537 0 333,515 417,052
New Zealand (-6,956kg)...................... 751,361 2,045,107 2,796,468 303,532 5,100,000 8,200,000
United Kingdom.............................. 22,755 156,708 179,463 0 716,485 895,948
Other Countries............................. 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) 0 3,165,553 3,165,553 357,003 0 3,522,556
Australia................................... 0 880,998 880,998 119,002 .............. 1,000,000
EU-27....................................... 0 354,000 354,000 .............. .............. 354,000
New Zealand................................. 0 1,761,999 1,761,999 238,001 .............. 2,000,000
Other Countries............................. 0 168,556 168,556 .............. .............. 168,556
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20, Commodity Code 3,918,488 1,687,914 5,606,402 0 1,210,000 6,816,402
D) (-280,004kg)................................
Argentina................................... 105,418 19,582 125,000 .............. 110,000 235,000
EU-27 (-280,004kg).......................... 3,702,024 1,586,976 5,289,000 .............. 1,100,000 6,389,000
Norway...................................... 111,046 55,954 167,000 .............. .............. 167,000
Other Countries............................. 0 25,402 25,402 .............. .............. 25,402
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21, Commodity Code D) 3,178,705 4,341,842 7,520,547 795,517 5,165,000 13,481,064
(-44,470kg)....................................
Argentina (-13,055kg)....................... 909,906 3,215,577 4,125,483 367,517 1,890,000 6,383,000
EU-27 (-31,416kg)........................... 2,268,798 1,113,202 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 1,897,417 4,753,897 6,651,314 823,519 380,000 7,854,833
Code GR) (-2,279kg)............................
EU-27 (-436kg).............................. 1,737,496 3,414,498 5,151,994 393,006 380,000 5,925,000
Switzerland (-1,844kg)...................... 148,760 1,270,727 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
EU-27....................................... 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 9,482,167 12,815,164 22,297,331 9,557,945 2,620,000 34,475,276
(NOTE 25, Commodity Code SW) (-740,397kg)......
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 (-40,572kg)........................... 7,769,700 8,707,128 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 (-697,246kg)......................... 244,861 3,410,449 3,655,310 3,227,690 .............. 6,883,000
Switzerland (-2,580kg)...................... 749,962 934,143 1,684,105 1,745,895 200,000 3,630,000
Other Countries............................. 0 85,276 85,276 .............. .............. 85,276
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TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES (-3,144,542kg)... 35,597,520 52,302,216 87,900,643 22,764,145 24,921,000 135,585,788
TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE.............. 39,606,581 70,157,914 109,765,424 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 2025 by a total of -3,144,542 kg.
\3\ Increased from 2025 by a total of 3,144,542 kg.
\4\ No change.
[FR Doc. 2026-17952 Filed 9-1-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-10-P
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