Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2015 Tariff-Rate Quota Year

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1 This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 08/04/2015 and available online at and on FDsys.gov Billing Code DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of the Secretary 7 CFR Part 6 Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2015 Tariff-Rate Quota Year AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2015 quota year reflecting the cumulative annual transfers from 1 to 2 for certain dairy product import licenses permanently surrendered by licensees or revoked by the Licensing Authority. DATES: Effective: [Insert date of publication in the Federal Register]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at (202) ; or by at: abdelsalam.el-farra@fas.usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation codified at 7 CFR 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 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. 1

2 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 Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, 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: "Whenever a historical license ( 1) is not issued to an applicant pursuant to the provisions of 6.23, is permanently surrendered or is revoked by the Licensing Authority, the amount of such license will be transferred to 2." Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative annual transfers will be published in the Federal Register. Accordingly, this document sets forth the revised Appendices for the 2015 tariff-rate quota year. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6 Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports, Reporting and record keeping requirements. Issued at Washington, DC the 16th day of _July_, Ronald Lord, Licensing Authority. Accordingly, 7 CFR part 6 is amended as follows: PART 6 IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES 1. The authority citation for Part 6, Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing continues to read as follows: 2

3 Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, and 25 to Chapter 4 and General Note 15 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), Pub. L , 96 Stat. 1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103 and 404, Pub. L , 108 Stat (19 U.S.C and 3601). 2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing are revised to read as follows: 3

4 Articles Subject to: 1, Historical Licenses; 2 Non-historical Licenses; and 3, Designated Importers Licenses for Quota Year 2015 (quantities in Kilograms) 3 HTS NO N-CHEESE ARTICLES 1 2 Sum of 1&2 Tokyo R. Uruguay R. Grand Total Chapter 4/2014 BUTTER (NO TE 6) 4,545,013 2,431,987 6,977,000 6,977,000 6,977,000 EU-27 62,599 33,562 96,161 New Zealand 88,264 62, ,593 Other Countries 39,173 34,762 73,935 Any Country 4,354,977 2,301,334 6,656,311 DRIED SKIM MILK (NO TE 7) 5,261,000 5,261,000 5,261,000 5,261,000 Australia 0 600, ,076 Canada 0 219, ,565 Any Country 0 4,441,359 4,441,359 DRIED WHOLE MILK 0 3,321,300 3,321,300 3,321,300 3,321,300 (NO TE 8) New Zealand 0 3,175 3,175 Any Country 0 3,318,125 3,318,125 DRIED 0 224, , , ,981 BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NO TE 12) Canada 0 161, ,161 New Zealand 0 63,820 63,820 BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CO NTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT O F BUTTERFAT AND/O R BUTTER O IL (NOTE 14) 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 6,080,500 6,080,500 Any Country 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 TO TAL: NO N-CHEESE ARTICLES 4,545,013 17,319,768 21,864,781 21,864,781 21,864,781 CHEESE ARTICLES 1 2 Sum of 1&2 Tokyo R. Uruguay R. Grand Total Chapter 4/2010 CHEESE AND 18,385,959 13,083,772 31,469,731 9,661,128 7,496,000 48,626,859 48,626,859 SUBSTITUTES FO R CHEESE (NO TE 16) Argentina 0 7,690 7,690 92, , ,000 Australia 535,628 5, , ,830 1,750,000 3,050,000 3,050,000 Canada 977, ,561 1,141,000 1,141,000 1,141,000 Costa Rica ,550,000 1,550,000 1,550,000 EU-27 14,342,806 8,924,850 23,267,656 1,132,568 3,446,000 27,846,224 27,493,224 Of which Portugal is: 65,838 63, , , , ,000 4

5 Israel 79, , , , ,000 Iceland 29, , ,000 29, , ,000 New Zealand 1,595,012 3,220,460 4,815,472 6,506,528 11,322,000 11,322,000 Norway 122,860 27, , , ,000 Switzerland 536, , , , ,000 1,720,000 1,720,000 Uruguay , , ,000 Other Countries 100, , , , ,635 Any Country 0 300, , , ,000 BLUE-MO LD CHEESE 1,947, ,489 2,481, ,000 2,911,001 2,911,001 (NO TE 17) Argentina 2, ,000 2,000 2,000 EU-27 1,945, ,488 2,479, ,000 2,829,000 2,829,000 Chile ,000 80,000 80,000 Other Countries CHEDDAR CHEESE 2,344,177 1,939,679 4,283, ,033 7,620,000 12,422,889 12,422,889 (NO TE 18) Australia 897,786 86, , ,501 1,250,000 2,450,000 2,450,000 Chile , , ,000 EU-27 52, , ,000 1,050,000 1,313,000 1,313,000 New Zealand 1,292,374 1,504,094 2,796, ,532 5,100,000 8,200,000 8,200,000 Other Countries 101,613 38, , , ,889 Any Country 0 100, , , ,000 AMERICAN-TYPE 1,248,043 1,917,510 3,165, , ,522,556 3,522,556 CHEESE (NO TE 19) Australia 761, , , ,002 1,000,000 1,000,000 EU , , , , ,000 New Zealand 217,680 1,544,319 1,761, ,001 2,000,000 2,000,000 Other Countries , , , ,556 EDAM AND GO UDA 4,335,725 1,270,677 5,606, ,210,000 6,816,402 6,816,402 CHEESE (NO TE 20) Argentina 105,418 19, , , , ,000 EU-27 4,114,499 1,174,501 5,289,000 1,100,000 6,389,000 6,389,000 Norway 111,046 55, , , ,000 Other Countries 4,762 20,640 25,402 25,402 25,402 ITALIAN-TYPE 6,179,155 1,341,392 7,520, ,517 5,165,000 13,481,064 13,481,064 CHEESES (NO TE 21) Argentina ,455 4,125, ,517 1,890,000 6,383,000 6,383,000 EU-27 2,417, ,873 3,382,000 2,025,000 5,407,000 5,407,000 Romania , , ,000 Uruguay , ,000 1,178,000 1,178,000 Other Countries 0 13,064 13,064 13,064 13,064 SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NO TE 22) 5,182,610 1,468,704 6,651, , ,000 7,854,833 7,854,833 EU ,233,533 5,151, , ,000 5,925,000 5,925,000 Switzerland ,836 1,419, ,513 1,850,000 1,850,000 5

6 Other Countries ,335 79,833 79,833 79,833 CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FO R CHEESE (NO TE 23) 1,837,206 2,587,702 4,424,908 1,050, ,474,908 5,474,908 EU-27 1,837,206 2,587,701 4,424,907 4,424,907 4,424,907 Israel ,000 50,000 50,000 New Zealand ,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 Other Countries SWISS OR 13,609,024 8,688,307 22,297,331 9,557,945 2,620,000 34,475,276 34,475,276 EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FO RMATIO N (NOTE 25) Argentina 0 9,115 9,115 70,885 80,000 80,000 Australia 209, , , , ,000 Canada ,000 70,000 70,000 EU-27 10,081,002 6,395,826 16,476,828 4,003,172 2,420,000 22,900,000 22,900,000 Iceland 0 149, , , , ,000 Israel 27, ,000 27,000 27,000 Norway 2,480,021 1,175,289 3,655,310 3,227,690 6,883,000 6,883,000 Switzerland 763, ,055 1,684,105 1,745, ,000 3,630,000 3,630,000 Other Countries 48,253 37,023 85,276 85,276 85,276 TO TAL: CHEESE ARTICLES TO TAL: CHEESE & NO N-CHEESE 55,069,411 32,831,232 87,900,643 22,764,145 24,921, ,585, ,585,788 59,614,424 50,151, ,765,424 22,764,145 24,921, ,450, ,450,569 [FR Doc Filed: 8/3/ :45 am; Publication Date: 8/4/2015] 6