[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 6305-6306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3528]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
7 CFR Part 6
Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; technical corrections to import regulation 1,
revision 7.
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SUMMARY: Import Regulation 1, Revision 7 (``Revision 7'') governs the
administration of the import licensing system for certain dairy
products. A license qualifies imports of certain dairy products for
entry at the in-quota tariff rates established in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS). This document sets forth technical
corrections to Appendix 3 of Revision 7 with respect to the in-quota
quantities that may enter under supplementary license to be issued for
certain cheeses from Poland and Hungary for quota year 1996.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 20, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Warsack, Import Programs
Group, Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, AG BOX 1021, Washington, DC
20250-1021, or telephone (202) 720-2916.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) began to implement its Uruguay
Round Agreement commitments for certain dairy articles when it
published an interim rule on January 6, 1995 (60 FR 1989-1996) amending
Revision 7. That interim rule added a new Appendix 3 which specified
the quantities of articles of dairy products that, effective January 1,
1995, had become available for supplementary licenses during quota year
1995. The quantities specified reflected U.S. commitments to those
countries which implemented their own Uruguay Round access commitments
on January 1, 1995. On May 2, 1995, USDA published a second interim
rule (60 FR 21425-21428) which again amended Revision 7 by revising
Appendix 3 to reflect additional amounts of cheese and cheese products
that became available, effective July 1, 1995, for supplementary
licenses. These increases implemented U.S. access commitments to the
six countries which began to implement their respective access
commitments effective July 1, 1995. These countries included Poland and
Hungary. That interim rule also added a footnote to Appendix 3 which
clarified that the in-quota quantity allocated to Poland for Italian-
type cheese was conditioned on the results of a bilateral agreement
being negotiated between the Governments of the United States and
Poland. On September 13, 1995, USDA published a third interim rule (60
FR 47453-47455) which again amended Revision 7 by amending Appendix 3
to reflect additional quantities of dairy articles that will be
eligible, effective January 1, 1996, for supplementary licenses. These
increases reflect the additional amounts of articles of dairy products
available for supplementary licenses required to fulfill the second
year of the six-year Uruguay Round access commitment. That interim rule
inadvertently omitted the footnote regarding the in-quota quantity of
Italian-type cheese for Poland and the in-quota quantity of Swiss
cheese for Hungary.
Subsequent to the publication of the third interim rule, the United
States and Poland signed a Record of Understanding between Poland and
the United States of America on Agricultural Items which provides that
the in-quota quantity for Italian-type cheese be increased.
Presidential Proclamation 6859 of December 13, 1995 implemented this
commitment by amending Additional U.S. Note 21 of chapter 4 of the HTS
to increase the in-quota quantity of Italian-type cheese for Poland
from 1,100,000 kilograms to 1,325,000 kilograms.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6
Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy Products, Imports,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Technical Correction
Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 6, Subpart--Tariff-Rate Quotas is amended
as follows:
PART 6--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for Subpart--Tariff-Rate Quotas continues
to read as follows:
Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16-23 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. 97-258, 96 Stat.
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103 and 404, Pub. L.
103-465, 108 Stat. 4819 and 4959 (19 U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).
2. Appendix 3 is amended by revising the entry for Poland under
``Italian-Type cheeses'' and by adding an entry for Hungary preceding
Sweden under ``Swiss and Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation'' to
read as follows:
Appendix 3--Articles Subject to the Supplementary Licensing Provisions
of Import Regulation 1, Revision 7, and Respective Annual Tariff-Rate
Import Quotas for the 1996 Quota Year
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Annual
supplementary
Article by HTS note No. quota
(kilograms)
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Italian-Type cheeses, made from cow's milk (Romano made
from cow's milk, Reggiano, Parmesan, Provolone,
Provoletti, Sbrinz, and Goya not in original loaves) and
cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or
processed from, such Italian-Type cheeses, whether or
not in original loaves:
(Note 21).............................................. 4,765,000
Argentina............................................ 1,890,000
EC................................................... 233,333
Uruguay.............................................. 750,000
Hungary.............................................. 400,000
Poland............................................... 1,325,000
Romania.............................................. 166,667
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Swiss and Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation:
(Note 25).............................................. 1,873,333
Austria.............................................. 73,333
EC................................................... 233,333
Hungary.............................................. 400,000
Sweden............................................... 300,000
Switzerland.......................................... 66,667
Czech Republic....................................... 400,000
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Signed at Washington, DC, on February 8, 1996.
Timothy J. Galvin,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agriculture Service
[FR Doc. 96-3528 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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