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Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
Notice.
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, 7 CFR part 6, for the 2020 quota year.
October 26, 2020.
Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720-9439; abdelsalam.el-farra@fas.usda.gov.
The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a delegation of authority from the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import 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 Multilateral Affairs 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 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 § 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 for the 2020 tariff-rate quota year in the table below. Although there are no changes to the quantities for designated licenses (Appendix 3 and Appendix 4) nor to the total amount for each article, those numbers are also included in the table below for completeness.
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this notice as not a major rule, as defined by U.S.C. 804(2).
Lori Tortora,
Licensing Authority.
| Historical Licenses (Appendix 1) 2 | Lottery Licenses (Appendix 2) 3 | Sum of Appendix 1 & 2 4 | Designated Licenses (Tokyo Round, Appendix 3) 4 | Designated Licenses (Uruguay Round, Appendix 4) 4 | Total 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NON-CHEESE ARTICLES, Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 (Appendix 1 reduction): | ||||||
| BUTTER (NOTE 6, Commodity Code G) (−76,000 kg) | 4,225,461 | 2,751,539 | 6,977,000 | 6,977,000 | ||
| EU-27 | 62,599 | 33,562 | 96,161 | |||
| New Zealand | 76,503 | 74,090 | 150,593 | |||
| Other Countries | 35,382 | 38,553 | 73,935 | |||
| Any Country (−76,000 kg) | 4,050,977 | 2,605,334 | 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 M) | 0 | 224,981 | 224,981 | 224,981 | ||
| Canada | 0 | 161,161 | 161,161 | |||
| New Zealand | 0 | 63,820 | 63,820 | |||
| BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14, Commodity Code SU) | 0 | 6,080,500 | 6,080,500 | 6,080,500 | ||
| Any Country | 0 | 6,080,500 | 6,080,500 | |||
| TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES (−76,000 kg) | 4,225,461 | 17,639,320 | 21,864,781 | 21,864,781 | ||
| CHEESE ARTICLES (Notes 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25) (Appendix 1 reduction): | ||||||
| CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16, Commodity Code OT) | 17,613,583 | 13,856,148 | 31,469,731 | 9,661,128 | 7,496,000 | 48,626,859 |
| Argentina | 0 | 7,690 | 7,690 | 92,310 | 100,000 | |
| Australia | 535,628 | 5,542 | 541,170 | 758,830 | 1,750,000 | 3,050,000 |
| Canada | 950,162 | 190,838 | 1,141,000 | 1,141,000 | ||
| Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,550,000 | 1,550,000 | |
| EU-27 (not including Portugal) | 13,866,255 | 9,272,092 | 23,138,347 | 908,877 | 3,446,000 | 27,493,224 |
| Portugal | 65,838 | 63,471 | 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 | 1,351,000 | 3,464,472 | 4,815,472 | 6,506,528 | 11,322,000 | |
| Norway | 122,860 | 27,140 | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||
| Switzerland | 512,184 | 159,228 | 671,412 | 548,588 | 500,000 | 1,720,000 |
| ( printed page 67707) | ||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250,000 | 250,000 | |
| Other Countries | 100,906 | 100,729 | 201,635 | 201,635 | ||
| Any Country | 0 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | ||
| BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17, Commodity Code B) | 1,933,126 | 547,875 | 2,481,001 | 430,000 | 2,911,001 | |
| Argentina | 2,000 | 0 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||
| EU-27 | 1,931,126 | 547,874 | 2,479,000 | 350,000 | 2,829,000 | |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80,000 | 80,000 | |
| Other Countries | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18, Commodity Code C) (−4,676 kg) | 2,296,319 | 1,987,537 | 4,283,856 | 519,033 | 7,620,000 | 12,422,889 |
| Australia (-4,676 kg) | 881,894 | 102,605 | 984,499 | 215,501 | 1,250,000 | 2,450,000 |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 220,000 | 220,000 | |
| EU-27 | 52,404 | 210,596 | 263,000 | 1,050,000 | 1,313,000 | |
| New Zealand | 1,265,070 | 1,531,398 | 2,796,468 | 303,532 | 5,100,000 | 8,200,000 |
| Other Countries | 96,951 | 42,938 | 139,889 | 139,889 | ||
| Any Country | 0 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||
| AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19, Commodity Code A) (−13,693 kg) | 1,151,434 | 2,014,119 | 3,165,553 | 357,003 | 0 | 3,522,556 |
| Australia (−4,623 kg) | 753,578 | 127,420 | 880,998 | 119,002 | 1,000,000 | |
| EU-27 | 136,075 | 217,925 | 354,000 | 354,000 | ||
| New Zealand (−9,070 kg) | 158,725 | 1,603,274 | 1,761,999 | 238,001 | 2,000,000 | |
| Other Countries | 103,056 | 65,500 | 168,556 | 168,556 | ||
| EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20, Commodity Code D) | 4,286,917 | 1,319,485 | 5,606,402 | 0 | 1,210,000 | 6,816,402 |
| Argentina | 105,418 | 19,582 | 125,000 | 110,000 | 235,000 | |
| EU-27 | 4,065,691 | 1,223,309 | 5,289,000 | 1,100,000 | 6,389,000 | |
| Norway | 111,046 | 55,954 | 167,000 | 167,000 | ||
| Other Countries | 4,762 | 20,640 | 25,402 | 25,402 | ||
| ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21, Commodity Code D) (−4,538 kg) | 6,100,358 | 1,420,189 | 7,520,547 | 795,517 | 5,165,000 | 13,481,064 |
| Argentina (−4,538 kg) | 3,687,807 | 437,676 | 4,125,483 | 367,517 | 1,890,000 | 6,383,000 |
| EU-27 | 2,412,551 | 969,449 | 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 Code GR) (−13,657 kg) | 4,224,349 | 2,426,965 | 6,651,314 | 823,519 | 380,000 | 7,854,833 |
| EU-27 (−8,917 kg) | 2,974,805 | 2,177,189 | 5,151,994 | 393,006 | 380,000 | 5,925,000 |
| Switzerland (−4,740 kg) | 1,216,046 | 203,441 | 1,419,487 | 430,513 | 1,850,000 | |
| Other Countries | 33,498 | 46,335 | 79,833 | 79,833 | ||
| LOWFAT CHEESE (NOTE 23, Commodity Code LF) | 1,173,766 | 3,251,142 | 4,424,908 | 1,050,000 | 0 | 5,474,908 |
| EU-27 | 1,173,766 | 3,251,141 | 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 (NOTE 25, Commodity Code SW) | 13,091,848 | 9,205,483 | 22,297,331 | 9,557,945 | 2,620,000 | 34,475,276 |
| 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 | 9,762,199 | 6,714,629 | 16,476,828 | 4,003,172 | 2,420,000 | 22,900,000 |
| Iceland | 0 | 149,999 | 149,999 | 150,001 | 300,000 | |
| Israel | 27,000 | 0 | 27,000 | 27,000 | ||
| Norway | 2,285,329 | 1,369,981 | 3,655,310 | 3,227,690 | 6,883,000 | |
| Switzerland | 759,369 | 924,736 | 1,684,105 | 1,745,895 | 200,000 | 3,630,000 |
| Other Countries | 48,253 | 37,023 | 85,276 | 85,276 | ||
| TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES (−36,564 kg) | 51,871,700 | 36,028,943 | 87,900,643 | 22,540,454 | 24,921,000 | 135,362,097 |
| TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE (−112,564 kg) | 56,097,161 | 53,668,263 | 109,765,424 | 22,540,454 | 24,921,000 | 157,226,878 |
| 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 2019 by total of 112,564 KG. | ||||||
| 3 Increased from 2019 by total of 112,564 KG. | ||||||
| 4 No change. | ||||||
[FR Doc. 2020-23649 Filed 10-23-20; 8:45 am]
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