[Federal Register: July 16, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 136)]
[Notices]
[Page 36993-36994]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard
measures provided for in the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture.
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SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated quantity trigger levels for
products which may be subject to additional import duties under the
safeguard provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. It
also includes the relevant period applicable for trigger levels on each
of those products.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles K. Bertsch, Multilateral Trade
Negotiations Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, room 5530--South
Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-1022,
telephone at (202) 720-6278, or email bertschc@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 of the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Agriculture provides that additional import duties may be imposed on
imports of products subject to tariffication during the Uruguay Round
if certain conditions are met. The agreement permits additional duties
to be charged if the price of an individual shipment of imported
products falls below the average price for similar goods imported
during the years 1986-88 by a specified percentage. It also permits
additional duties to be imposed if the volume of imports of an article
exceeds the average of the most recent 3 years for which data are
available by 5, 10, or 25 percent, depending on the article. These
additional duties may not be imposed on quantities for which minimum or
current access commitments were made during the Uruguay Round
negotiations, and only one type of safeguard, price or quantity, may be
applied at any given time to an article.
Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires that the
President cause to be published in the Federal Register information
regarding the price and quantity safeguards, including the quantity
trigger levels, which must be updated annually based upon import levels
during the most recent 3 years. The President delegated this duty to
the Secretary of Agriculture in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763,
dated December 23, 1994. The Secretary of Agriculture further delegated
the duty to the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service (7
CFR 2.43(a)(2)). The Annex to this notice contains the updated quantity
trigger levels.
Additional information on the products subject to safeguards and
the additional duties which may apply can be found in subchapter IV of
Chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and
in the Secretary of Agriculture's Notice of Safeguard Action, published
in the Federal Register at 60 FR 427, January 4, 1995.
Notice: As provided in section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, consistent with Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture, the
safeguard quantity trigger levels previously notified are superceded by
the levels indicated in the Annex to this notice.
Issued at Washington, DC, this 27th day of June, 2001.
Mattie R. Sharpless,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
Annex
The definitions of these products were provided in the Notice of
Safeguard Action published in the Federal Register, at 60 FR 427,
January 4, 1995.
Quantity Based Safeguard Trigger
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Product Trigger level Period
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Beef............................ 1,062,131 mt...... January 1, 2001 to
December 31,
2001.
Mutton.......................... 14,101 mt......... January 1, 2001 to
December 31,
2001.
Cream........................... 6,599,822 liters.. January 1, 2001 to
December 31,
2001.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk.... 6,199,769 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
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Nonfat Dry Milk................. 4,689,770 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Dried Whole Milk................ 2,946,410 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Dried Cream..................... 4,485 kilograms... January 1, 2001 to
December 31,
2001.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk........... 136,940 kilograms. January 1, 2001 to
December 31,
2001.
Butter.......................... 8,183,104 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Butter Oil and Butter 7,823,523 January 1, 2001 to
Substitutes. kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Dairy Mixtures.................. 3,875,137 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Blue Cheese..................... 3,618,036 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Cheddar Cheese.................. 11,278,847 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
American Type Cheese............ 10,140,963 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Edam/Gouda Cheese............... 7,765,924 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Italian-Type Cheese............. 17,172,739 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation. 37,920,677 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Gruyere Process Cheese.......... 8,204,076 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Lowfat Cheese................... 3,205,090 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
NSPF Cheese..................... 54,467,260 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Peanuts......................... 54,876 mt......... April 1, 2001 to
March 31, 2002.
Peanut Butter/Paste............. 21,836 mt......... January 1, 2001 to
December 31,
2001.
Raw Cane Sugar.................. 1,945,430 mt...... October 1, 2000 to
1,645,884 mt...... September 30,
2001.
October 1, 2001 to
September 30,
2002.
Refined Sugar and Syrups........ 27,058 mt......... October 1, 2000 to
27,871 mt......... September 30,
2001.
October 1, 2001 to
September 30,
2002.
Blended Syrups.................. 0 mt.............. October 1, 2000 to
0 mt.............. September 30,
2001.
October 1, 2001 to
September 30,
2002.
Articles Over 65% Sugar......... 0 mt.............. October 1, 2000 to
0 mt.............. September 30,
2001.
October 1, 2001 to
September 30,
2002.
Articles Over 10% Sugar......... 80,282 mt......... October 1, 2000 to
80,886 mt......... September 30,
2001.
October 1, 2001 to
September 30,
2002.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder.......... 1,555 mt.......... October 1, 2000 to
1,196 mt.......... September 30,
2001.
October 1, 2001 to
September 30,
2002.
Chocolate Crumb................. 23,579,229 January 1, 2001 to
kilograms. December 31,
2001.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb.......... 148 kilograms..... January 1, 2001 to
December 31,
2001.
Infant Formula Containing 125,000 kilograms. January 1, 2001 to
Oligosaccharides. December 31,
2001.
Mixes and Doughs................ 6,064 mt.......... October 1, 2000 to
5,366 mt.......... September 30,
2001.
October 1, 2001 to
September 30,
2002.
Mixed Condiments and Seasonings. 232 mt............ October 1, 2000 to
243 mt............ September 30,
2001.
October 1, 2001 to
September 30,
2002.
Ice Cream....................... 2,908,496 liters.. January 1, 2001 to
December 31,
2001.
Animal Feed Containing Milk..... 703,742 kilograms. January 1, 2001 to
December 31,
2001.
Short Staple Cotton............. 5,340,573 September 20, 2000
kilograms. to September 19,
5,197,960 2001.
kilograms. September 20, 2001
to September 19,
2002.
Harsh or Rough Cotton........... 0 mt.............. August 1, 2000 to
0 mt.............. July 31, 2001.
August 1, 2001 to
July 31, 2002.
Medium Staple Cotton............ 622,754 kilograms. August 1, 2000 to
701,895 kilograms. July 31, 2001.
August 1, 2001 to
July 31, 2002.
Extra Long Staple Cotton........ 1,482,280 August 1, 2000 to
kilograms. July 31, 2001.
5,481,363 August 1, 2001 to
kilograms. July 31, 2002.
Cotton Waste.................... 0 kilograms....... September 20, 2000
0 kilograms....... to September 19,
2001.
September 20, 2001
to September 19,
2002.
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun..... 798 kilograms..... September 11, 2000
748 kilograms..... to September 10,
2001.
September 11, 2001
to September 10,
2002.
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