[Federal Register: June 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 109)]
[Notices]               
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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: June 6, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles R. 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 charles.bertsch@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.

A. Ellen Terpstra,
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.................................  1,137,163 mt..............................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Mutton...............................  14,679 mt.................................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Cream................................  6,341,016 liters..........................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Evaporated or Condensed Milk.........  7,106,191 kilograms.......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Nonfat Dry Milk......................  4,205,862 kilograms.......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Dried Whole Milk.....................  3,430,322 kilograms.......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Dried Cream..........................  4,661 kilograms...........................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Dried Whey/Buttermilk................  123,994 kilograms.........................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Butter...............................  13,555,503 kilograms......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Butter Oil and Butter Substitutes....  10,919,487 kilograms......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Dairy Mixtures.......................  4,665,156 kilograms.......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Blue Cheese..........................  3,927,895 kilograms.......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Cheddar Cheese.......................  17,503,765 kilograms......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
American Type Cheese.................  16,528,242 kilograms......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Edam/Gouda Cheese....................  8,169,998 kilograms.......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Italian-Type Cheese..................  17,969,975 kilograms......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation......  39,140,027 kilograms......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Gruyere Process Cheese...............  8,191,124 kilograms.......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Lowfat Cheese........................  3,133,638 kilograms.......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
NSPF Cheese..........................  57,214,298 kilograms......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Peanuts..............................  60,603 mt.................................  April 1, 2002 to March 31,
                                                                                    2003.
Peanut Butter/Paste..................  21,299 mt.................................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Raw Cane Sugar.......................  1,645,884 mt..............................  October 1, 2001 to September
                                                                                    30, 2002.
                                       1,358,418 mt..............................  October 1, 2002 to September
                                                                                    30, 2003.
Refined Sugar and Syrups.............  27,871 mt.................................  October 1, 2001 to September
                                                                                    30, 2002.
                                       46,395 mt.................................  October 1, 2002 to September
                                                                                    30, 2003.
Blended Syrups.......................  0 mt......................................  October 1, 2001 to September
                                                                                    30, 2002.
                                       2 mt......................................  October 1, 2002 to September
                                                                                    30, 2003.
Articles Over 65% Sugar..............  0 mt......................................  October 1, 2001 to September
                                                                                    30, 2002.
                                       10 mt.....................................  October 1, 2002 to September
                                                                                    30, 2003.
Articles Over 10% Sugar..............  80,886 mt.................................  October 1, 2001 to September
                                                                                    30, 2002.
                                       80,886 mt.................................  October 1, 2002 to September
                                                                                    30, 2003.
Sweetened Cocoa Powder...............  1,196 mt..................................  October 1, 2001 to September
                                                                                    30, 2002.

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                                       759 mt....................................  October 1, 2002 to September
                                                                                    30, 2003.
Chocolate Crumb......................  25,261,975 kilograms......................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Lowfat Chocolate Crumb...............  460,209 kilograms.........................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Infant Formula Containing              125,000 kilograms.........................  January 1, 2002 to December
 Oligosaccharides..                                                                 31, 2002.
Mixes and Doughs.....................  5,366 mt..................................  October 1, 2001 to September
                                                                                    30, 2002.
                                       5,364 mt..................................  October 1, 2002 to September
                                                                                    30, 2003.
Mixed Condiments and Seasonings......  243 mt....................................  October 1, 2001 to September
                                                                                    30, 2002.
                                       523 mt....................................  October 1, 2002 to September
                                                                                    30, 2003.
Ice Cream............................  4,218,503 liters..........................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Animal Feed Containing Milk..........  262,895 kilograms.........................  January 1, 2002 to December
                                                                                    31, 2002.
Short Staple Cotton..................  5,197,960 kilograms.......................  September 20, 2001 to
                                                                                    September 19, 2002.
                                       5,273,740 kilograms.......................  September 20, 2002 to
                                                                                    September 19, 2003.
Harsh or Rough Cotton................  0 mt......................................  August 1, 2001 to July 31,
                                                                                    2002.
                                       0 mt......................................  August 1, 2002 to July 31,
                                                                                    2003.
Medium Staple Cotton.................  701,895 kilograms.........................  August 1, 2001 to July 31,
                                                                                    2002.
                                       740,504 kilograms.........................  August 1, 2002 to July 31,
                                                                                    2003.
Extra Long Staple Cotton.............  5,481,363 kilograms.......................  August 1, 2001 to July 31,
                                                                                    2002.
                                       6,562,505 kilograms.......................  August 1, 2002 to July 31,
                                                                                    2003.
Cotton Waste.........................  0 kilograms...............................  September 20, 2001 to
                                                                                    September 19, 2002.
                                       0 kilograms...............................  September 20, 2002 to
                                                                                    September 19, 2003.
Cotton, Processed, Not Spun..........  748 kilograms.............................  September 11, 2001 to
                                                                                    September 10, 2002.
                                       1,790 kilograms...........................  September 11, 2002 to
                                                                                    September 10, 2003.
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