This notice lists the updated quantity-based trigger levels for products which may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. This notice also includes the relevant period applicable for the trigger levels on each of the listed products.
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2019)] [Notices] [Pages 25028-25029] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2019-11281] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 104 / Thursday, May 30, 2019 / Notices [[Page 25028]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Foreign Agricultural Service WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. ACTION: Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard measures provided for in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated quantity-based trigger levels for products which may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. This notice also includes the relevant period applicable for the trigger levels on each of the listed products. DATES: May 30, 2019. ADDRESSES: Safeguard Staff, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, Office of Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1020, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720-2916, [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture provides that additional import duties may be imposed on imports of products subject to tarification as a result of 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 when the volume of imports of that product exceeds the sum of (1) a base trigger level multiplied by the average of the last three years of available import data and (2) the change in yearly consumption in the most recent year for which data are available (provided that the final trigger level is not less than 105 percent of the three-year import average). The base trigger level is set at 105, 110, or 125 percent of the three-year import average, depending on the percentage of domestic consumption that is represented by imports. 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, 60 FR 1007 (Jan. 4, 1995). The Secretary of Agriculture further delegated this duty, which lies with the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.601(a)(42)). The Annex to this notice contains the updated quantity trigger levels, consistent with the provisions of Article 5. 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 (2019) and in the Secretary of Agriculture's Notice of Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels, published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995). Notice: As provided in Section 405 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, consistent with Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, the safeguard quantity trigger levels previously notified are superseded by the levels indicated in the Annex to this notice. The definitions of these products were provided in the Notice of Safeguard Action published in the Federal Register, at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995). Issued at Washington, DC, this 14th day of May 2019. Ken Isley, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 Quantity-based safeguard trigger Product ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trigger level Unit Period ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beef............................. 283,562 MT................. Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Mutton........................... 5,173 MT................. Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Cream............................ 1,775,302 Liters............. Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Evaporated or Condensed Milk..... 5,107,390 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Nonfat Dry Milk.................. 1,338,088 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Dried Whole Milk................. 11,375,584 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Dried Cream...................... 15,550 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Dried Whey/Buttermilk............ 190,021 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Butter \1\....................... 52,867,302 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Butteroil........................ 11,186,023 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Chocolate Crumb.................. 10,418,615 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Lowfat Chocolate Crumb........... 111,129 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Animal Feed Containing Milk...... 1,203,666 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Ice Cream........................ 8,729,991 Liters............. Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Dairy Mixtures................... 15,957,596 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Infant Formula Containing 4,277,333 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Oligosaccharides. Blue Cheese...................... 4,187,603 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. [[Page 25029]] Cheddar Cheese................... 10,185,298 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. American-Type Cheese............. 457,283 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Edam/Gouda Cheese................ 9,108,231 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Italian-Type Cheese.............. 21,377,716 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation.. 28,612,344 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Gruyere Process Cheese........... 3,808,613 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. NSPF Cheese...................... 49,699,313 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Lowfat Cheese.................... 417,180 Kilograms.......... Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Peanut Butter/Paste.............. 4,327 MT................. Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019. Peanuts \1\...................... 40,078 MT................. April 1, 2018-Mar 31, 2019. 29,060 MT................. April 1, 2019-Mar 31, 2020. Raw Cane Sugar \1\............... 574,933 MT................. Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019. 891,834 MT................. Oct 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2020. Refined Sugars and Syrups \1\.... 396,386 MT................. Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019. 185,800 MT................. Oct 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2020. Articles over 65% Sugar.......... 405 MT................. Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019. 429 MT................. Oct 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2020. Articles over 10% Sugar.......... 8,028 MT................. Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019. 9,189 MT................. Oct 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2020. Blended Syrups................... 362 MT................. Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019. 403 MT................. Oct 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2020. Sweetened Cocoa Powder........... 111 MT................. Oct 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2020. 261 MT................. Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019. Mixes and Doughs................. 243 MT................. Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019. 436 MT................. Oct 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2020. Mixed Condiments and Seasonings.. 473 MT................. Oct 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2019. 353 MT................. Oct 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2020. Short Staple Cotton \2\.......... 2,592,880 Kilograms.......... Sep 20, 2018-Sep 19, 2019. 2,210,629 Kilograms.......... Sep 20, 2019-Sep 19, 2020. Harsh or Rough Cotton............ 32,958 Kilograms.......... Aug 1, 2018-July 31, 2019. 32,968 Kilograms.......... Aug 1, 2019-July 31, 2020. Medium Staple Cotton............. 8,333 Kilograms.......... Aug 1, 2018-July 31, 2019. 8,404 Kilograms.......... Aug 1, 2019-July 31, 2020. Extra Long Staple Cotton......... 722,750 Kilograms.......... Aug 1, 2018-July 31, 2019. 700,495 Kilograms.......... Aug 1, 2019-July 31, 2020. Cotton Waste \2\................. 1,019,017 Kilograms.......... Sep 20, 2018-Sep 19, 2019. 1,050,003 Kilograms.......... Sep 20, 2019-Sep 19, 2020. Cotton Processed but not Spun \2\ 198,226 Kilograms.......... Sep 11, 2018-Sep 10, 2019. 211,509 Kilograms.......... Sep 11, 2019-Sep 10, 2020. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Includes change in U.S. consumption. \2\ 12-month period from October to September. [FR Doc. 2019-11281 Filed 5-29-19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-10-P
| Publication Title | Federal Register Volume 84, Issue 104 (May 30, 2019) |
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| Action | Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard measures provided for in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture. |
| Dates | May 30, 2019. |
| Contact | Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720-2916, [email protected]. |
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