Federal Register: December 30, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 249)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-32066
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Cheese quota; foreign government subsidies:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Publication of Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an InQuota Rate of Duty
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
EFFECTIVE DATES: December 30, 2003.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Department of Commerce (``the Department''), in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, has prepared its annual list of foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an inquota rate of duty during the period October 1, 2002, through September 30, 2003. We are publishing the current listing of those subsidies that we have determined exist.
SUMMARY:
Annual list,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (as amended) (``the Act'') requires the Department to determine, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy with respect to any article of cheese subject to an inquota rate of duty, as defined in section 702(h) of the Act, and to publish an annual list and quarterly updates of the type and amount of those subsidies. We hereby provide the Department's annual list of subsidies on articles of cheese that were imported during the period October 1, 2002, through September 30, 2003.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h) of the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign governments on articles of cheese subject to an inquota rate of duty. The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy program or programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which information is currently available.
The Department will incorporate additional programs which are found to constitute subsidies, and additional information on the subsidy programs listed, as the information is developed.
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The Department encourages any person having information on foreign government subsidy programs which benefit articles of cheese subject to an inquota rate of duty to submit such information in writing to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a) of the Act.
Dated: December 19, 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
APPENDIX
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN INQUOTA RATE OF DUTY
Country Program(s) Gross\1\ Subsidy ($/lb) Net\2\ Subsidy ($/lb)
Austria....................................................... European Union (EU) $ 0.1 $ 0.1
Restitution Payments
Belgium....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.05 $ 0.05
Canada........................................................ Export Assistance on Certain $ 0.25 $ 0.25
Types of Cheese
Denmark....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.04 $ 0.04
Finland....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.14 $ 0.14
France........................................................ EU Restitution Payments $ 0.12 $ 0.12
Germany....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.05 $ 0.05
Greece........................................................ EU Restitution Payments $ 0.07 $ 0.07
Ireland....................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.08 $ 0.08
Italy......................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.07 $ 0.07
Luxembourg.................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.07 $ 0.07
Netherlands................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.04 $ 0.04
Norway........................................................ Indirect (Milk) Subsidy $ 0.34 $ 0.34
Consumer Subsidy $ 0.16 $ 0.16
............................ $ 0.50 $ 0.50
Portugal...................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.05 $ 0.05
Spain......................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.06 $ 0.06
Switzerland................................................... Deficiency Payments $ 0.07 $ 0.07
U.K........................................................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.01 $ 0.01 \1\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Alicia Kinsey, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 482 2786.