USDA Announces Dairy Import License Fee for 2013, Adjusts 2012 Licenses
August 27, 2012
On August 27, 2012 posted in the Federal Register The Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service has announced a fee of $170 will be charged for the 2013 tariff- rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or firm by the Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation of certain dairy articles, which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States.
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 use of such licenses is monitored by the Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import Programs and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The regulatory authority may be located at 7 CFR 6.33(a) which provides that a fee will be charged for each license issued to a person or firm by the Licensing Authority in order to defray the Department of Agriculture’s costs of administering the licensing system under this regulation.
Full information can be found on their website.
Source: Federal Register
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