2012 TRQ on American-Type Cheese Opens Jan 3
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on American-type cheese, including Colby, provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 19 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, will open on January 3, 2012.
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The below-listed countries or areas have the following low-duty access amounts:
| Australia | 1,000,000 kg |
| EC 25 | 354,000 kg |
| New Zealand | 2,000,000 kg |
| Other countries or areas | 168,556 kg |
Products described in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 19 are subject to agriculture licensing.
(See CBP notice for applicable HTS numbers as well as special instructions on (i) when no license is used or presented, (ii) exclusions for Mexico; and (iii) high-duty reporting instructions for Canada, Jordan, Singapore, Chile, Australia, Morocco, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bahrain, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Peru, and Oman.)
(QBT-11-549, dated 11/04/11)