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2012 TRQ on Italian-Type Cheeses Opens Jan 3

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on Italian-type cheeses provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 21 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, will open on January 3, 2012. The below-listed countries or areas have the following low-duty access amounts:

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Argentina6,383,000 kg
EC 255,407,000 kg
Romania500,000 kg
Uruguay1,178,000 kg
Other countries or areas13,064 kg

Imports described in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 21 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-11-551, dated 11/04/11)