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2012 TRQ for Ice Cream Opens Jan 3

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for ice cream provided for in Chapter 21, Additional U.S. Note 5 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012.

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The aggregate low-duty quantity is 5,667,846 liters with the below-listed countries having the following minimum access amounts:

Belgium922,315 L
Denmark13,059 L
Jamaica3,596 L
Netherlands104,477 L
New Zealand589,312 L

(See CBP's notice for applicable HTS numbers as well as special instructions on (i) exclusions for Mexico; and (ii) 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-11-540, dated 10/28/11)