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2012 TRQ on Swiss and Emmentaler Cheese (w/ Eye Formation) Opens Jan 3

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on Swiss and Emmentaler cheese, with eye formation, provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 25 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:

Argentina80,000 kg
Australia500,000 kg
Canada70,000 kg
EC 2522,900,000 kg
Iceland300,000 kg
Israel27,000 kg
Norway6,883,000 kg
Switzerland3,630,000 kg
Other countries or areas85,276 kg

Products described in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 25 are subject to agriculture licensing and therefore shall be reported via the quota module of ACS.

(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-11-553, dated 11/04/11)