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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on Swiss or Emmentaler cheese, other than with eye formation, provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 22 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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EC 255,925,000 kg
Switzerland1,850,000 kg
Other countries or areas79,833 kg

Imports described in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 22 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-11-552, dated 11/04/11)