CHAPTER XXI IMPORT QUOTAS Tariff-rate Quotas Absolute Quotas

IMPORT QUOTAS A quantity control on imported merchandise for a certain period of time In determining quota priority for merchandise subject to quota Entry summary or warehouse withdrawal for consumption submitted Merchandise located within the port limit Quota is opened at 12 noon E.S.T. on the designated effective date. For most quota products: January 1. Sugars, cocoa powder: October 1 Peanuts: April 1

Tariff-rate Quota Allows importations of a specified quantity of the quota product at a reduced rate of duty (in-quota rate) during a given period Quantities entered in excess of quota pay a higher rate of duty (over-quota rate) No limitation on the quantity of product to be entered Products under Tariff-rate Quota per Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. Whiskbrooms (9603.10.05): 61,655 dozen Other Brooms (9603.10.40): 121,478 dozen Valued not over 96¢ each In-quota rate 8% (General). Over-quota rate 32¢ each (General),

Tariff-rate Quota Ethyl Alcohol (9901.00.50): 875.4 million gallons Mandarins (Satsumas) (2008.30.42) in airtight containers: 40,000 M/T Free (General), 0.28¢/kg (General) Olives in a saline solution, Not pitted (2005.70.02): 730 M/T Olives in a saline solution, Pitted (2005.70.16): 2,700 MT Tuna fish (1604.14.22), not in oil, in airtight container: 4.8% of U.S. consumption during previous year 6% (General), 12.5% (General) Upland cotton (9903.52.00): USDA's Global Import Quota Announcement

Tariff-rate Quota Tariff-rate Quota per General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Presidential Proclamation 6763 by Pres. Clinton implementing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Uruguay Round Agreement Quota quantity per Additional U.S. Notes In-quota duties in pertinent chapter of HTSUS Over-quota duties: In-quota duties plus additional duties per Chapter 99 Subchapter 4(9904)

Tariff-rate Quota Products under Tariff-rate Quota per GATT Animal feeds (Chap. 23, Additional U.S. Note 2) Beef (Chap. 2, Additional U.S. Note 2) Chocolate (Chap. 18, Additional U.S. Note 2) Cocoa Powder (Chap. 18, Addi. U.S. Note 1) Cotton (Chap. 52, Addi. U.S. Note 5,6,7,8,10) Dairy Products (Chap. 4.. Addi. U.S. Note 10) Ice Cream (Chap 21, Addi. U.S. Note 5) Infant Formula (Chap. 19, Addi. U.S. Note 2)

Tariff-rate Quota Products under Tariff-rate quota per GATT (continued) Milk and Cream (Chap. 4, Addi. U.S. Note 5, 11) Milk, Dried (Chap. 4, Addi. U.S. Note 9, 12) Peanut Butter (Chap. 20, Addi. U.S. Note 5) Peanuts (Chap. 12, Addi. U.S. Note 2) Sugars (Chap. 17, Addi. U.S. Note 2) Tobacco (Chap. 24, Addi. U.S. Note 5)

Absolute Quota Limits the importable quantity for a year Quantities in excess of a specified quota Reexported or Warehoused at the bonded warehouse for entry in a subsequent year Agricultural products which had been under Absolute Quota previously became Tariff-rate quota products per P.P. of 12/23/1994 Absolute quotas for textile articles and wearing apparel ended 12/31/ 2004. Currently no products subject to Absolute Quota.

Import Quota Status Current status of Quota: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations Quota Enforcement and Administration Branch 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20229 Website: www.cbp.gov/trade/quota Email: hq.quota@cbp.dhs.gov Telephone: 202-863-6560 Fax: 202-863-6540

Quota Administered by Other Government Agencies Watch & Watch Movements Produced in insular possessions (U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam) Duty-free entry Administered by U.S. Dept. of Commerce & Dept. of Interior Statutory Import Programs Staff International Trade Administration U.S. Dept. of Commerce Washington, DC 20230 Tel: 202-482-1661

Quota Administered by Other Government Agencies Dairy Products: Annual import quotas administered by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) May be imported at the in-quota duty rate only under import licenses issued by USDA Dairy Import Group Foreign Agricultural Service U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Washington, DC 20250 Tel: 202-720-9439