1. 1 CHAPTER XXI IMPORT QUOTAS  Tariff-rate Quotas  Absolute Quotas

2. 2 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

3. 3 Tariff-rate Quota 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),

4. 4 Tariff-rate Quota 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

5. 5 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)

6. 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) 6

7. 7 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)

8. 8 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.

9. 9 Import Quota Status 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/quotawww.cbp.gov/trade/quota Email: hq.quota@cbp.dhs.gov@cbp.dhs.gov Telephone: 202-863-6560 Fax: 202-863-6540

10. 10 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

11. 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 11