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USDA Sets 2026 Tariff Rate Quota Fee for Dairy Imports

The USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service has set a $350 fee to be charged for each license issued authorizing imports of certain dairy articles according to the 2026 tariff rate quota year, it said in a Federal Register notice. The fee amount, effective Aug. 15, covers calendar year 2026; licenses are issued on a calendar year basis.

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In another Federal Register notice, FAS confirmed an adjustment of appendices under the dairy tariff rate quota import licensing regulation. The adjustment is related to the transfer of amounts for certain dairy articles from the historical license category (Appendix 1) to the lottery (nonhistorical) license category (Appendix 2) pursuant to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing regulations for the 2025 quota year, it said.