In the June 29, 2015, Federal Register, USDA announced the updated quantity-based trigger levels for products that may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. This Agreement, negotiated in the 1986–94 Uruguay Round, involved agreement by member governments to improve market access and reduce trade-distorting subsidies in agriculture. The notice also includes the relevant period applicable for the trigger levels on each of the listed products. The rule is effective June 29, 2015.

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