§ 1435.302 - Establishment of allotments.  


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  • § 1435.302 Establishment of allotments.

    (a) By the beginning of the crop year, CCC will establish the overall allotment quantity, beet sugar and cane sugar allotments, State cane sugar allotments, and allocations for processors marketing sugar domestically processed from sugarcane, sugar beets, or in-process beet sugar, whether the sugar beets or in-process beet sugar is domestically produced or imported at a level:

    (1) That is sufficient to maintain raw and refined sugar prices above minimum prices to avoid forfeiture of loans to the CCC, but

    (2) Not less that 85 percent of estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for the crop year.

    (b) Determinations under this section to establish marketing allotments will be published in the Federal Register and accompanied by a statement of the reasons for the determination.

    [74 FR 15365, Apr. 6, 2009]