[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15859-15860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8752]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
USTR Announces Allocation of the Tariff-rate Quota Increase for
Raw Cane Sugar
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is
providing notice of the country-by-country allocation of the 200,000
metric ton increase in the tariff-rate quota for imported raw cane
sugar for the period that begins October 1, 1995, and ends September
30, 1996. This is in addition to the previous allocations of the
tariff-rate quota of 1,817,195 mt for imported raw cane sugar.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or delivered to Tom Perkins, Senior
Economist, Office of Agricultural Affairs (Room 421), Office of the
United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC
20508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tom Perkins, Office of Agricultural Affairs, 202-395-6127.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to additional U.S. Note 5 to
chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), the United States maintains a tariff-rate quota for imports of
raw sugar. The in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for the
period October 1, 1995-September 30, 1996, has been increased by
200,000 metric tons by the Secretary of Agriculture, resulting in a new
total of 2,017,195 metric tons, raw value.
Section 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3601(d)(3)) authorizes the President to allocate the in-quota quantity
of a tariff-rate quota for any agricultural product among supplying
countries or customs areas. The President delegated this authority to
the United States Trade Representative under paragraph (3) of
Presidential Proclamation No. 6763 (60 FR 1007).
I have determined to allocate the increase in the tariff-rate quota
among supplying countries or customs areas. Accordingly, the country-
by-country tariff-rate quota allocations in metric tons, raw value, for
raw cane sugar allowed into the United States at the in-quota quantity
tariff rate for the October 1, 1995-September 30, 1996, period are as
follows:
1995-96 Raw Sugar TRQ Allocation
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Current FY New
Country/ \1\ \2\ 1996 additional FY 1996
allocation allocation allocation
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Argentina..................... 75,623 10,118 85,741
Australia..................... 145,971 19,529 165,500
Barbados...................... 12,311 0 12,311
Belize........................ 19,346 2,588 21,934
Bolivia....................... 14,069 1,882 15,952
Brazil........................ 255,009 34,117 289,127
Colombia...................... 42,208 5,647 47,855
Congo......................... 7,258 0 7,258
Cote d'Ivoire................. 7,258 0 7,258
Costa Rica.................... 26,380 3,529 29,910
Dominican Republic............ 309,528 41,411 350,940
Ecuador....................... 19,346 2,588 21,934
El Salvador................... 45,726 6,118 51,843
Fiji.......................... 15,828 2,118 17,946
Gabon......................... 7,258 0 7,258
Guatemala..................... 84,417 11,294 95,711
Guyana........................ 21,104 2,824 23,928
Haiti......................... 7,258 0 7,258
Honduras...................... 17,587 2,353 19,940
India......................... 14,069 1,882 15,952
Jamaica....................... 19,346 2,588 21,934
Madagascar.................... 7,258 0 7,258
Malawi........................ 17,587 2,353 19,940
Mauritius..................... 21,104 2,824 23,928
Mexico........................ 7,258 0 7,258
Mozambique.................... 22,863 3,059 25,922
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Nicaragua..................... 36,932 4,941 41,873
Panama........................ 51,002 6,832 57,825
Papua New Guinea.............. 7,258 0 7,258
Paraguay...................... 7,258 0 7,258
Peru.......................... 72,106 9,647 81,753
Philippines................... 237,422 0 237,422
South Africa.................. 40,450 5,412 45,861
St. Kitts & Nevis............. 7,258 0 7,258
Swaziland..................... 28,139 3,765 31,904
Taiwan........................ 21,104 2,824 23,928
Thailand...................... 24,622 3,294 27,916
Trinidad-Tobago............... 12,311 1,647 13,958
Uruguay....................... 7,258 0 7,258
Zimbabwe...................... 21,104 2,824 23,928
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1,817,195 200,000 2,017,195
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\1\ Additional increases in the TRQ were not allocated to the
Philippines and Barbados at this time because market conditions
indicate they are unable to supply additional sugar.
\2\ The additional allocation amount is zero for the ten minimum quota-
holding countries including: Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Haiti,
Madagascar, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, St. Kitts & Nevis, and
Uruguay. The previously announced minimum allocation for these
countries exceeds the base import quota plus any additional increases
in the tariff-rate quota.
Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons
Michael Kantor,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 96-8752 Filed 4-8-96; 8:45 am]
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