[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27829-27830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13289]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Allocation of the 200,000 Metric Ton Increase in the Amount
Available Under the Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota
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 allocation among supplying countries and
customs areas for the 200,000 metric ton increase in the amount
available under the current raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota triggered
by the fact that the stocks to use ratio for sugar reported in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's World Agricultural Supply and Demand
Estimates on May 12, 1997, was 15.4 percent.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or delivered to Audrae Erickson,
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: Audrae Erickson, Office of the
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 cane sugar. On September 13, 1996, the Secretary of Agriculture
announced the in-quota quantity for the tariff-rate quota for raw cane
sugar for the period October 1, 1996-September 30, 1997, and announced
an administrative plan under which the quantity available would be
increased by 200,000 metric tons, raw value if the stocks-to-use ratio
reported in the May 1997 U.S. Department of Agriculture's World
Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) is less than or equal
to 15.5 percent. On May 12, 1997, the WASDE reported a stocks to use
ratio of 15.4 percent, thereby triggering a 200,000 metric ton increase
in the quantity available under the tariff-rate quota.
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. 6762 (60 FR 1007). Additional U.S. Note
5(b)(i) to chapter 17 of the HTS also provides that the quota amounts
established under the note may be allocated among supplying countries
and areas by the United States Trade Representative.
Raw Cane Sugar Allocation
Accordingly, USTR is allocating the 200,000 metric ton increase in
the amount available under the raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota to the
following countries or areas in metric tons, raw value:
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Current FY
Country 1997 Additional New FY 1997
allocation allocation allocation
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Argentina....................................................... 78,505 8,731 87,236
Australia....................................................... 151,533 16,853 168,386
Barbados........................................................ 11,359 0 11,359
Belize.......................................................... 20,083 2,234 22,316
Bolivia......................................................... 14,606 1,624 16,230
Brazil.......................................................... 264,727 29,442 294,169
Columbia........................................................ 43,817 4,873 48,690
Congo........................................................... 7,258 0 7,258
Cote d'Ivoire................................................... 7,258 0 7,258
Costa Rica...................................................... 27,376 3,046 30,431
Dominican Republic.............................................. 321,324 35,736 357,060
Ecuador......................................................... 20,083 2,234 22,316
El Salvador..................................................... 47,468 5,279 52,748
Fiji............................................................ 16,431 1,827 18,259
Gabon........................................................... 7,258 0 7,258
Guatemala....................................................... 87,634 9,746 97,380
Guyana.......................................................... 21,908 2,437 24,345
Haiti........................................................... 7,258 0 7,258
Honduras........................................................ 18,257 2,030 20,288
India........................................................... 14,606 1,624 16,230
Jamaica......................................................... 20,083 2,234 22,316
Madagascar...................................................... 7,258 0 7,258
Malawi.......................................................... 18,257 2,030 20,288
Mauritius....................................................... 21,908 2,437 24,345
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Mexico.......................................................... 25,000 0 25,000
Mozambique...................................................... 23,734 2,640 26,374
Nicaragua....................................................... 38,340 4,264 42,604
Panama.......................................................... 52,945 5,888 58,834
Papua New Guinea................................................ 7,258 0 7,258
Paraguay........................................................ 7,258 0 7,258
Peru............................................................ 74,854 8,325 83,179
Philippines..................................................... 246,470 27,411 273,881
South Africa.................................................... 41,991 4,670 46,661
St. Kitts & Nevis............................................... 7,258 0 7,258
Swaziland....................................................... 29,211 3,249 32,460
Taiwan.......................................................... 21,908 2,437 24,345
Thailand........................................................ 25,560 2,843 28,403
Trinidad-Tobago................................................. 12,780 1,421 14,201
Uruguay......................................................... 7,258 0 7,258
Zimbabwe........................................................ 21,908 2,437 24,345
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Total..................................................... 1,900,000 200,000 2,100,000
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Each allocation to a country that is a net importer of sugar is
conditioned on compliance with the requirements of section 902(c)(1) of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1446g note).
Charlene Barshefsky,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 97-13289 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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