[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17594-17595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8476]



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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Country Allocation of the Tariff-Rate Quota for Certain Imported 
Sugars, Syrups, and Molasses

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 allocations of the tariff-
rate quota for certain imported sugars, syrups, and molasses 
established for the period January 1, 1995, through September 30, 1995. 
The new allocations replace the allocations previously made for the 
period of August 1, 1994, through September 30, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or delivered to Tom Hushek, Senior 
Economist, Office of Agricultural Affairs (Room 421), or to Daniel 
Brinza, Senior Advisor and Special Counsel for Natural Resources, 
Office of the General Counsel (Room 223); Office of the United States 
Trade Representative, 600 Seventeenth Street, Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Hushek, Office of Agricultural 
Affairs, 202-395-6127, or Daniel Brinza, Office of the General Counsel, 
202-395-7305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Presidential Proclamation No. 6763 of 
December 23, 1994 established a tariff-rate quota for certain sugars, 
syrups, and molasses effective January 1, 1995, to implement the 
Uruguay Round Agreements approved by the Congress in the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (URAA) (P.L. 103-465). This tariff-rate quota replaced 
the tariff-rate quota that had been in effect previously. Presidential 
Proclamation No. 6763 also provided an additional amount under the 
tariff-rate quota for the period January 1 through September 30, 1995, 
of 8,000 metric tons, raw value, of refined sugars originating in 
Canada.
    Presidential Proclamation No. 6763 also delegated to the United 
States Trade Representative (USTR) the President's authority under 
section 404(d)(3) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3601) to allocate the in-quota 
quantity of a tariff-rate quota for any agricultural product among 
supplying countries or customs areas and to modify any allocation as 
the President determines appropriate.
    Since the tariff-rate quota established by Presidential 
Proclamation No. 6763 replaced the previous tariff-rate quota, USTR is 
providing notice of the allocation of the new tariff-rate quota for the 
quota period January 1, 1995, through September 30, 1995.

Notice

    The in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for sugars, syrups 
and molasses entered under subheading 1701.11.10, 1701.12.10, 
1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10 and 2106.90.44 for the period of 
January 1 through September 30, 1995, is allocated to each of the 
following countries and customs areas in an amount equal to the 
remaining quantity available, if any, from the allocation for that 
country or area for the quota period that began October 1, 1992, plus 
the remaining quantity available, if any, from its allocation for the 
quota period which began on August 1, 1994:

    Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, 
Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El 
Salvador, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, 
Jamaica, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, 
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, St. Kitts and 
Nevis, South Africa, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, 
Uruguay, and Zimbabwe.

    The allocations for the quota period that began October 1, 1992, 
were announced by USTR on August 27, 1992, and adjusted by USTR as 
announced on July 1, 1993. The allocations for the quota period which 
began on August 1, 1994, were announced by USTR on August 11, 1994.


    Signed at Washington, DC, on March 24, 1995.

Michael Kantor,

United States Trade Representative.

[FR Doc. 95-8476 Filed 4-5-95; 8:45 am]

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