[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42142]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Determination of Total Amounts and Quota Period for Tariff-Rate 
Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Imported Sugars, Syrups, and 
Molasses

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice establishes the aggregate quantity of 1,117,195 
metric tons, raw value, of raw cane sugar that may be entered under 
subheading 1701.11.10 during fiscal year 1996 (FY 96). This notice in 
addition establishes the aggregate quantity of 22,000 metric tons (raw 
value basis) for certain sugars, syrups and molasses that may be 
entered under subheadings 1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 
1702.90.10, and 2106.90.44 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTS) during FY 96.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or delivered to the Sugar Team 
Leader, Import Policy and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Room 5531, South Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, DC 20250-1000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Hammond (Sugar Team Leader, 
Import Policy and Programs Division), 202-720-1061.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Paragraph (a)(i) of additional U.S. note 5 
to chapter 17 of the HTS provides in pertinent part as follows:

* * * the aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, under subheading 1701.11.10, during 
any fiscal year, shall not exceed in the aggregate an amount 
(expressed in terms of raw value), not less than, 1,117,195 metric 
tons, as shall be established by the Secretary of Agriculture * * *, 
and the aggregate quantity of sugars, syrups and molasses entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, under subheadings 
1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10 and 2106.90.44, 
during any fiscal year, shall not exceed in the aggregate an amount 
(expressed in terms of raw value), less than 22,000 metric tons, as 
shall be established by the Secretary. With either the aggregate 
quantity for raw cane sugar or the aggregate quantity for syrups, 
sugars and molasses other than raw cane sugar, the Secretary may 
reserve a quota quantity for the importation of specialty sugars as 
defined by the United States Trade Representative.

    These provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of additional U.S. note 5 to 
chapter 17 of the HTS authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
establish the total amounts (expressed in terms of raw value) for 
imports of raw cane sugar and certain other sugars, syrups, and 
molasses that may be entered under the subheadings of the HTS subject 
to the lower tier of duties of the tariff-rate quotas for entry during 
the fiscal year beginning October 1.
    Allocations of the quota amounts among supplying countries and 
areas will be made by the United States Trade Representative.
Notice

    Notice is hereby given that I have determined, in accordance with 
paragraph (a) of additional U.S. note 5 to chapter 17 of the HTS, that 
an aggregate quantity of up to 1,117,195 metric tons, raw value, of raw 
cane sugar described in subheading 1701.11.10 of the HTS may be entered 
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the period from 
October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996. I have further determined 
that an aggregate quantity of up to 22,000 metric tons, raw value, of 
certain sugars, syrups, and molasses described in subheadings 
1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and 2106.90.44 of the 
HTS may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during 
the period from October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996. I have 
further determined that out of the latter quantity of 22,000 metric 
tons for certain sugars, syrups, and molasses described in subheadings 
1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and 2106.90.44 of the 
HTS, the quantity of 1,656 metric tons, raw value, is reserved for the 
importation of specialty sugars. These quota amounts will be allocated 
among supplying countries and areas by the United States Trade 
Representative.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., on August 3, 1995.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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