[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 184 (Friday, September 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49317-49318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23545]



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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Third Country-by-Country Reallocation of the Tariff-rate Quota 
for Sugar

AGENCY: Office of the United States Representative, 600 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20508.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is 
providing notice of a country-by-country reallocation of part of the 
in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for imported sugar for the 
period that ends September 30, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1995.

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: On September 14, 1995, the United States 
Trade Representative determined and announced that countries to which 
an allocation had been made of the in-quota quantity under the sugar 
tariff-rate quota (TRQ) provided for in Additional U.S. Note 5 to 
chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) 
would not be filing their allocations and that the amount of this 
shortfall would be reallocated to other supplying countries or areas. 
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notice documents this earlier announcement. Following is information on 
the quota shortfall and reallocation amounts for the September 14 
announcement.

September 14, 1995, Reallocation

    On September 14, 1995, the United States Trade Representative 
determined and announced that five countries would not be filling their 
allocations under the tariff-rate quota for sugar. Accordingly, their 
remaining quota balances are being reallocated. These countries (and 
the respective shortfall amounts being reallocated in MT, raw value) 
are: Bolivia 1,300 MT, Haiti 21,840 MT, the Philippines 15,400 MT, 
Mauritius 900 MT, and Trinidad-Tobago 85 MT. The amount of the total 
shortfall is 39,525 metric tons (43,569 short tons).
    This amount has been reallocated among the following supplying 
countries in metric tons, raw value:

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                                                            Reallocated 
                         Country                              amount    
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Argentina...............................................           5,548
Australia...............................................          10,708
Brazil..................................................           7,000
Colombia................................................           3,097
Fiji....................................................           1,162
Nicaragua...............................................             500
Panama..................................................           1,000
Peru....................................................           5,291
South Africa............................................           2,967
Swaziland...............................................             705
Zimbabwe................................................           1,547
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    Total...............................................          30,525
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    Note: The reallocation amount is zero for the ten minimum quota-
holding countries including: Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Haiti, 
Madagascar, Mexico, Papau New Guinea, Paraguay, St. Kitts & Nevis, 
and Uruguay, since the previously announced minimum allocation for 
these countries already exceeds the base import quota plus any 
reallocation adjustment.

    This reallocation applies to the period ending September 30, 1995, 
only.
Michael Kantor,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 95-23545 Filed 9-21-95; 8:45 am]
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