[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8691-8693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4777]



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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 400,000 
metric ton increase in the tariff-rate quota for imported raw cane 
sugar for the period

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that begins October 1, 1995, and ends September 30, 1996. This is in 
addition to the previous allocations of the tariff-rate quota of 
1,417,195 mt for imported raw cane sugar.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 17, 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 
400,000 metric tons by the Secretary of Agriculture, resulting in a new 
total of 1,817,195 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                                        
                                                [In Metric tons]                                                
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                                                                Current fiscal                                  
                           Country                                year 1996        Additional    New fiscal year
                                                                  allocation       allocation    1996 allocation
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Argentina....................................................           58,285           17,339           75,623
Australia....................................................          112,503           33,468          145,971
Barbados.....................................................            9,488            2,823           12,311
Belize.......................................................           14,910            4,435           19,346
Bolivia......................................................           10,844            3,226           14,069
Brazil.......................................................          196,541           58,468          255,009
Colombia.....................................................           32,531            9,677           42,208
Congo........................................................            7,258                0            7,258
Conte d'Ivoire...............................................            7,258                0            7,258
Costa Rica...................................................           20,332            6,048           26,380
Dominical Republic...........................................          238,561           70,968          309,528
Ecuador......................................................           14,910            4,435           19,346
El Salvador..................................................           35,242           10,484           45,726
Fiji.........................................................           12,199            3,629           15,828
Gabon........................................................            7,258                0            7,258
Guatemala....................................................           65,062           19,355           84,417
Guyana.......................................................           16,265            4,839           21,104
Haiti........................................................            7,258                0            7,258
Honduras.....................................................           13,555            4,032           17,587
India........................................................           10,844            3,226           14,069
Jamaica......................................................           14,910            4,435           19,346
Madagascar...................................................            7,258                0            7,258
Malawi.......................................................           13,555            4,032           17,587
Mauritius....................................................           16,265            4,839           21,104
Mexico.......................................................            7,258                0            7,258
Mozambique...................................................           17,621            5,242           22,863
Nicaragua....................................................           28,465            8,468           36,932
Panama.......................................................           39,308           11,694           51,002
Papua New Guinea.............................................            7,258                0            7,258
Paraguay.....................................................            7,258                0            7,258
Peru.........................................................           55,574           16,532           72,106
Philippines..................................................          182,987           54,435          237,422
South Africa.................................................           31,176            9,274           40,450
St. Kitts & Nevis............................................            7,258                0            7,258
Swaziland....................................................           21,687            6,452           28,139
Taiwan.......................................................           16,265            4,839           21,104
Thailand.....................................................           18,976            5,645           24,622
Trinidad-Tobago..............................................            9,488            2,823           12,311
Uruguay......................................................            7,258                0            7,258
Zimbabwe.....................................................           16,265            4,839           21,104
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      Total..................................................        1,417,195          400,000        1,817,195
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    The allocation includes the following minimum quota-holding 
countries: Congo Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Haiti, Madagascar, Mexico, Papua 
New Guinea, Paraguay, St. Kitts & Nevis, and Uruguay.
Michael Kantor,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 96-4777 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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