[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34496-34497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16759]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
USTR Allocation of the Tariff-Rate Quota Increase for Raw Cane
Sugar; Announcement
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of United States Trade Representative (USTR) is
providing notice of the country-by-country allocation of the 150,000
metric ton increase in the tariff-rate quota for imported raw cane
sugar for the period that begins October 1, 1995, and ends September
30, 1996. This is in addition to the previous allocations of the
tariff-rate quota of 2,017,195 mt for imported raw cane sugar.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 12, 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
150,000 metric tons by the Secretary of Agriculture, resulting in a new
total of 2,167,195 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
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Current FY New
Country 1 2 1996 additional FY 1996
allocation allocation allocation
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Argentina......................... 85,741 10,125 95,866
Australia......................... 165,500 19,544 185,044
Barbados.......................... 12,311 0 12,311
Belize............................ 21,934 2,590 24,524
Bolivia........................... 15,952 1,884 17,836
Brazil............................ 289,127 34,144 323,270
Colombia.......................... 47,855 5,651 53,507
Congo............................. 7,258 0 7,258
Cote d'Ivoire..................... 7,258 0 7,258
Costa Rica........................ 29,910 3,532 33,442
Dominican Republic................ 350,940 0 350,940
Ecuador........................... 21,934 2,590 24,524
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El Salvador....................... 51,843 6,122 57,966
Fiji.............................. 17,946 2,119 20,065
Gabon............................. 7,258 0 7,258
Guatemala......................... 95,711 11,303 107,014
Guyana............................ 23,928 2,826 26,753
Haiti............................. 7,258 0 7,258
Honduras.......................... 19,940 2,355 22,295
India............................. 15,952 0 15,952
Jamaica........................... 21,934 2,590 24,524
Madagascar........................ 7,258 0 7,258
Malawi............................ 19,940 2,355 22,295
Mauritius......................... 23,928 2,826 26,753
Mexico............................ 7,258 0 7,258
Mozambique........................ 25,922 3,061 28,983
Nicaragua......................... 41,873 4,945 46,818
Panama............................ 57,825 0 57,825
Papua New Guinea.................. 7,258 0 7,258
Paraguay.......................... 7,258 0 7,258
Peru.............................. 81,753 9,654 91,407
Philippines....................... 237,422 0 237,422
South Africa...................... 45,861 5,416 51,277
St. Kitts & Nevis................. 7,258 0 7,258
Swaziland......................... 31,904 3,768 35,671
Taiwan............................ 23,928 2,826 26,753
Thailand.......................... 27,916 3,297 31,212
Trinidad-Tobago................... 13,958 1,648 15,606
Uruguay........................... 7,258 0 7,258
Zimbabwe.......................... 23,928 2,826 26,753
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2,017,195 150,000 2,167,195
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\1\ Additional increases in the TRQ were not allocated to Barbados, the
Dominican Republic, India, Panama and the Philippines at this time
because market conditions indicate they are unable to supply
additional sugar.
\2\ The additional allocation amount is zero for the ten minimum quota-
holding countries including: Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Gabon, Haiti,
Madagascar, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, St. Kitts & Nevis, and
Uruguay. The previously announced minimum allocation for these
countries exceeds the base import quota plus any additional increases
in the tariff-rate quota.
Conversion factor: 1 metric ton=1.10231125 short tons.
Charlene Barshefsky,
Acting United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 96-16759 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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