[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39179-39180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18985]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Allocation to Mexico of the Tariff-Rate Quota Increase for 
Refined Sugar and Modification of the Allocation to Mexico of the 
Tariff-Rate Quota for Raw 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 that the 7,258 metric ton (mt) increase in the tariff-
rate quota for imported refined sugar for the period that begins 
October 1, 1995, and ends September 30, 1996 is allocated to Mexico, 
and that Mexico's total allocation for both the raw and refined sugar 
tariff-rate quotas combined for this period is not to exceed 7,258 
metric tons.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or delivered to Audrae Erickson, 
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: Audrae Erickson, 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 tariff-rate quotas for imports of 
refined and raw sugar. The in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota 
for refined sugar for the period October 1, 1995-September 30, 1996, 
was increased by 7,258 metric tons by the Secretary of Agriculture on 
July 19, 1996, resulting in a new total of 29,258 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).
    USTR has allocated to Mexico 7,258 metric tons, raw value, of the 
tariff-rate quota for raw cane sugar (60 FR 46330). USTR is modifying 
that allocation to make it subject to the condition that the total 
imports of raw and refined sugar from Mexico, combined, is not to 
exceed 7,258 metric tons raw value.
    USTR is allocating to Mexico the increase of 7,258 metric tons, raw 
value,

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in the tariff-rate quota for refined sugar for the October 1, 1995-
September 30, 1996 period. This allocation is also subject to the 
condition that the total imports of raw and refined sugar from Mexico, 
combined, is not to exceed 7,258 metric tons raw value.
    These modifications in the allocations fulfill obligations pursuant 
to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Under the NAFTA, 
the United States is to provide total access for raw and refined sugar 
from Mexico of 7,258 metric tons, raw value, for this quota period.
Charlene Barshefsky,
Acting United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 96-18985 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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