[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12676-12677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6582]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Allocation of the 200,000 Metric Ton Increase in the Amount
Available Under the Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota
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 allocation among supplying countries and
customs areas for the 200,000 metric ton increase in the amount
available under the current raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota triggered
by the fact that the stocks to use ratio for sugar reported in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's World Agricultural Supply and Demand
Estimates on March 11, 1997, was 14 percent.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 1997.
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 a tariff-rate quota for imports of
raw cane sugar. On September 13, 1996, the Secretary of Agriculture
announced the in-quota quantity for the tariff-rate quota for raw cane
sugar for the period October 1, 1997-September 30, 1997, and announced
an administrative plan under which the quantity available would be
increased by 200,000 metric tons, raw value, if the stocks-to-use ratio
reported in the March 1997 U.S. Department of Agriculture's World
Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) is less than or equal
to 15.5 percent. On March 11, 1997, the WASDE reported a stocks to use
ratio of 14 percent, thereby triggering a 200,000 metric ton increase
in the quantity available under the tariff-rate quota. 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). Additional U.S. Note 5(b)(i) to
chapter 17 of the HTS also provides that the quota amounts established
under that note may be allocated among supplying countries and areas by
the United States Trade Representative.
Raw Cane Sugar Allocation
Accordingly, USTR is allocating the 200,000 metric ton increase in
the amount available under the raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota to the
following countries or areas in metric tons, raw value:
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Current FY
Country 1997 Additional New FY 1997
allocation allocation allocation
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Argentina........................ 69,774 8,731 78,505
Australia........................ 134,681 16,853 151,533
Barbados......................... 11,359 0 11,359
Belize........................... 17,849 2,234 20,083
Bolivia.......................... 12,981 1,624 14,606
Brazil........................... 235,286 29,442 264,727
Colombia......................... 38,944 4,873 43,817
Congo............................ 7,258 0 7,258
Costa Rica....................... 24,340 3,046 27,386
Cote d'Ivoire.................... 7,258 0 7,258
Dominican Republic............... 285,588 35,736 321,324
Ecuador.......................... 17,849 2,234 20,083
El Salvador...................... 42,189 5,279 47,468
Fiji............................. 14,604 1,827 16,431
Gabon............................ 7,258 0 7,258
Guatemala........................ 77,888 9,746 87,634
Guyana........................... 19,472 2,437 21,908
Haiti............................ 7,258 0 7,258
Honduras......................... 16,227 2,030 18,257
India............................ 12,981 1,624 14,606
Jamaica.......................... 17,849 2,234 20,083
Madagascar....................... 7,258 0 7,258
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Malawi........................... 16,227 2,030 18,257
Mauritius........................ 19,472 2,437 21,908
Mexico........................... 25,000 0 25,000
Mozambique....................... 21,095 2,640 23,734
Nicaragua........................ 34,076 4,264 38,340
Panama........................... 47,057 5,888 52,945
Papua New Guinea................. 7,258 0 7,258
Paraguay......................... 7,258 0 7,258
Peru............................. 66,529 8,325 74,854
Philippines...................... 219,059 27,411 246,470
South Africa..................... 37,321 4,670 41,991
St. Kitts & Nevis................ 7,258 0 7,258
Swaziland........................ 25,963 3,249 29,211
Taiwan........................... 19,472 2,437 21,908
Thailand......................... 22,717 2,843 25,560
Trinidad-Tobago.................. 11,359 1,421 12,780
Uruguay.......................... 7,258 0 7,258
Zimbabwe......................... 19,472 2,437 21,908
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Total........................ 1,700,000 200,000 1,900,000
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Each allocation to a country that is a net importer of sugar is
conditioned on compliance with the requirements of section 902(c)(1) of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1446g note).
Charlene Barshefsky,
Acting United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 97-6582 Filed 3-14-97; 8:45 am]
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