[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76467-76468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7858]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-288]


Ethyl Alcohol for Fuel Use: Determination of the Base Quantity of 
Imports

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of determination.

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DATES: Effective Date: December 16, 2005.
SUMMARY: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC or the 
Commission) is required to determine annually the U.S. domestic market 
for fuel ethyl alcohol during the 12-month period ending on the 
preceding September 30. This determination is to be used to establish 
the ``base quantity'' of imports of fuel ethyl alcohol with a zero 
percent local feedstock requirement that can be imported from CBERA-
beneficiary countries. The base quantity to be used by U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection in the administration of the law is the greater of 60 
million gallons or 7 percent of U.S. consumption, as determined by the 
Commission. Beyond the base quantity of imports, progressively higher 
local feedstock requirements are placed on imports of fuel ethyl 
alcohol and mixtures from the CBERA-beneficiary countries.
    For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2005, the Commission 
has determined the level of U.S. consumption of fuel ethyl alcohol to 
be 3.83 billion gallons. Seven percent of this amount is 268.1 million 
gallons (these figures have been rounded). Therefore, the base quantity 
for 2006 should be 268.1 million gallons.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Newman (202) 205-3328, 
[email protected], in the Commission's Office of Industries. For 
information on legal aspects of the investigation contact Mr. William 
Gearhart, [email protected], of the Commission's Office of the 
General Counsel at (202) 205-3091.
    Hearing-impaired individuals are advised that information on this 
matter can be obtained by contacting our TDD terminal on (202) 205-
1810.
    Background: Section 7 of the Steel Trade Liberalization Program 
Implementation Act of 1989 (``the Act''), as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703 
note), which concerns local feedstock requirements for fuel ethyl 
alcohol imported by the United States from CBERA-beneficiary countries, 
requires that the Commission determine annually the U.S. domestic 
market for fuel ethyl alcohol. For purposes of making determinations of 
the U.S. market for fuel ethyl alcohol, the Commission instituted 
Investigation No. 332-288, Ethyl Alcohol for Fuel Use: Determination of 
the Base Quantity of Imports, in March 1990. The Commission uses 
official statistics of the U.S. Department of Energy to make these 
determinations, as well as the PIERS database of the Journal of 
Commerce which is based on U.S. export declarations.
    Section 225 of the Customs and Trade Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-382, 
August 20, 1990) amended the original language set forth in the Steel 
Trade Liberalization Program Implementation Act of 1989. The amendment 
requires the Commission to make a determination of the U.S. domestic 
market for fuel ethyl alcohol for each year after 1989.


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    Issued: December 21, 2005.

    By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. E5-7858 Filed 12-23-05; 8:45 am]
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