[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 34129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14543]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Increase in Fiscal Year 2015 Refined Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture 
is providing notice of an increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2015 refined 
sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 20,000 metric tons raw value (MTRV), 
all of which will be reserved for specialty sugars.

DATES: Effective: June 15, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Souleymane Diaby, Import Policies and 
Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of 
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., AgStop 1021, Washington, DC 
20250-1021; by telephone (202) 720-2916; by fax (202) 720-0876.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Secretary of the 
Department of Agriculture is providing notice of an increase in the FY 
2015 (October 1, 2014-September 30, 2015) refined sugar TRQ with all 
20,000 MTRV reserved for specialty sugar. Imports of all specialty 
sugar will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis. This 
additional tranche is reserved for organic sugar and other specialty 
sugars not currently produced commercially in the United States or 
reasonably available from domestic sources. The sucrose content, by 
weight in the dry state, of such sugar must have a polarimeter reading 
of 99.5 degrees or more. Entries of specialty sugar under this 
additional tranche will be permitted beginning July 10, 2015. The 
previously announced tranche of 22,050 MTRV opening on July 10, 2015, 
will remain unchanged.
    On September 4, 2014, the Office of the Secretary announced the 
establishment of the in-quota quantity of the FY 2015 refined sugar TRQ 
at 127,000 MTRV. (79 FR 52625) This amount included the minimum level 
to which the United States is committed under the WTO Uruguay Round 
Agreements (22,000 MTRV of which 1,656 MTRV is reserved for specialty 
sugars) and an additional 105,000 MTRV for specialty sugars. Pursuant 
to Additional U.S. Note 5 to Chapter 17 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (HTS) and Section 359k of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938, as amended, I hereby give notice of an increase in the refined 
sugar TRQ of 20,000 MTRV. With this increase, the overall FY 2015 
refined sugar TRQ will be 147,000 MTRV, of which 126,656 MTRV is 
reserved for specialty sugars.

    Dated: May 29, 2015.
Alexis M. Taylor,
Acting Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-14543 Filed 6-12-15; 8:45 am]
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