[Federal Register: January 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 5)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing Allotments and Company
Allocations, 2006-Crop Final and 2007-Crop Initial; Domestic Sugar
Program
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice
to publish the final 2006-crop cane state allotments and company
allocations to sugarcane and sugar beet processors for the period from
October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007 (fiscal year (FY) 2007).
This notice also publishes the 2007-crop (FY 2008) cane state
allotments and company allocations based on an 8.450 million short
tons, raw value (STRV) overall allotment quantity (OAQ) of domestic
sugar. This applies to all domestic sugar marketed for human
consumption in the United States from October 1, 2007, through
September 30, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Fecso, Dairy and Sweeteners
Analysis Group, Economic Policy and Analysis Staff, Farm Service
Agency, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0516, Washington, DC
20250-0516; telephone (202) 720-4146; FAX (202) 690-1480; e-mail:
barbara.fecso@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
As part of the domestic sugar program, for sugar marketed for human
consumption in the United States, CCC is required to make
determinations establishing, adjusting, or suspending sugar marketing
allotments. The Secretary is required to establish, by the beginning of
each crop year, an appropriate allotment for the marketing by
processors of sugar processed from sugar beets and from domestically
produced cane sugar at a level the Secretary estimates will result in
no forfeitures of sugar to the CCC under the loan program \1\ (7 U.S.C.
1359bb(a)(1)). The Secretary is also required to publish the
determinations in the Federal Register along with the reasons for the
determinations (7 U.S.C. 1359hh).
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\1\ The sugar loan program provides loans to processors of
domestically grown sugarcane and sugar beets (authorized by 7 U.S.C.
7272).
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CCC announced the Final FY 2007 and initial FY 2008 allotments and
allocations in a September 27, 2007, news release. This notice provides
the final allotments and allocations for FY 2007 and the initial
allotments and allocations for FY 2008.
Final FY 2007 State Allotments and Company Allocations
The Secretary is required to reassign the remainder of the
allocation to imports if the Secretary determines that processors will
be unable to market their allocations after other reassignments and
sales from CCC inventory have occurred (7 U.S.C. 1359ee(b)(1)(D)). In a
July 31, 2007, news release, CCC announced the determination of a FY
2007 domestic cane sugar supply shortfall of 79,000 STRV and reassigned
this deficit to imports. State allotments and company allocations were
adjusted downward to reflect the ability of each company and each state
to market its allocation and allotment.
The final 2006-crop (FY 2007) beet sugar and cane sugar marketing
allotments are listed in the following table:
FY 2007 Overall Beet Sugar and Cane Sugar Allotments and Allocations
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FY 2007
allotments or Changes due to Final FY 2007
Distribution allocations as reassignments allotments or
of 5/25/07 allocations
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Beet Sugar................................................ 4,755,625 0 4,755,625
Cane Sugar................................................ 3,619,375 -79,000 3,540,375
Reassignment to Imports................................... 375,000 79,000 454,000
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Total OAQ............................................. 8,750,000 0 8,750,000
Sugar Beet Processors' Marketing Allocations:
Amalgamated Sugar Co.................................. 990,810 0 990,810
American Crystal Sugar Co............................. 1,828,960 0 1,828,960
Michigan Sugar Co..................................... 477,920 0 477,920
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op................................ 296,690 0 296,690
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op............................. 624,582 0 624,582
Western Sugar Co...................................... 473,221 0 473,221
Wyoming Sugar Co...................................... 63,441 0 63,441
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Total Beet Sugar.................................. 4,755,625 0 4,755,625
State Cane Sugar Allotments:
Florida............................................... 1,732,769 -17,282 1,715,487
Louisiana............................................. 1,423,167 -21,916 1,401,251
Texas................................................. 198,965 -18,347 180,618
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Hawaii................................................ 264,474 -21,455 243,019
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Total Cane Sugar.................................. 3,619,375 -79,000 3,540,375
Cane Processors' Marketing Allocations:
Florida:
Florida Crystals.................................. 673,033 -3,081 669,952
Growers Co-op. of FL.............................. 323,322 8 323,330
U.S. Sugar Corp................................... 736,414 -14,209 722,205
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Total......................................... 1,732,769 -17,282 1,715,487
Louisiana:
Alma Plantation................................... 128,232 -1,976 126,256
Cajun Sugar Co-op................................. 119,059 1,448 120,507
Cora-Texas Mfg. Co................................ 168,731 -2,600 166,131
Lafourche Sugars Corp............................. 92,794 3,457 96,251
Louisiana Sugarcane Co-op......................... 99,818 -1,567 98,251
Lula Westfield, LLC............................... 206,718 -7,347 199,371
M.A. Patout & Sons................................ 426,889 -6,579 420,310
St. Mary Sugar Co-op.............................. 126,000 -5,905 120,095
So. Louisiana Sugars Co-op................................ 54,927 -847 54,080
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Total......................................... 1,423,167 -21,916 1,401,251
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley................................. 198,965 -18,347 180,618
Hawaii:
Gay & Robinson, Inc............................... 53,811 0 53,811
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company............... 210,663 -21,455 189,208
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Total......................................... 264,474 -21,455 243,019
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Initial FY 2008 State Allotments and Company Allocations
When CCC announced an 8.450 million ton STRV OAQ in an August 10,
2007, news release, it distributed 54.35 percent of the FY 2008 OAQ
(4,592,575 STRV) to the beet sugar allotment. At that time, however,
CCC determined that the cane sugar sector would be unable to fill
70,000 STRV of its allotment and withheld this amount for reassignment
to imports. Consequently, of the 45.65 percent of the OAQ statutorily
allotted to the cane sugar sector (3,857,425 STRV), only 3,787,425 STRV
was allotted to cane sugar states for allocation to sugarcane
processors. Cane sugar state allotments and processor allocations were
announced by CCC in a September 27, 2007 news release.
Reasons for the Determinations for the Initial FY 2008 Allotments and
Allocations
To establish sugar beet processor allocations, CCC applies the
sugar beet sector's allotment to fixed company allocation shares.
Likewise, cane sugar state and cane sugar processor allocations are
calculated by applying fixed shares to the cane sugar allotment.
Allocation shares will change only if CCC determines that a processor
cannot fulfill its sugar allocation and reassigns the unused allocation
to other processors or if a grower successfully transfers allocation
commensurate with his production history to another processor.
CCC determined that South Louisiana Sugars Cooperative, Inc., a
Louisiana sugarcane processor, was closed and accepted grower petitions
to transfer allocation elsewhere. Permanent allocation transfers in
Louisiana could not be made by the September 30, 2007, announcement
deadline for FY 2008 allocations, but will be forthcoming.
CCC is required to limit the amount of sugarcane acreage that may
be harvested in Louisiana for sugar or seed whenever marketing
allotments are in effect and the quantity of sugarcane estimated to be
produced in Louisiana, plus a reasonable carryover, exceeds the
marketing allotment allocation for Louisiana. This limitation is
referred to as a ``proportionate share,'' and is applied to each farm's
sugarcane acreage base to determine the quantity of sugarcane that may
be harvested on that farm. Because production is expected to be
inadequate to fill Louisiana's FY 2008 allotment, CCC determined that
there will be no proportionate share restrictions for the 2007 crop
year.
In FY 2004, CCC determined that Puerto Rico's processors
permanently terminated operations because no sugar had been processed
for two complete years. Since Puerto Rico is entitled to an allocation
by law, its allocation of 6,356 STRV is reassigned to the mainland cane
sugar-producing states. Hawaii did not receive any of Puerto Rico's
reassignment because it is not expected to use all of its current cane
sugar allotment. A request for an allocation as a new entrant will be
required for any mills in Puerto Rico to market cane sugar in the
future.
The established 2007-crop (FY 2008) sugar beet and cane sugar
marketing allotments are listed in the following table:
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FY 2008 Overall Beet Sugar and Cane Sugar Allotments and Allocations
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Adjusted initial
Initial FY 2008 Changes due to FY 2008
Distribution allotments or reassignments allotments or
allocations allocations
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Beet Sugar................................................ 4,592,575 0 4,592,575
Cane Sugar................................................ 3,857,425 -70,000 3,787,425
Reassignment to Imports................................... 0 70,000 70,000
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Total OAQ............................................. 8,450,000 0 8,450,000
Beet Processors' Marketing Allocations:
Amalgamated Sugar Co.................................. 956,839 0 956,839
American Crystal Sugar Co............................. 1,766,076 0 1,766,076
Michigan Sugar Co..................................... 461,535 0 461,535
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op................................ 286,518 0 286,518
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op............................. 603,168 0 603,168
Western Sugar Co...................................... 457,172 0 457,172
Wyoming Sugar Co...................................... 61,266 0 61,266
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Total Beet Sugar.................................. 4,592,575 0 4,592,575
State Cane Sugar Allotments:
Florida............................................... 1,902,014 -81,411 1,820,603
Louisiana............................................. 1,471,422 2,155 1,473,577
Texas................................................. 165,345 32,755 198,100
Hawaii................................................ 318,644 -23,499 295,145
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Total Cane Sugar.................................. 3,857,425 -70,000 3,787,425
Cane Processors' Marketing Allocations:
Florida:
Florida Crystals.................................. 783,109 -45,673 737,436
Growers Co-op. of FL.............................. 342,144 -12,101 330,043
U.S. Sugar Corp................................... 776,761 -23,636 753,124
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Total......................................... 1,902,014 -81,411 1,820,603
Louisiana:
Alma Plantation................................... 123,219 14,061 137,280
Cajun Sugar Co-op................................. 148,785 -26,285 122,500
Cora-Texas Mfg. Co................................ 153,514 36,367 189,881
Lafourche Sugars Corp............................. 80,143 29,574 109,717
Louisiana Sugarcane Co-op......................... 113,143 -14,018 99,124
Lula Westfield, LLC............................... 173,759 57,850 231,608
M.A. Patout & Sons................................ 413,376 33,590 446,966
St. Mary Sugar Co-op.............................. 149,867 -13,367 136,500
So. Louisiana Sugars Co-op........................ 115,617 -115,617 0
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Total......................................... 1,471,422 2,155 1,473,577
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley................................. 165,345 32,755 198,100
Hawaii:
Gay & Robinson, Inc............................... 73,145 -1,718 71,428
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company............... 245,499 -21,781 223,718
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Total......................................... 318,644 -23,499 295,145
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Signed in Washington, DC, on January 2, 2008.
Glen L. Keppy,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. E8-35 Filed 1-7-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-05-P