[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 47258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19166]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Determination of Total Amounts of Fiscal Year 2011 Tariff-Rate
Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses
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 the establishment of the fiscal year (FY) 2011
in-quota aggregate quantity of the raw, as well as, refined and
specialty sugar Tariff-Rate Quotas (TRQ) as required under the U.S.
World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments. The FY 2011 raw cane sugar
TRQ is established at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV) that may
be entered under subheading 1701.11.10 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTS) during FY 2011 (October 1, 2010-September 30, 2011). In
addition, the in-quota aggregate quantity of the refined and specialty
sugar TRQ is established at 99,111 MTRV for certain sugars, syrups, and
molasses (collectively referred to as refined sugar) that may be
entered under subheadings 1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10,
1702.90.10, and 2106.90.44 of the HTS during FY 2011.
DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angel Gonzalez, 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; or by
e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of the
Additional U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17 in the HTS authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to establish the in-quota TRQ amounts (expressed in
terms of raw value) for imports of raw cane sugar and certain sugars,
syrups, and molasses that may be entered under the subheadings of the
HTS subject to the lower tier of duties of the TRQs for entry during
the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2010. The Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative (USTR) is responsible for the allocation of these
quantities among supplying countries and areas.
Section 359(k) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as
amended requires that at the beginning of the quota year the Secretary
of Agriculture establish the TRQs for raw cane sugar and refined sugars
at the minimum levels necessary to comply with obligations under
international trade agreements, with the exception of specialty sugar.
Notice is hereby given that I have determined, in accordance with
paragraph (a)(i) of the Additional U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17 in the HTS
and section 359(k) of the 1938 Act, that an aggregate quantity of up to
1,117,195 MTRV of raw cane sugar described in subheading 1701.11.10 of
the HTS may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption
during FY 2011 (October 1, 2010-September 30, 2011). This is the
minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the WTO
Uruguay Round Agreements. I have further determined that an aggregate
quantity of 99,111 MTRV of sugars, syrups, and molasses described in
subheadings 1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and
2106.90.44 may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption
during FY 2011. Of this quantity of 99,111 MTRV, the quantity of 78,767
MTRV is reserved for the importation of specialty sugars as defined by
the USTR. The total of 99,111 MTRV includes the 22,000 MTRV minimum
level necessary to comply with U.S. WTO Uruguay Round commitments, of
which 1,656 MTRV is reserved for specialty sugar. Because the specialty
sugar TRQ is first-come, first-served, tranches are needed to allow for
orderly marketing throughout the year. The FY 2011 specialty sugar TRQ
will be opened in five tranches. The first tranche, totaling 1,656
MTRV, will open October 20, 2010. All specialty sugars are eligible for
entry under this tranche. The second tranche will open on November 10,
2010, and be equal to 27,500 MTRV. The remaining tranches will each be
equal to 16,537 MTRV, with the third opening on January 12, 2011; the
fourth, on May 18, 2011; and the fifth, on August 24, 2011. The second,
third, fourth, and fifth tranches will be reserved for organic sugar
and other specialty sugars not currently produced commercially in the
United States or reasonably available from domestic sources.
Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
Kathleen A. Merrigan,
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
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