[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 21418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9163]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Fiscal Year 2011 Allocation of Additional Tariff-Rate Quota
Volume for Raw Cane Sugar and Reallocation of Unused Fiscal Year 2011
Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Raw Cane Sugar
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 country-by-country allocations of additional Fiscal
Year (FY) 2011 in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for
imported raw cane sugar and of country-by-country reallocations of the
FY 2011 in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for imported raw
cane sugar.
DATES: Effective Date: April 15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or delivered to Ann Heilman-Dahl,
Director of Agricultural Affairs, Office of Agricultural Affairs,
Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Heilman-Dahl, 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 TRQs for imports of raw cane and
refined sugar.
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 TRQ for any agricultural product among supplying countries or
customs areas. The President delegated this authority to the United
States Trade Representative under Presidential Proclamation 6763 (60 FR
1007).
On April 11, 2011, The Secretary of Agriculture announced an
additional in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for the
remainder of FY 2011 (ending September 30, 2011) in the amount of
294,835 metric tons, raw value (MTRV). This quantity is in addition to
the minimum amount to which the United States has already committed to
pursuant to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements
(1,117,195 MTRV as announced by Federal Register notice on August 5,
2010). Finally, USTR has determined to reallocate 102,177 MTRV of the
minimum amount of the original TRQ for raw cane sugar from countries
that have stated they will be unable to fill previously allocated FY
2011 raw sugar TRQ quantities. USTR is allocating this total quantity
of 397,012 MTRV to the following countries in the amounts specified
below:
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Combined FY 2011
Country re-allocation and
increase
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Argentina............................................ 21,395
Australia............................................ 41,299
Belize............................................... 5,474
Bolivia.............................................. 3,980
Brazil............................................... 72,148
Colombia............................................. 11,941
Costa Rica........................................... 7,463
Dominican Republic................................... 20,000
Ecuador.............................................. 5,474
El Salvador.......................................... 12,937
Guatemala............................................ 23,884
Guyana............................................... 5,971
Honduras............................................. 5,000
India................................................ 3,980
Jamaica.............................................. 5,000
Malawi............................................... 4,976
Mauritius............................................ 2,000
Mozambique........................................... 6,469
Nicaragua............................................ 10,449
Panama............................................... 14,430
Peru................................................. 20,400
Philippines.......................................... 60,000
South Africa......................................... 11,444
Swaziland............................................ 7,961
Thailand............................................. 6,966
Zimbabwe............................................. 5,971
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These allocations are based on the countries' historical shipments
to the United States. The allocations of the raw cane sugar TRQ to
countries that are net importers of sugar are conditioned on receipt of
the appropriate verifications of origin and certificates for quota
eligibility must accompany imports from any country for which an
allocation has been provided.
Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
Ronald Kirk,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2011-9163 Filed 4-14-11; 8:45 am]
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