[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1435.200]

[Page 589]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1435_SUGAR PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart C_Information Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements
 
Sec. 1435.200  Information reporting.


    (a) Every sugar beet processor, sugarcane processor, cane sugar 
refiner, and importer of sugar, syrup, and molasses shall report, by the 
20th of each month, on CCC-required forms, its imports and receipts, 
processing inputs, production, distribution, stocks, and other 
information necessary to administer the sugar programs. If the 20th of 
the month falls on a weekend or a Federal holiday, the report shall be 
made by the next business day.
    (b) Any processor must, upon CCC's request, provide such information 
as CCC deems appropriate for determining regional loan rates.
    (c) Any processor must, upon CCC's request, provide such information 
as CCC deems appropriate for determining whether processors of sugarcane 
or sugar beets will be able to market their respective sugar 
allocations.
    (d) Each sugarcane producer located in Louisiana shall report, in 
the manner CCC prescribes, sugarcane yields and sugarcane planted acres.
    (e) Importers of sugars, syrups, or molasses to be used for domestic 
human consumption or to be used for the extraction of sugar for domestic 
human consumption shall report, in the manner CCC prescribes, the 
quantities of the products imported and the sugar content or equivalent 
of the products. This requirement shall not apply to sugars, syrups, or 
molasses within the quantities of tariff-rate quotas subject to the 
lower rate of duties.
    (f) Based on the information received under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall publish on a monthly basis composite data on sugar 
production, imports, distribution, and stock levels.
    (g) By November 20 of each year, each sugar beet processor, 
sugarcane processor, sugarcane refiner, and importer of sugars, syrups, 
and molasses will submit to CCC a report, as specified by CCC, from an 
independent Certified Public Accountant that reviews its information 
submitted to CCC during the previous October 1 through September 30 
period.
    (h) The sugar information reporting and recordkeeping requirements 
of this subpart are administered under the general supervision of the 
Executive Vice President, CCC.

[67 FR 54928, Aug. 26, 2002, as amended at 71 FR 16200, Mar. 31, 2006]