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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Fiscal Year 2008 Tariff-Rate Quota
Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar,
Refined and Specialty Sugar, and
Sugar-Containing Products
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTS), the United
States maintains a tariff-rate quota for
imports of raw cane sugar and refined
sugar. Pursuant to Additional U.S. Note
8 to chapter 17 of the HTS, the United
States maintains a tariff-rate quota for
imports of sugar-containing products.
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 tariffrate quota 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 August 10, 2007, the Secretary of
Agriculture announced the sugar
program provisions for fiscal year (FY)
2008 (Oct. 1, 2007, through Sept. 30,
2008). The Secretary of Agriculture
announced an in-quota quantity of the
tariff-rate quota for raw cane sugar for
FY 2008 of 1,117,195 metric tons* raw
value, which is the minimum amount to
which the United States is committed
under the World Trade Organization
(WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements.
(USDA did not announce the
establishment of any shipping patterns
for the FY 2008 raw sugar tariff-rate
quota.) USTR is allocating this quantity
(1,117,195 metric tons* raw value) to
the following countries:
Country
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) is
providing notice of country-by-country
allocations of the FY 2008 in-quota
quantity of the tariff-rate quota for
imported raw cane sugar, refined and
specialty sugar, and sugar-containing
products.
SUMMARY:
August 24, 2007.
Inquiries may be mailed or
delivered to Leslie O’Connor, 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:
Leslie O’Connor, Office of Agricultural
Affairs, telephone: 202–395–6127 or
facsimile: 202–395–4579.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Additional U.S. Note 5 to chapter 17
EFFECTIVE DATE:
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FY 2008
Raw cane
sugar allocations
(metric tons
raw value)
Argentina ..................................
Australia ....................................
Barbados ..................................
Belize ........................................
Bolivia .......................................
Brazil .........................................
Colombia ...................................
Congo .......................................
Costa Rica ................................
Cote d’Ivoire .............................
Dominican Republic ..................
Ecuador ....................................
El Salvador ...............................
Fiji .............................................
Gabon .......................................
Guatemala ................................
Guyana .....................................
Haiti ...........................................
Honduras ..................................
India ..........................................
Jamaica ....................................
Madagascar ..............................
Malawi .......................................
Mauritius ...................................
Mexico ......................................
Mozambique .............................
Nicaragua .................................
Panama ....................................
Papua New Guinea ..................
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45,281
87,402
7,371
11,583
8,424
152,691
25,273
7,258
15,796
7,258
185,335
11,583
27,379
9,477
7,258
50,546
12,636
7,258
10,530
8,424
11,583
7,258
10,530
12,636
7,258
13,690
22,538
30,538
7,258
Country
Paraguay ..................................
Peru ..........................................
Philippines ................................
South Africa ..............................
St Kitts & Nevis ........................
Swaziland .................................
Taiwan ......................................
Thailand ....................................
Trinidad & Tobago ....................
Uruguay ....................................
Zimbabwe .................................
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FY 2008
Raw cane
sugar allocations
(metric tons
raw value)
7,258
43,175
142,160
24,220
7,258
16,849
12,636
14,743
7,371
7,258
12,636
These allocations are based on the
countries’ historical shipments to the
United States. The allocations of the raw
cane sugar tariff-rate quota 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.
On August 10, 2007, the Secretary of
Agriculture established the FY 2008
refined sugar tariff-rate quota at 85,503
metric tons raw value for which the
sucrose content, by weight in the dry
state, must have a polarimeter reading of
99.5 degrees or more. This amount
includes the minimum level to which
the United States is committed under
the WTO Uruguay Round Agreement
(22,000 metric tons raw value of which
1,656 metric tons raw value is specialty
sugar) and an additional 63,503 metric
tons raw value for specialty sugars.
USTR is allocating a total of 10,300
metric tons raw value of refined sugar
to Canada, 2,954 metric tons raw value
of refined sugar to Mexico, and 7,090
metric tons raw value of refined sugar
to be administered on a first-come, firstserved basis. The 64,159 metric tons raw
value specialty sugar TRQ, which
includes the additional 63,503 metric
tons raw value of specialty sugar and
the specialty sugar allocation of 1,656
metric tons raw value included in the
22,000 metric tons raw value WTO
minimum, will be administered on a
first-come, first-served basis in five
tranches. The first tranche of 1,656
metric tons raw value will open October
24, 2007. All types of specialty sugars
are eligible for entry under this tranche.
The second tranche of 22,544 metric
tons raw value will open on November
15, 2007. The third, fourth, and fifth
tranches of 13,653 metric tons raw value
each will open on January 30, 2008;
May 14, 2008 and August 27, 2008
respectively. The second, third, fourth
and fifth tranches will be reserved for
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organic sugar and other specialty sugars
not currently produced commercially in
the United States or reasonably
available from domestic sources.
With respect to the tariff-rate quota of
64,709 metric tons for certain sugarcontaining products maintained under
Additional U.S. Note to Chapter 17 to
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States, USTR is allocating 59,250
metric tons to Canada. The remainder of
the sugar-containing products tariff-rate
quota is available for other countries on
a first-come, first-served basis.
*Conversion factor: 1 metric ton =
1.10231125 short tons.
Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data
collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Title and Purpose of Information
Collection: Representative Payee
Monitoring; OMB 3220–0151. Under
Section 12 of the Railroad Retirement
Act (RRA), the RRB may pay annuity
benefits to a representative payee when
an employee, spouse or survivor
annuitant is incompetent or a minor.
The RRB is responsible for determining
if direct payment to an annuitant or a
representative payee would best serve
the annuitant’s best interest. The
accountability requirements authorizing
the RRB to conduct periodic monitoring
of representative payees, including a
written accounting of benefit payments
received, are prescribed in 20 CFR
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The RRB utilizes the following forms
to conduct its representative payee
monitoring program.
Form G–99a, Representative Payee
Report, is used to obtain information
needed to determine whether the benefit
payments certified to the representative
payee have been used for the
annuitant’s current maintenance and
personal needs and whether the
representative payee continues to be
concerned with the annuitant’s welfare.
RRB Form G–99c, Representative Payee
Evaluation Report, is used to obtain
more detailed information from a
representative payee who fails to
complete and return Form G–99a, or in
situations when the returned Form G–
99a indicates the possible misuse of
funds by the representative payee. Form
G–99c contains specific questions
concerning the representative payee’s
performance and is used by the RRB to
determine whether or not the
representative payee should continue in
that capacity. Completion of the forms
in this collection is required to retain
benefits.
The RRB proposes no changes to
Form G–99a. Non-burden impacting
editorial and formatting changes are
proposed for Form G–99c. The
completion time for Form G–99a is
estimated at 18 minutes per response.
The completion time for Form G–99c is
estimated at between 24 to 31 minutes
per response. The RRB estimates that
approximately 6,000 Form G–99a’s and
535 G–99c’s are completed annually.
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, please call the RRB
Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363 or
send an e-mail request to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV.
Comments regarding the information
collection should be addressed to
Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement
Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60611–2092 or send an e-mail to
Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
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Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding
an Information Collection Request (ICR)
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
request a revision to a currently
approved collection of information:
3220–0057, Placement Service
consisting of Form(s) ES–2, ES–21, ES–
21c, UI–35, and Job Vacancies Reports.
Our ICR describes the information we
seek to collect from the public. Review
and approval by OIRA ensures that we
impose appropriate paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the
proposed collection of information to
determine (1) the practical utility of the
collection; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden of the collection; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information that is the
subject of collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of collections on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments to RRB or OIRA must contain
the OMB control number of the ICR. For
proper consideration of your comments,
it is best if RRB and OIRA receive them
within 30 days of publication date.
Section 12(i) of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA),
authorizes the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) to establish, maintain, and
operate free employment offices to
provide claimants for unemployment
benefits with job placement
opportunities. Section 704(d) of the
Regional Railroad Reorganization Act of
1973, as amended, and as extended by
the consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, required the
RRB to maintain and distribute a list of
railroad job vacancies, by class and
craft, based on information furnished by
rail carriers to the RRB. Although the
requirement under the law expired
effective August 13, 1987, the RRB has
continued to obtain this information in
keeping with its employment service
responsibilities under Section 12(k) of
the RUIA. Application procedures for
the job placement program are
prescribed in 20 CFR 325. The
procedures pertaining to the RRB’s
obtaining and distributing job vacancy
reports furnished by rail carriers are
described in 20 CFR 346.1.
The RRB currently utilizes four forms
to obtain information needed to carry
out its job placement responsibilities.
Form ES–2, Supplemental Information
for Central Register, is used by the RRB
to obtain information needed to update
a computerized central register of
separated and furloughed railroad
employees available for employment in
the railroad industry. Form ES–21,
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Fiscal Year 2008 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane
Sugar, Refined and Specialty Sugar, and Sugar-Containing Products
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 the FY 2008 in-
quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for imported raw cane sugar,
refined and specialty sugar, and sugar-containing products.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or delivered to Leslie O'Connor,
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: Leslie O'Connor, Office of
Agricultural Affairs, telephone: 202-395-6127 or facsimile: 202-395-
4579.
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 a tariff-rate quota for imports of
raw cane sugar and refined sugar. Pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 8 to
chapter 17 of the HTS, the United States maintains a tariff-rate quota
for imports of sugar-containing products.
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 tariff-rate quota 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 August 10, 2007, the Secretary of Agriculture announced the
sugar program provisions for fiscal year (FY) 2008 (Oct. 1, 2007,
through Sept. 30, 2008). The Secretary of Agriculture announced an in-
quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for raw cane sugar for FY 2008
of 1,117,195 metric tons* raw value, which is the minimum amount to
which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization
(WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. (USDA did not announce the
establishment of any shipping patterns for the FY 2008 raw sugar
tariff-rate quota.) USTR is allocating this quantity (1,117,195 metric
tons* raw value) to the following countries:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 2008 Raw
cane sugar
allocations
Country (metric
tons raw
value)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Argentina.................................................. 45,281
Australia.................................................. 87,402
Barbados................................................... 7,371
Belize..................................................... 11,583
Bolivia.................................................... 8,424
Brazil..................................................... 152,691
Colombia................................................... 25,273
Congo...................................................... 7,258
Costa Rica................................................. 15,796
Cote d'Ivoire.............................................. 7,258
Dominican Republic......................................... 185,335
Ecuador.................................................... 11,583
El Salvador................................................ 27,379
Fiji....................................................... 9,477
Gabon...................................................... 7,258
Guatemala.................................................. 50,546
Guyana..................................................... 12,636
Haiti...................................................... 7,258
Honduras................................................... 10,530
India...................................................... 8,424
Jamaica.................................................... 11,583
Madagascar................................................. 7,258
Malawi..................................................... 10,530
Mauritius.................................................. 12,636
Mexico..................................................... 7,258
Mozambique................................................. 13,690
Nicaragua.................................................. 22,538
Panama..................................................... 30,538
Papua New Guinea........................................... 7,258
Paraguay................................................... 7,258
Peru....................................................... 43,175
Philippines................................................ 142,160
South Africa............................................... 24,220
St Kitts & Nevis........................................... 7,258
Swaziland.................................................. 16,849
Taiwan..................................................... 12,636
Thailand................................................... 14,743
Trinidad & Tobago.......................................... 7,371
Uruguay.................................................... 7,258
Zimbabwe................................................... 12,636
------------------------------------------------------------------------
These allocations are based on the countries' historical shipments
to the United States. The allocations of the raw cane sugar tariff-rate
quota 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.
On August 10, 2007, the Secretary of Agriculture established the FY
2008 refined sugar tariff-rate quota at 85,503 metric tons raw value
for which the sucrose content, by weight in the dry state, must have a
polarimeter reading of 99.5 degrees or more. This amount includes the
minimum level to which the United States is committed under the WTO
Uruguay Round Agreement (22,000 metric tons raw value of which 1,656
metric tons raw value is specialty sugar) and an additional 63,503
metric tons raw value for specialty sugars. USTR is allocating a total
of 10,300 metric tons raw value of refined sugar to Canada, 2,954
metric tons raw value of refined sugar to Mexico, and 7,090 metric tons
raw value of refined sugar to be administered on a first-come, first-
served basis. The 64,159 metric tons raw value specialty sugar TRQ,
which includes the additional 63,503 metric tons raw value of specialty
sugar and the specialty sugar allocation of 1,656 metric tons raw value
included in the 22,000 metric tons raw value WTO minimum, will be
administered on a first-come, first-served basis in five tranches. The
first tranche of 1,656 metric tons raw value will open October 24,
2007. All types of specialty sugars are eligible for entry under this
tranche. The second tranche of 22,544 metric tons raw value will open
on November 15, 2007. The third, fourth, and fifth tranches of 13,653
metric tons raw value each will open on January 30, 2008; May 14, 2008
and August 27, 2008 respectively. The second, third, fourth and fifth
tranches will be reserved for
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organic sugar and other specialty sugars not currently produced
commercially in the United States or reasonably available from domestic
sources.
With respect to the tariff-rate quota of 64,709 metric tons for
certain sugar-containing products maintained under Additional U.S. Note
to Chapter 17 to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States,
USTR is allocating 59,250 metric tons to Canada. The remainder of the
sugar-containing products tariff-rate quota is available for other
countries on a first-come, first-served basis.
*Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative.
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