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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program—FY 2010
and FY 2011 Cane Sugar and Beet
Sugar Marketing Allotments and
Company Allocations
Commodity Credit Corporation,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice
to publish the modifications to the fiscal
year 2010 (FY 2010) State sugar
marketing allotments and company
allocations to sugarcane and sugar beet
processors. This applies to all domestic
sugar marketed for human consumption
in the United States from October 1,
2009, through September 30, 2010. CCC
is also issuing this notice to publish the
SUMMARY:
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FY 2011 State sugar marketing
allotments and company allocations to
sugarcane and sugar beet processors,
which apply to all domestic sugar
marketed for human consumption in the
United States from October 1, 2010,
through September 30, 2011. Although
CCC already has announced most of the
information in this notice through
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) news releases, CCC is required
to publish the determinations
establishing and adjusting sugar
marketing allotments in the Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Fecso, Dairy and Sweeteners
Analysis Group, Economic and Policy
Analysis Staff, Farm Service Agency,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Mail Stop 0516, Washington, DC
20250–0516; telephone (202) 720–4146;
FAX (202) 690–1480;
e-mail: barbara.fecso@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Initial FY 2010 State Allotments and
Company Allocations
On September 25, 2009, CCC
established the initial FY 2010
allocation of the sugar overall allotment
quantity (OAQ) at 9,235,250 short tons,
raw value (tons). As required by the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as
amended, the sugar beet sector was
allotted 54.35 percent of the OAQ
(5,019,358 tons), while the cane sugar
sector was allotted 45.65 percent
(4,215,892 tons). CCC distributed the
sector allotments among domestic sugar
beet and sugarcane processors according
to the statute and the regulations in 7
CFR part 1435 and made several
structural changes in the allocation to
certain sugarcane processors.
CCC combined the Louisiana cane
sugar allocations of Alma Plantation,
L.L.C, Cajun Sugar Cooperative, Inc.,
Cora-Texas Mfg. Co. Inc., Lafourche
Sugars, L.L.C., Louisiana Sugar Cane
Cooperative, Inc., Lula-Westfield, L.L.C.
and St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.
into one allocation under the name of
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc.
(LSCPI). CCC also modified the FY 2010
cane sugar allocations of mills in
Louisiana to reflect grower petitions to
transfer allocation commensurate with
their cane deliveries to the new mill of
their choice. CCC permanently
transferred allocations between
Louisiana mills for those growers whose
petitions met all CCC requirements.
However, for those growers whose
petitions did not meet all CCC
requirements, CCC temporarily
increased the FY 2010 allocations of the
recipient mills specified in the
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petitions. Surplus allocation from
Hawaii was reassigned to these recipient
mills (see below). The allocations of the
mills which the growers asked to leave
were not reduced.
In FY 2004, CCC determined that
Puerto Rican processors permanently
terminated operations because no sugar
had been processed for two complete
years. The Puerto Rico allocation of
6,356 tons was reassigned to Hawaii in
FY 2010, as required, and then further
reassigned to the mainland sugarcaneproducing States. This reassignment
will also occur in FY 2011 as Hawaii is
again not expected to use all of its cane
sugar allotment.
First Revision to the FY 2010 Sugar
Marketing Allotment Program
The May 7, 2010, announcement of
sugar marketing allotment changes
implemented CCC’s reassignment of
200,000 tons of surplus cane sugar
allotments to imports, announced on
April 23, 2010. The May 7, 2010,
revisions included a reassignment of
projected surplus beet sugar marketing
allocations under the FY 2010 Sugar
Marketing Allotment Program from beet
sugar processors with surplus allocation
to those with deficit allocation. Further,
CCC noted the addition of the allocation
of Wyoming Sugar Company, LLC
(WSC) to the allocation of Minn-Dak
Farmers Cooperative (MDFC). This was
done in accordance with section
359d(b)(2)(G) of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1359dd(b)(2)(G)) to reflect
MDFC’s purchase of WSC’s Worland,
WY, factory in December 2009.
Second Revision to the FY 2010 Sugar
Marketing Allotment Program
USDA revised cane processor
allocations, and cane State allotments,
on August 19, 2010, to implement the
July 6, 2010, reassignment of 300,000
tons of surplus domestic cane sugar
allotment to a raw Tariff Rate Quota
(TRQ) import increase. Since all cane
processors were still expected to have
more allocation than could be fulfilled
by domestically-produced cane sugar in
FY 2010, CCC reassigned an additional
200,000 tons of surplus cane allotment
to raw cane sugar imports already
expected from non-TRQ sources. With
respect to the beet sector, CCC on
August 19, 2010 reassigned surplus beet
sector allotment from beet processors
not expected to fill their allocation to
beet processors still requiring allocation
to market all their FY 2010 supply. CCC
then determined that 170,000 tons of
beet sugar allotment could not be filled
by the beet sector and the surplus was
reassigned to raw cane sugar imports
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already expected from non-TRQ
sources. In total, CCC reassigned
670,000 tons of surplus beet and cane
sugar allotments to raw cane sugar
imports—300,000 tons to an increase in
the raw sugar tariff-rate quota per the
July 6, 2010, announcement and
370,000 tons to raw cane sugar imports
already expected from non-TRQ sources
on August 19th. Final FY 2010 beet and
cane sector allotments were reduced to
4,849,358 and 3,515,892 tons,
respectively.
Initial FY 2011 Sugar Marketing
Allotments and Processor Allocations
On August 19, 2010, CCC further
announced the initial FY 2011 OAQ of
9,235,250 tons, the same level as FY
2010, as well as sugar beet and
sugarcane sector allotments and
allocations. Establishing the OAQ at this
level will supply over 85 percent of
expected FY 2011 domestic sugar needs
and permit domestic sugarcane and
sugar beet processors to market all of
their expected sugar production in FY
2011. Processors are expected to be able
to market all of their expected
production in FY 2011 because the
market is expected to be firm—domestic
demand is projected to be strong relative
to available supplies and prices are
expected to remain firm. Due to this
expected firm market situation, CCC
announced that it would not implement
the Feedstock Flexibility Program (FFP)
or the Louisiana Proportionate Share
Program for FY 2011. CCC also
established a beet allocation for a new
beet processor who acquired an existing
factory with production history.
On August 19, 2010, CCC distributed
the FY 2011 beet sugar allotment of
5,019,358 tons (54.35 percent of the
OAQ) among the sugar beet processors
and the cane sugar allotment of
4,215,892 tons (45.65 percent of the
OAQ) among the sugarcane States and
processors, as required by the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as
amended. The accompanying table is
identical to the August 19 allotments.
The allotments recognize the sale by
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative (MDFC)
of its beet processing factory located in
Worland, Wyoming to Wyoming Sugar
Growers, LLC (WSG). As a result,
0.8373168 percent of the total beet sugar
marketing allotment and the associated
production history will be transferred
from MDFC to WSG, effective October 1,
2010. In addition, the allotments reflect
reassignment of Puerto Rico’s allocation
of 6,356 tons to Hawaii, and then further
reassignment to the mainland
sugarcane-producing States, because
Hawaii is not expected to use all of its
cane sugar allotment.
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The summary of the FY 2010 beet and
cane sugar marketing allotments and
processor allocations are listed in the
following table:
FY 2010 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
Initial FY 2010
allocation
9/28/09
Distribution
Revisions
5/7/10
Revisions
8/19/10
Final FY 10
allocations
Short tons, raw value
Beet Sugar .......................................................................................
Cane Sugar ......................................................................................
Reassignment to Raw TRQ Imports ................................................
5,019,358
4,215,892
0
0
¥200,000
200,000
¥170,000
¥500,000
670,000
4,849,358
3,515,892
870,000
Total OAQ .................................................................................
9,235,250
0
0
9,235,250
Beet Processors’ Marketing:
Amalgamated Sugar Co ...........................................................
American Crystal Sugar Co ......................................................
Michigan Sugar Co ...................................................................
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op .........................................................
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op .....................................................
Western Sugar Co ....................................................................
Wyoming Sugar Co ..................................................................
Total Beet Sugar ...............................................................
State Cane Sugar Allotments:
Florida .......................................................................................
Louisiana ..................................................................................
Texas ........................................................................................
Hawaii .......................................................................................
1,074,683
1,850,519
518,377
321,805
677,454
507,709
68,812
5,019,358
¥17,362
¥51,420
69,779
51,988
¥21,949
37,777
¥68,812
0
14,327
¥111,798
¥9
¥41,244
¥36,773
5,498
............................
¥170,000
1,071,647
1,687,301
588,146
332,549
618,731
550,984
............................
4,849,358
2,094,682
1,623,713
182,094
315,403
¥110,880
¥42,407
¥3,728
¥42,986
¥309,097
¥20,877
¥62,650
¥107,376
1,674,705
1,560,429
115,716
165,042
Total Cane Sugar ..............................................................
4,215,892
¥200,000
¥500,000
3,515,892
Cane Processors’ Marketing
Florida:
Florida Crystals .........................................................................
Growers Co-op of Florida .........................................................
U.S. Sugar Corp .......................................................................
862,435
376,802
855,444
¥58,572
¥15,331
¥36,977
¥163,122
¥42,735
¥103,241
640,742
318,737
¥715,226
Total Florida ......................................................................
2,094,682
¥110,880
¥309,097
1,674,705
Louisiana
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc. ......................................
M.A. Patout & Sons ..................................................................
1,128,210
495,502
¥19,479
¥22,928
¥16,579
¥4,298
1,092,152
¥468,276
Total Louisiana ..................................................................
1,623,713
¥42,407
¥20,877
1,560,429
182,094
¥3,728
¥62,650
115,716
72,401
243,002
¥18,673
¥24,313
¥50,592
¥56,784
3,136
161,905
315,403
¥42,986
¥107,376
165,042
Texas
Rio Grande Valley ....................................................................
Hawaii
Gay & Robinson, Inc ................................................................
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company .......................................
Total Hawaii .......................................................................
The initial FY 2011 sugar marketing
State allotments and processor
allocations are listed in the table located
below:
FY 2011 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
Initial FY2011 allocations
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Distribution
Short tons, raw value
Beet Sugar ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Cane Sugar ..........................................................................................................................................................................
5,019,358
4,215,892
Total OAQ .....................................................................................................................................................................
9,235,250
Beet Processors’ Marketing Allocations:
Amalgamated Sugar Co ...............................................................................................................................................
American Crystal Sugar Co ..........................................................................................................................................
1,074,683
1,845,383
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FY 2011 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS—Continued
Initial FY2011 allocations
Distribution
Michigan Sugar Co .......................................................................................................................................................
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op .............................................................................................................................................
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op .........................................................................................................................................
Western Sugar Co ........................................................................................................................................................
Wyoming Sugar Growers, LLC ....................................................................................................................................
518,377
348,589
677,454
512,845
42,028
Total Beet Sugar ...................................................................................................................................................
5,019,358
State Cane Sugar Allotments:
Florida ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Louisiana ......................................................................................................................................................................
Texas ............................................................................................................................................................................
Hawaii ...........................................................................................................................................................................
2,094,682
1,620,472
182,094
318,644
Total Cane Sugar ..................................................................................................................................................
4,215,892
Cane Processors’ Marketing Allocations
Florida:
Florida Crystals .............................................................................................................................................................
Growers Co-op. of FL ...................................................................................................................................................
U.S. Sugar Corp ....................................................................................................................................................
862,435
376,802
855,444
Total Florida ..........................................................................................................................................................
2,094,682
Louisiana:
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc ...........................................................................................................................
M.A. Patout & Sons ......................................................................................................................................................
1,124,983
495,489
Total Louisiana ......................................................................................................................................................
1,620,472
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley ........................................................................................................................................................
Hawaii:
Gay & Robinson, Inc ....................................................................................................................................................
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company ....................................................................................................................
Total Hawaii ...........................................................................................................................................................
182,094
73,145
245,499
318,644
* The sums of individual entries may not match totals due to rounding.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September
27, 2010.
Jonathan W. Coppess,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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Foods for Special Dietary Uses
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program--FY 2010 and FY 2011 Cane Sugar and Beet
Sugar Marketing Allotments and Company Allocations
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice
to publish the modifications to the fiscal year 2010 (FY 2010) State
sugar marketing allotments and company allocations to sugarcane and
sugar beet processors. This applies to all domestic sugar marketed for
human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2009, through
September 30, 2010. CCC is also issuing this notice to publish the
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FY 2011 State sugar marketing allotments and company allocations to
sugarcane and sugar beet processors, which apply to all domestic sugar
marketed for human consumption in the United States from October 1,
2010, through September 30, 2011. Although CCC already has announced
most of the information in this notice through United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) news releases, CCC is required to publish the
determinations establishing and adjusting sugar marketing allotments in
the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Fecso, Dairy and Sweeteners
Analysis Group, Economic and Policy Analysis Staff, Farm Service
Agency, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Mail Stop 0516,
Washington, DC 20250-0516; telephone (202) 720-4146; FAX (202) 690-
1480; e-mail: barbara.fecso@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Initial FY 2010 State Allotments and Company Allocations
On September 25, 2009, CCC established the initial FY 2010
allocation of the sugar overall allotment quantity (OAQ) at 9,235,250
short tons, raw value (tons). As required by the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, the sugar beet sector was allotted
54.35 percent of the OAQ (5,019,358 tons), while the cane sugar sector
was allotted 45.65 percent (4,215,892 tons). CCC distributed the sector
allotments among domestic sugar beet and sugarcane processors according
to the statute and the regulations in 7 CFR part 1435 and made several
structural changes in the allocation to certain sugarcane processors.
CCC combined the Louisiana cane sugar allocations of Alma
Plantation, L.L.C, Cajun Sugar Cooperative, Inc., Cora-Texas Mfg. Co.
Inc., Lafourche Sugars, L.L.C., Louisiana Sugar Cane Cooperative, Inc.,
Lula-Westfield, L.L.C. and St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. into one
allocation under the name of Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc.
(LSCPI). CCC also modified the FY 2010 cane sugar allocations of mills
in Louisiana to reflect grower petitions to transfer allocation
commensurate with their cane deliveries to the new mill of their
choice. CCC permanently transferred allocations between Louisiana mills
for those growers whose petitions met all CCC requirements. However,
for those growers whose petitions did not meet all CCC requirements,
CCC temporarily increased the FY 2010 allocations of the recipient
mills specified in the petitions. Surplus allocation from Hawaii was
reassigned to these recipient mills (see below). The allocations of the
mills which the growers asked to leave were not reduced.
In FY 2004, CCC determined that Puerto Rican processors permanently
terminated operations because no sugar had been processed for two
complete years. The Puerto Rico allocation of 6,356 tons was reassigned
to Hawaii in FY 2010, as required, and then further reassigned to the
mainland sugarcane-producing States. This reassignment will also occur
in FY 2011 as Hawaii is again not expected to use all of its cane sugar
allotment.
First Revision to the FY 2010 Sugar Marketing Allotment Program
The May 7, 2010, announcement of sugar marketing allotment changes
implemented CCC's reassignment of 200,000 tons of surplus cane sugar
allotments to imports, announced on April 23, 2010. The May 7, 2010,
revisions included a reassignment of projected surplus beet sugar
marketing allocations under the FY 2010 Sugar Marketing Allotment
Program from beet sugar processors with surplus allocation to those
with deficit allocation. Further, CCC noted the addition of the
allocation of Wyoming Sugar Company, LLC (WSC) to the allocation of
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative (MDFC). This was done in accordance with
section 359d(b)(2)(G) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1359dd(b)(2)(G)) to reflect MDFC's purchase of WSC's
Worland, WY, factory in December 2009.
Second Revision to the FY 2010 Sugar Marketing Allotment Program
USDA revised cane processor allocations, and cane State allotments,
on August 19, 2010, to implement the July 6, 2010, reassignment of
300,000 tons of surplus domestic cane sugar allotment to a raw Tariff
Rate Quota (TRQ) import increase. Since all cane processors were still
expected to have more allocation than could be fulfilled by
domestically-produced cane sugar in FY 2010, CCC reassigned an
additional 200,000 tons of surplus cane allotment to raw cane sugar
imports already expected from non-TRQ sources. With respect to the beet
sector, CCC on August 19, 2010 reassigned surplus beet sector allotment
from beet processors not expected to fill their allocation to beet
processors still requiring allocation to market all their FY 2010
supply. CCC then determined that 170,000 tons of beet sugar allotment
could not be filled by the beet sector and the surplus was reassigned
to raw cane sugar imports already expected from non-TRQ sources. In
total, CCC reassigned 670,000 tons of surplus beet and cane sugar
allotments to raw cane sugar imports--300,000 tons to an increase in
the raw sugar tariff-rate quota per the July 6, 2010, announcement and
370,000 tons to raw cane sugar imports already expected from non-TRQ
sources on August 19th. Final FY 2010 beet and cane sector allotments
were reduced to 4,849,358 and 3,515,892 tons, respectively.
Initial FY 2011 Sugar Marketing Allotments and Processor Allocations
On August 19, 2010, CCC further announced the initial FY 2011 OAQ
of 9,235,250 tons, the same level as FY 2010, as well as sugar beet and
sugarcane sector allotments and allocations. Establishing the OAQ at
this level will supply over 85 percent of expected FY 2011 domestic
sugar needs and permit domestic sugarcane and sugar beet processors to
market all of their expected sugar production in FY 2011. Processors
are expected to be able to market all of their expected production in
FY 2011 because the market is expected to be firm--domestic demand is
projected to be strong relative to available supplies and prices are
expected to remain firm. Due to this expected firm market situation,
CCC announced that it would not implement the Feedstock Flexibility
Program (FFP) or the Louisiana Proportionate Share Program for FY 2011.
CCC also established a beet allocation for a new beet processor who
acquired an existing factory with production history.
On August 19, 2010, CCC distributed the FY 2011 beet sugar
allotment of 5,019,358 tons (54.35 percent of the OAQ) among the sugar
beet processors and the cane sugar allotment of 4,215,892 tons (45.65
percent of the OAQ) among the sugarcane States and processors, as
required by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. The
accompanying table is identical to the August 19 allotments. The
allotments recognize the sale by Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative (MDFC) of
its beet processing factory located in Worland, Wyoming to Wyoming
Sugar Growers, LLC (WSG). As a result, 0.8373168 percent of the total
beet sugar marketing allotment and the associated production history
will be transferred from MDFC to WSG, effective October 1, 2010. In
addition, the allotments reflect reassignment of Puerto Rico's
allocation of 6,356 tons to Hawaii, and then further reassignment to
the mainland sugarcane-producing States, because Hawaii is not expected
to use all of its cane sugar allotment.
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The summary of the FY 2010 beet and cane sugar marketing allotments
and processor allocations are listed in the following table:
FY 2010 Overall Beet/Cane Allotments And Allocations
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Initial FY 2010
Distribution allocation 9/28/ Revisions 5/7/10 Revisions 8/19/ Final FY 10
09 10 allocations
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Short tons, raw value
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Beet Sugar.............................. 5,019,358 0 -170,000 4,849,358
Cane Sugar.............................. 4,215,892 -200,000 -500,000 3,515,892
Reassignment to Raw TRQ Imports......... 0 200,000 670,000 870,000
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Total OAQ........................... 9,235,250 0 0 9,235,250
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Beet Processors' Marketing:
Amalgamated Sugar Co................ 1,074,683 -17,362 14,327 1,071,647
American Crystal Sugar Co........... 1,850,519 -51,420 -111,798 1,687,301
Michigan Sugar Co................... 518,377 69,779 -9 588,146
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op.............. 321,805 51,988 -41,244 332,549
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op........... 677,454 -21,949 -36,773 618,731
Western Sugar Co.................... 507,709 37,777 5,498 550,984
Wyoming Sugar Co.................... 68,812 -68,812 ................ ................
Total Beet Sugar................ 5,019,358 0 -170,000 4,849,358
State Cane Sugar Allotments:
Florida............................. 2,094,682 -110,880 -309,097 1,674,705
Louisiana........................... 1,623,713 -42,407 -20,877 1,560,429
Texas............................... 182,094 -3,728 -62,650 115,716
Hawaii.............................. 315,403 -42,986 -107,376 165,042
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Total Cane Sugar................ 4,215,892 -200,000 -500,000 3,515,892
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Cane Processors' Marketing
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Florida:
Florida Crystals.................... 862,435 -58,572 -163,122 640,742
Growers Co-op of Florida............ 376,802 -15,331 -42,735 318,737
U.S. Sugar Corp..................... 855,444 -36,977 -103,241 -715,226
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Total Florida................... 2,094,682 -110,880 -309,097 1,674,705
rLouisiana
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc.. 1,128,210 -19,479 -16,579 1,092,152
M.A. Patout & Sons.................. 495,502 -22,928 -4,298 -468,276
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Total Louisiana................. 1,623,713 -42,407 -20,877 1,560,429
rTexas
Rio Grande Valley................... 182,094 -3,728 -62,650 115,716
Hawaii
Gay & Robinson, Inc................. 72,401 -18,673 -50,592 3,136
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company..... 243,002 -24,313 -56,784 161,905
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Total Hawaii.................... 315,403 -42,986 -107,376 165,042
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The initial FY 2011 sugar marketing State allotments and processor
allocations are listed in the table located below:
FY 2011 Overall Beet/Cane Allotments and Allocations
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Initial FY2011
Distribution allocations
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Short tons, raw value
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Beet Sugar..................................... 5,019,358
Cane Sugar..................................... 4,215,892
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Total OAQ.................................. 9,235,250
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Beet Processors' Marketing Allocations: .......................
Amalgamated Sugar Co....................... 1,074,683
American Crystal Sugar Co.................. 1,845,383
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Michigan Sugar Co.......................... 518,377
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op..................... 348,589
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op.................. 677,454
Western Sugar Co........................... 512,845
Wyoming Sugar Growers, LLC................. 42,028
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Total Beet Sugar....................... 5,019,358
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State Cane Sugar Allotments: .......................
Florida.................................... 2,094,682
Louisiana.................................. 1,620,472
Texas...................................... 182,094
Hawaii..................................... 318,644
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Total Cane Sugar....................... 4,215,892
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Cane Processors' Marketing Allocations
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Florida: .......................
Florida Crystals........................... 862,435
Growers Co-op. of FL....................... 376,802
U.S. Sugar Corp........................ 855,444
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Total Florida.......................... 2,094,682
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Louisiana: .......................
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc......... 1,124,983
M.A. Patout & Sons......................... 495,489
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Total Louisiana........................ 1,620,472
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Texas: .......................
Rio Grande Valley.......................... 182,094
Hawaii: .......................
Gay & Robinson, Inc........................ 73,145
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company........ 245,499
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Total Hawaii........................... 318,644
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* The sums of individual entries may not match totals due to rounding.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September 27, 2010.
Jonathan W. Coppess,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2010-24663 Filed 9-30-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-05-P
