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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
USDA Increases and Reassigns Fiscal
Year 2012 Overall Allotment Quantity
and Increases Fiscal Year 2012 Raw
Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota
Office of the Secretary, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) today announced a
51,000 short tons raw value (STRV)
increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2012
Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ), a
reassignment of projected surplus beet
sugar marketing allocations between
beet processors, and a reassignment of
surplus cane sugar marketing allotment
from domestic sugarcane processors to a
420,000 STRV increase in the FY 2012
raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ).
DATES: Effective Date: April 19, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angel F. Gonzalez, Import Policies and
Export Reporting Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, AgStop 1021, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Washington,
DC 20250–1021; or by telephone (202)
720–2916; or by fax to (202) 720–0876;
or by email to
angel.f.gonzalez@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA
today announced an increase in the FY
2012 OAQ to 9,507,250 STRV, which
represents 85 percent of the demand
estimate published in the April 2012
World Agricultural Supply and Demand
Estimates (WASDE) report. The increase
is split in accordance with the Sugar
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Marketing Allotment program, 54.35/
45.65 percent between the beet and cane
sectors, or 27,719 and 23,281 STRV,
respectively. USDA evaluated each
sugar beet processor’s ability to market
its full allocation, and decided not to
reassign beet sugar allotment to imports
at this time due to uncertainties that
still exist in forecasting FY 2012 sugar
production. However, beet sugar
marketing allocations are transferred
from beet sugar processors with surplus
allocation to those with deficit
allocation (see Table).
In addition, USDA determined that all
sugarcane processors have surplus
allocations of the FY 2012 cane sugar
marketing allotment. Therefore, the
420,000 STRV reassignment to the raw
sugar TRQ increase reduced all
sugarcane states’ sugar marketing
allotments. The total cane sector
allotment decreased in net from
4,316,778 to 3,920,060 STRV. The new
cane state allotments are Florida,
1,926,658 STRV; Louisiana, 1,554,521
STRV; Texas, 170,745 STRV; and
Hawaii, 268,135 STRV. The FY 2012
sugar marketing allotment program will
not prevent any domestic sugarcane
processors from marketing all of their
FY 2012 sugar supply. Due to
uncertainties that still exist in
forecasting each company’s and sector’s
FY 2012 sugar production, further
reassignments are likely.
On July 30, 2011, USDA established
the FY 2012 TRQ for raw cane sugar at
1,231,497 STRV (1,117,195 metric tons
raw value, MTRV *), the minimum to
which the United States is committed
under the World Trade Organization
(WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements.
Pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 5 to
Chapter 17 of the U.S. Harmonized
Tariff Schedule (HTS) and Section 359k
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938, as amended, the Secretary of
Agriculture today increased the quantity
of raw cane sugar eligible for the lower
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short tons.
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tier of duties of the HTS during FY 2012
by 420,000 STRV (381,018 MTRV). With
this increase, the overall FY 2012 raw
sugar TRQ is now 1,651,497 STRV
(1,498,213 MTRV). Raw cane sugar
under this quota must be accompanied
by a certificate for quota eligibility and
may be entered until September 30,
2012. The Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative will allocate this
increase among supplying countries and
customs areas.
The 420,000 STRV raw sugar TRQ
increase, when combined with an
estimated reallocation of 70,000 STRV,
is expected to yield a net increase in
raw sugar imports of 450,000 STRV,
after normal TRQ slippage because not
all supplying countries will fill their
import quota allocations. This TRQ
increase is not currently expected to
increase FY 2012 domestic sugar
supplies sufficiently to attain a level
USDA considers adequate. USDA used
an ending stocks-to-use level of 14.5
percent in estimating the ‘‘reasonable
ending stocks’’ parameter for the most
recent FY 2012 sugar market quarterly
review mandated by statute. Significant
uncertainties about FY 2012 Mexican
imports, domestic refined and raw sugar
demand, the early sugar beet crop, and
other market factors make it prudent for
USDA to not increase imported supplies
further at this time. USDA will reevaluate market conditions in June, as
required by statute, and increase, as
determined appropriate, the TRQ to
bring the expected FY 2012 endingstocks-use to within the traditional
range that USDA considers adequate,
i.e., 13.5 to 15.5 percent.
Dated: April 13, 2012.
Michael T. Scuse,
Acting Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services.
The revised FY 2012 cane and beet
sugar marketing allotments and
processor allocations table is shown
below.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
USDA Increases and Reassigns Fiscal Year 2012 Overall Allotment
Quantity and Increases Fiscal Year 2012 Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a
51,000 short tons raw value (STRV) increase in the fiscal year (FY)
2012 Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ), a reassignment of projected
surplus beet sugar marketing allocations between beet processors, and a
reassignment of surplus cane sugar marketing allotment from domestic
sugarcane processors to a 420,000 STRV increase in the FY 2012 raw
sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ).
DATES: Effective Date: April 19, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angel F. Gonzalez, Import Policies and
Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, AgStop 1021,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-1021; or by
telephone (202) 720-2916; or by fax to (202) 720-0876; or by email to
angel.f.gonzalez@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA today announced an increase in the FY
2012 OAQ to 9,507,250 STRV, which represents 85 percent of the demand
estimate published in the April 2012 World Agricultural Supply and
Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. The increase is split in accordance
with the Sugar Marketing Allotment program, 54.35/45.65 percent between
the beet and cane sectors, or 27,719 and 23,281 STRV, respectively.
USDA evaluated each sugar beet processor's ability to market its full
allocation, and decided not to reassign beet sugar allotment to imports
at this time due to uncertainties that still exist in forecasting FY
2012 sugar production. However, beet sugar marketing allocations are
transferred from beet sugar processors with surplus allocation to those
with deficit allocation (see Table).
In addition, USDA determined that all sugarcane processors have
surplus allocations of the FY 2012 cane sugar marketing allotment.
Therefore, the 420,000 STRV reassignment to the raw sugar TRQ increase
reduced all sugarcane states' sugar marketing allotments. The total
cane sector allotment decreased in net from 4,316,778 to 3,920,060
STRV. The new cane state allotments are Florida, 1,926,658 STRV;
Louisiana, 1,554,521 STRV; Texas, 170,745 STRV; and Hawaii, 268,135
STRV. The FY 2012 sugar marketing allotment program will not prevent
any domestic sugarcane processors from marketing all of their FY 2012
sugar supply. Due to uncertainties that still exist in forecasting each
company's and sector's FY 2012 sugar production, further reassignments
are likely.
On July 30, 2011, USDA established the FY 2012 TRQ for raw cane
sugar at 1,231,497 STRV (1,117,195 metric tons raw value, MTRV \*\),
the minimum to which the United States is committed under the World
Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. Pursuant to
Additional U.S. Note 5 to Chapter 17 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTS) and Section 359k of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938, as amended, the Secretary of Agriculture today increased the
quantity of raw cane sugar eligible for the lower tier of duties of the
HTS during FY 2012 by 420,000 STRV (381,018 MTRV). With this increase,
the overall FY 2012 raw sugar TRQ is now 1,651,497 STRV (1,498,213
MTRV). Raw cane sugar under this quota must be accompanied by a
certificate for quota eligibility and may be entered until September
30, 2012. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allocate
this increase among supplying countries and customs areas.
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The 420,000 STRV raw sugar TRQ increase, when combined with an
estimated reallocation of 70,000 STRV, is expected to yield a net
increase in raw sugar imports of 450,000 STRV, after normal TRQ
slippage because not all supplying countries will fill their import
quota allocations. This TRQ increase is not currently expected to
increase FY 2012 domestic sugar supplies sufficiently to attain a level
USDA considers adequate. USDA used an ending stocks-to-use level of
14.5 percent in estimating the ``reasonable ending stocks'' parameter
for the most recent FY 2012 sugar market quarterly review mandated by
statute. Significant uncertainties about FY 2012 Mexican imports,
domestic refined and raw sugar demand, the early sugar beet crop, and
other market factors make it prudent for USDA to not increase imported
supplies further at this time. USDA will re-evaluate market conditions
in June, as required by statute, and increase, as determined
appropriate, the TRQ to bring the expected FY 2012 ending-stocks-use to
within the traditional range that USDA considers adequate, i.e., 13.5
to 15.5 percent.
Dated: April 13, 2012.
Michael T. Scuse,
Acting Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
The revised FY 2012 cane and beet sugar marketing allotments and
processor allocations table is shown below.
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