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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
National Small Business Development
Center Advisory Board Meeting
U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA).
AGENCY:
Notice of open Federal Advisory
Committee meetings.
ACTION:
The SBA is issuing this notice
to announce the location, date, time and
agenda for the 1st quarter meetings of
the National Small Business
Development Center (SBDC) Advisory
Board.
SUMMARY:
The meetings for the 1st quarter
will be held on the following dates:
DATES:
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 1:00pm
EST;
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 1:00pm
EST;
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 1:00pm
EST.
These meetings will be held
via conference call.
ADDRESSES:
Pursuant
to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2),
SBA announces the meetings of the
National SBDC Advisory Board. This
Board provides advice and counsel to
the SBA Administrator and Associate
Administrator for Small Business
Development Centers.
The purpose of these meetings is to
discuss following issues pertaining to
the SBDC Advisory Board:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
—SBA Update
—Annual Meetings
—Board Assignments
—Member Roundtable
The
meeting is open to the public however
advance notice of attendance is
requested. Anyone wishing to be a
listening participant must contact
Monika Nixon by fax or email. Her
contact information is Monika Nixon,
Program Specialist, 409 Third Street
SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone,
202–205–7310, Fax 202–481–5624,
email, monika.nixon@sba.gov
Additionally, if you need
accommodations because of a disability
or require additional information, please
contact Monika Nixon at the
information above.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Doukas,
Committee Management Officer.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Fiscal Year 2015 WTO Tariff-Rate
Quota Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar,
Refined and Specialty Sugar, and
Sugar-Containing Products
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 Fiscal Year (FY) 2015
(Oct. 1, 2014, through Sept. 30, 2015) inquota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas
(TRQs) for imported raw cane sugar,
refined sugar (syrups and molasses),
specialty sugar, and sugar-containing
products.
DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be 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, 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 tariff-rate quotas
(TRQs) 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
TRQ 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 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 September 2, 2014, the Secretary
of Agriculture (Secretary) announced
the sugar program provisions for fiscal
year (FY) 2015. The Secretary
announced an in-quota quantity of the
TRQ for raw cane sugar for FY 2015 of
1,117,195 metric ton * raw value
(MTRV), which is the minimum amount
to which the United States is committed
under the World Trade Organization
(WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements.
USTR is allocating this quantity
(1,117,195 MTRV) to the following
countries in the amounts specified
below:
SUMMARY:
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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 ..............
Paraguay ..............................
Peru ......................................
Philippines ............................
South Africa ..........................
St. Kitts & Nevis ...................
Swaziland .............................
Taiwan ..................................
Thailand ................................
Trinidad & Tobago ................
Uruguay ................................
Zimbabwe .............................
FY 2015 raw
cane sugar
allocations
(MTRV)
45,281
87,402
7,371
11,584
8,424
152,691
25,273
7,258
15,796
7,258
185,335
11,584
27,379
9,477
7,258
50,546
12,636
7,258
10,530
8,424
11,584
7,258
10,530
12,636
7,258
13,690
22,114
30,538
7,258
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 inquota quantities 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.
On September 2, 2014, the Secretary
also announced the establishment of the
in-quota quantity of the FY 2015 refined
sugar TRQ at 127,000 MTRV 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
Agreements (22,000 MTRV of which
1,656 MTRV is reserved for specialty
sugar) and an additional 105,000 MTRV
for specialty sugars. USTR is allocating
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board Meeting
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
ACTION: Notice of open Federal Advisory Committee meetings.
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SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the location, date,
time and agenda for the 1st quarter meetings of the National Small
Business Development Center (SBDC) Advisory Board.
DATES: The meetings for the 1st quarter will be held on the following
dates:
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 1:00pm EST;
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 1:00pm EST;
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 1:00pm EST.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held via conference call.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), SBA announces the
meetings of the National SBDC Advisory Board. This Board provides
advice and counsel to the SBA Administrator and Associate Administrator
for Small Business Development Centers.
The purpose of these meetings is to discuss following issues
pertaining to the SBDC Advisory Board:
--SBA Update
--Annual Meetings
--Board Assignments
--Member Roundtable
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The meeting is open to the public
however advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to be
a listening participant must contact Monika Nixon by fax or email. Her
contact information is Monika Nixon, Program Specialist, 409 Third
Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone, 202-205-7310, Fax 202-481-
5624, email, monika.nixon@sba.gov
Additionally, if you need accommodations because of a disability or
require additional information, please contact Monika Nixon at the
information above.
Diana Doukas,
Committee Management Officer.
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