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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program: Overall
Allotment Quantity and Marketing
Allotments
Commodity Credit Corporation
and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Farm Service Agency
(FSA) on behalf of the Commodity
Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this
notice to publish the sugar Overall
Allotment Quantity (OAQ), beet and
cane sugar marketing allotments, and
SUMMARY:
processor allocations for fiscal year (FY)
2016 (October 1, 2015–September 30,
2016), as well as a summary of the
OAQ’s, sugar marketing allotments, and
allocations for FY 2015 and FY 2014.
Although the actions in this notice have
already been announced through United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) news releases, each
determination establishing, adjusting, or
suspending sugar marketing allotments
issued by the Secretary is required by
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938, as amended, to be published in
the Federal Register.
DATES: Effective: December 24, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barb
Fecso, telephone: (202) 720–4146.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication
should contact the USDA Target Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Initial FY 2016 OAQ, State Allotments,
and Processor Allocations
Section 359c of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 (Pub. L. 75–
430), as amended, (7 U.S.C. 1359cc)
requires that the OAQ be established at
not less than 85 percent of the estimated
quantity of sugar for domestic human
consumption for the crop year, and that
fixed percentages of the OAQ be
assigned to the beet sector and cane
sector, and further allocated to the
States in the cane sector. In a September
29, 2015 news release, CCC established
the FY 2016 (2015-crop year) OAQ at
the minimum quantity of 10,093,750
short tons, raw value (STRV). CCC
distributed the FY 2016 beet sugar
allotment of 5,485,953 STRV (54.35
percent of the OAQ) to the beet sugar
processors and the cane sugar allotment
of 4,607,797 STRV (45.65 percent of the
OAQ) to the sugarcane states and
processors.
The FY 2016 (2015-crop year) beet
sugar and cane sugar marketing
allotments and allocations to date are
listed in the following table:
FY 2016 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
Distribution
Initial FY16 allocations
Date of Announcement
September 29, 2016
5,485,953
4,607,797
TOTAL OAQ .................................................................................................................................................................
BEET PROCESSORS’ MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
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 Growers, LLC ....................................................................................................................................
10,093,750
TOTAL BEET SUGAR ..........................................................................................................................................
STATE CANE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS:
Florida ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Louisiana ......................................................................................................................................................................
Texas ............................................................................................................................................................................
Hawaii ...........................................................................................................................................................................
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Beet Sugar ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Cane Sugar ..........................................................................................................................................................................
5,485,953
TOTAL CANE SUGAR ..........................................................................................................................................
CANE PROCESSORS’ MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Florida:
Florida Crystals .............................................................................................................................................................
Growers Co-op of FL ....................................................................................................................................................
U.S. Sugar Corp. ..........................................................................................................................................................
4,607,797
TOTAL ...................................................................................................................................................................
Louisiana:
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc. ..........................................................................................................................
2,344,636
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1,174,584
2,017,406
566,565
380,994
740,429
560,041
45,935
2,344,636
1,813,839
203,823
245,499
965,348
421,765
957,522
1,259,225
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FY 2016 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS—Continued
Distribution
Initial FY16 allocations
Date of Announcement
September 29, 2016
M.A. Patout & Sons ......................................................................................................................................................
554,615
TOTAL ...................................................................................................................................................................
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley ........................................................................................................................................................
Hawaii:.
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company ....................................................................................................................
1,813,839
FY 2015 OAQ, State Allotments, and
Processor Allocations
On September 26, 2014, CCC
announced the initial FY 2015 OAQ of
9,987,500 STRV, the distribution of the
FY 2015 beet sugar allotment of
5,428,206 STRV (54.35 percent of the
OAQ) to sugar beet processors, and the
distribution of the 4,559,294 STRV cane
sugar allotment (45.65 percent of the
OAQ) to sugarcane states and
processors.
In mid-year, CCC reviewed current
inventories, estimated production,
expected marketings, and other factors
affecting each sugar beet or sugarcane
processor’s ability to market its full
allocation. On May 4, 2015 CCC
announced an increase in the FY 2015
OAQ to 10,080,150 STRV, which was 85
percent of the estimate for domestic
human consumption published in the
April 2015 World Agricultural Supply
and Demand Estimates Report
(WASDE). CCC also announced the
reassignment of projected surplus beet
sugar and cane sugar marketing
allotments and allocations under the FY
2015 Sugar Marketing Allotment
Program. The reassignment, which
transferred allocations from processors
with surplus allocation to processors
with deficit allocation, was expected to
increase the available supply of
domestically-produced refined beet
sugar.
As part of the domestic Sugar
Program, CCC is required to reassign
allocation to raw cane sugar imports if
it is determined that processors will be
unable to market their allocations and
there is no CCC inventory. Data
supplied by the processors in April
2015 indicated that the beet sugar sector
would be unable to market 400,000
STRV of its current sugar marketing
allotment, while the raw cane sugar
sector would be unable to market
600,000 STRV of its sugar marketing
allotment. Therefore, the allotments
were reduced to 5,078,562 STRV for
beet sugar and 4,001,588 STRV for cane
sugar, while 1,000,000 STRV was
reassigned to raw cane sugar imports
already displayed in the WASDE report.
203,823
245,499
This reassignment to imports was
merely an accounting effort to comply
with Sugar Program requirements as
specified in 7 U.S.C. 1359ee and was
not an increase in the raw sugar tariffrate quota.
On August 28, 2015, CCC announced
a second reassignment of projected FY
2015 surplus beet sugar marketing
allocation among beet processors and a
reassignment of projected surplus cane
sugar marketing allocation among cane
processors. CCC transferred beet sugar
marketing allocations from beet sugar
processors with surplus allocation to
another beet processor requiring more
allocation to market its record high
crop. Similarly, CCC transferred cane
sugar marketing allocation from two
sugar processors in Florida with surplus
allocation to another processor requiring
more allocation to market its largerthan-expected crop.
The FY 2015 (2014-crop) beet sugar
and cane sugar marketing allotments
and allocations are listed in the
following table:
FY 2015 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
Distribution
Date of Announcement
Change in
OAQ due to
change in
food use
Initial FY15
allocations
Reassignment
among
processors
September
26, 2014
Reassignment
to imports
Adjusted
allocations
Reassignment
within states
May 4, 2015
Reassignment
among
processors
Adjusted
allocations
August 28, 2015;
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Beet Sugar ................................
Cane Sugar ...............................
Reassignment to Raw Cane
Sugar Imports ........................
5,428,206
4,559,294
50,355
42,295
0
0
(400,000)
(600,000)
5,078,562
4,001,588
—
—
—
—
5,078,562
4,001,588
0
0
0
1,000,000
1,000,000
—
—
1,000,000
TOTAL OAQ ......................
BEET PROCESSORS’ MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Amalgamated Sugar Co. ...
American Crystal Sugar
Co. ..................................
Michigan Sugar Co. ...........
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op.
So. Minn Beet Sugar Coop. ...................................
Western Sugar Co. ............
Wyoming Sugar Growers,
LLC .................................
9,987,500
92,650
0
0
10,080,150
—
—
10,080,150
1,162,220
10,781
¥29,979
¥71,320
1,071,703
—
(2,770)
1,068,933
1,996,116
560,601
376,983
18,565
5,200
3,497
¥75,752
121,322
44,520
¥180,217
0
0
1,758,711
687,124
425,000
—
—
—
(11,701)
31,896
(4,025)
1,747,010
719,020
420,975
732,635
554,200
6,796
5,093
¥58,187
¥4,218
¥138,428
¥10,034
542,816
545,042
¥
—
(5,319)
(7,555)
537,497
537,487
45,451
422
2,294
0
48,167
—
(527)
47,640
5,428,206
50,355
0
¥400,000
5,078,562
¥
¥
5,078,562
TOTAL BEET SUGAR
STATE CANE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS:
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FY 2015 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS—Continued
Distribution
Initial FY15
allocations
Date of Announcement
Change in
OAQ due to
change in
food use
Reassignment
among
processors
September
26, 2014
Reassignment
to imports
Adjusted
allocations
Reassignment
within states
May 4, 2015
Reassignment
among
processors
Adjusted
allocations
August 28, 2015;
Florida ................................
Louisiana ............................
Texas .................................
Hawaii ................................
2,318,566
1,793,672
201,557
245,499
22,732
17,586
1,976
0
0
0
0
0
¥332,253
¥201,973
¥57,275
¥8,499
2,009,046
1,609,285
146,258
237,000
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,009,046
1,609,285
146,258
237,000
TOTAL CANE SUGAR
CANE PROCESSORS’ MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Florida
Florida Crystals ..................
Growers Co-op. of FL ........
U.S. Sugar Corp. ...............
4,559,294
42,295
0
¥600,000
4,001,588
—
—
4,001.588
954,615
417,076,
946,876
9,360
4,089
9,284
0
0
0
¥210,252
¥25,825
¥96,177
753,723
395,341
859,983
(17,376)
(2,134)
19,510
—
—
—
736,347
393,206
879,493
TOTAL ........................
Louisiana
Louisiana Sugar Cane
Products, Inc. .................
M.A. Patout & Sons ...........
2,318,566
22,732
0
¥332,253
2,009,046
—
—
2,009,046
1,245,224
548,448
12,209
5,377
0
0
¥168,664
¥33,308
1,088,768
520,517
—
—
—
—
1,088,768
520,517
TOTAL ........................
1,793,672
17,586
0
¥201,973
1,609,285
—
—
1,609,285
Rio Grande Valley ......
Hawaii
Hawaiian Commercial &
Sugar Company .............
201,557
1,976
0
¥57,275
146,258
—
—
146,258
245,499
0
0
¥8,499
237,000
—
—
237,000
Texas
FY 2014 OAQ, State Allotments, and
Processor Allocations
On August 30, 2013, CCC announced
the initial FY 2014 OAQ of 9,843,000
STRV, the distribution of the FY 2014
beet sugar allotment of 5,349,671 STRV
(54.35 percent of the OAQ) to sugar beet
processors, and the distribution of the
4,493,330 STRV cane sugar allotment
(45.65 percent of the OAQ) to sugarcane
states and processors.
In a May 30, 2014 news release, CCC
announced the reassignment of
projected surplus beet sugar and cane
sugar marketing allotments and
allocations under the FY 2014 Sugar
Marketing Allotment Program. The
reassignment, which transferred
allocations from processors with surplus
allocation to processors with deficit
allocation, was expected to increase the
supply of domestically-produced sugar.
Data supplied by the processors
indicated that the beet sugar sector
would be unable to market 100,000
STRV of its sugar marketing allotment,
while the raw cane sugar sector would
be unable to market 550,000 STRV of its
sugar marketing allotment. Hence, the
allotments were reduced to 5,249,671
STRV for beet sugar and 3,943,330
STRV for cane sugar, while 650,000
STRV was reassigned to raw cane sugar
imports already expected in the WASDE
report. This reassignment to imports
was merely an accounting effort to
comply with the Sugar Program
requirements as specified in 7 U.S.C.
1359ee and was not an increase in the
raw sugar tariff-rate quota.
The FY 2014 (2013-crop) beet sugar
and cane sugar marketing allotments
and allocations are listed in the
following table:
FY 2014 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
Initial FY14
allocations
Reassignments
among
processors
Date of Announcement
August 30,
2013
May 29, 2014
Beet Sugar ...................................................................................................
Cane Sugar ..................................................................................................
Reassignment to Imports of Raw Cane Sugar ............................................
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Distribution
5,349,671
4,493,330
........................
............................
............................
............................
(100,000)
(550,000)
650,000
5,249,671
3,943,330
650,000
TOTAL OAQ ..................................................................................
BEET PROCESSORS’ MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
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 Growers, LLC .............................................................
9,843,000
............................
........................
9,843,000
1,145,405
1,967,161
552,490
371,529
722,035
546,256
44,794
(68,408)
(34,459)
107,128
76,249
(75,606)
(345)
(4,771)
(37,305)
(18,791)
........................
........................
(41,230)
(73)
(2,602)
1,039,693
1,913,912
659,618
447,778
605,200
546,050
37,421
TOTAL BEET SUGAR ...................................................................
STATE CANE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS:
Florida ...................................................................................................
5,349,671
............................
(100,000)
5,249,671
2,283,112
(22,051)
(411,110)
1,849,951
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Adjusted
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FY 2014 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS—Continued
Distribution
Initial FY14
allocations
Reassignments
among
processors
Date of Announcement
August 30,
2013
May 29, 2014
Reassignment
to imports
Adjusted
allocations
Louisiana ..............................................................................................
Texas ....................................................................................................
Hawaii ...................................................................................................
1,766,244
198,475
245,499
(6,044)
(1,406)
29,501
(112,681)
(26,209)
........................
1,647,519
170,860
275,000
TOTAL CANE SUGAR ..................................................................
CANE PROCESSORS’ MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Florida
Florida Crystals .....................................................................................
Growers Co-op of FL ............................................................................
U.S. Sugar Corp. ..................................................................................
4,493,330
............................
(550,00)
3,943,330
940,017
410,698
932,397
(12,711)
(3,543)
(5,797)
(236,976)
(66,055)
(108,079)
690,330
341,100
818,521
TOTAL ...........................................................................................
Louisiana
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc. ...................................................
M.A. Patout & Sons ..............................................................................
2,283,112
(22,051)
(411,110)
1,849,951
1,226,182
540,061
(4,826)
(1,218)
(89,968)
(22,712)
1,131,388
516,131
TOTAL ...........................................................................................
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley ................................................................................
Hawaii:
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company ............................................
1,766,244
(6,044)
(112,681)
1,647,519
198,475
(1,406)
(26,209)
170,860
245,499
29,501
........................
275,000
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 714b and 7 U.S.C.
1359hh(c).
Val Dolcini,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program: Overall Allotment Quantity and Marketing
Allotments
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency (FSA) on behalf of the Commodity
Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice to publish the sugar
Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ), beet and cane sugar marketing
allotments, and processor allocations for fiscal year (FY) 2016
(October 1, 2015-September 30, 2016), as well as a summary of the
OAQ's, sugar marketing allotments, and allocations for FY 2015 and FY
2014. Although the actions in this notice have already been announced
through United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) news releases,
each determination establishing, adjusting, or suspending sugar
marketing allotments issued by the Secretary is required by the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, to be published in the
Federal Register.
DATES: Effective: December 24, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barb Fecso, telephone: (202) 720-4146.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600
(voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Initial FY 2016 OAQ, State Allotments, and Processor Allocations
Section 359c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (Pub. L.
75-430), as amended, (7 U.S.C. 1359cc) requires that the OAQ be
established at not less than 85 percent of the estimated quantity of
sugar for domestic human consumption for the crop year, and that fixed
percentages of the OAQ be assigned to the beet sector and cane sector,
and further allocated to the States in the cane sector. In a September
29, 2015 news release, CCC established the FY 2016 (2015-crop year) OAQ
at the minimum quantity of 10,093,750 short tons, raw value (STRV). CCC
distributed the FY 2016 beet sugar allotment of 5,485,953 STRV (54.35
percent of the OAQ) to the beet sugar processors and the cane sugar
allotment of 4,607,797 STRV (45.65 percent of the OAQ) to the sugarcane
states and processors.
The FY 2016 (2015-crop year) beet sugar and cane sugar marketing
allotments and allocations to date are listed in the following table:
FY 2016 Overall Beet/Cane Allotments and Allocations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Distribution Initial FY16
------------------------------------------------ allocations
------------------------
Date of Announcement September 29, 2016
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beet Sugar..................................... 5,485,953
Cane Sugar..................................... 4,607,797
------------------------
TOTAL OAQ.................................. 10,093,750
BEET PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Amalgamated Sugar Co....................... 1,174,584
American Crystal Sugar Co.................. 2,017,406
Michigan Sugar Co.......................... 566,565
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op..................... 380,994
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op.................. 740,429
Western Sugar Co........................... 560,041
Wyoming Sugar Growers, LLC................. 45,935
------------------------
TOTAL BEET SUGAR....................... 5,485,953
STATE CANE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS:
Florida.................................... 2,344,636
Louisiana.................................. 1,813,839
Texas...................................... 203,823
Hawaii..................................... 245,499
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TOTAL CANE SUGAR....................... 4,607,797
CANE PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Florida:
Florida Crystals........................... 965,348
Growers Co-op of FL........................ 421,765
U.S. Sugar Corp............................ 957,522
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TOTAL.................................. 2,344,636
Louisiana:
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc......... 1,259,225
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M.A. Patout & Sons......................... 554,615
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TOTAL.................................. 1,813,839
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley.......................... 203,823
Hawaii:....................................
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company........ 245,499
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FY 2015 OAQ, State Allotments, and Processor Allocations
On September 26, 2014, CCC announced the initial FY 2015 OAQ of
9,987,500 STRV, the distribution of the FY 2015 beet sugar allotment of
5,428,206 STRV (54.35 percent of the OAQ) to sugar beet processors, and
the distribution of the 4,559,294 STRV cane sugar allotment (45.65
percent of the OAQ) to sugarcane states and processors.
In mid-year, CCC reviewed current inventories, estimated
production, expected marketings, and other factors affecting each sugar
beet or sugarcane processor's ability to market its full allocation. On
May 4, 2015 CCC announced an increase in the FY 2015 OAQ to 10,080,150
STRV, which was 85 percent of the estimate for domestic human
consumption published in the April 2015 World Agricultural Supply and
Demand Estimates Report (WASDE). CCC also announced the reassignment of
projected surplus beet sugar and cane sugar marketing allotments and
allocations under the FY 2015 Sugar Marketing Allotment Program. The
reassignment, which transferred allocations from processors with
surplus allocation to processors with deficit allocation, was expected
to increase the available supply of domestically-produced refined beet
sugar.
As part of the domestic Sugar Program, CCC is required to reassign
allocation to raw cane sugar imports if it is determined that
processors will be unable to market their allocations and there is no
CCC inventory. Data supplied by the processors in April 2015 indicated
that the beet sugar sector would be unable to market 400,000 STRV of
its current sugar marketing allotment, while the raw cane sugar sector
would be unable to market 600,000 STRV of its sugar marketing
allotment. Therefore, the allotments were reduced to 5,078,562 STRV for
beet sugar and 4,001,588 STRV for cane sugar, while 1,000,000 STRV was
reassigned to raw cane sugar imports already displayed in the WASDE
report. This reassignment to imports was merely an accounting effort to
comply with Sugar Program requirements as specified in 7 U.S.C. 1359ee
and was not an increase in the raw sugar tariff-rate quota.
On August 28, 2015, CCC announced a second reassignment of
projected FY 2015 surplus beet sugar marketing allocation among beet
processors and a reassignment of projected surplus cane sugar marketing
allocation among cane processors. CCC transferred beet sugar marketing
allocations from beet sugar processors with surplus allocation to
another beet processor requiring more allocation to market its record
high crop. Similarly, CCC transferred cane sugar marketing allocation
from two sugar processors in Florida with surplus allocation to another
processor requiring more allocation to market its larger-than-expected
crop.
The FY 2015 (2014-crop) beet sugar and cane sugar marketing
allotments and allocations are listed in the following table:
FY 2015 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
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Change in
Initial FY15 OAQ due to Reassignment Reassignment Adjusted Reassignment Reassignment Adjusted
Distribution allocations change in among to imports allocations within states among allocations
food use processors processors
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Date of Announcement September
26, 2014 May 4, 2015
August 28, 2015;
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Beet Sugar...................... 5,428,206 50,355 0 (400,000) 5,078,562 -- -- 5,078,562
Cane Sugar...................... 4,559,294 42,295 0 (600,000) 4,001,588 -- -- 4,001,588
Reassignment to Raw Cane Sugar 0 0 0 1,000,000 1,000,000 -- -- 1,000,000
Imports........................
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TOTAL OAQ................... 9,987,500 92,650 0 0 10,080,150 -- -- 10,080,150
BEET PROCESSORS' MARKETING
ALLOCATIONS:
Amalgamated Sugar Co........ 1,162,220 10,781 -29,979 -71,320 1,071,703 -- (2,770) 1,068,933
American Crystal Sugar Co... 1,996,116 18,565 -75,752 -180,217 1,758,711 -- (11,701) 1,747,010
Michigan Sugar Co........... 560,601 5,200 121,322 0 687,124 -- 31,896 719,020
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op...... 376,983 3,497 44,520 0 425,000 -- (4,025) 420,975
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op... 732,635 6,796 -58,187 -138,428 542,816 - (5,319) 537,497
Western Sugar Co............ 554,200 5,093 -4,218 -10,034 545,042 -- (7,555) 537,487
Wyoming Sugar Growers, LLC.. 45,451 422 2,294 0 48,167 -- (527) 47,640
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TOTAL BEET SUGAR........ 5,428,206 50,355 0 -400,000 5,078,562 - - 5,078,562
STATE CANE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS:
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Florida..................... 2,318,566 22,732 0 -332,253 2,009,046 -- -- 2,009,046
Louisiana................... 1,793,672 17,586 0 -201,973 1,609,285 -- -- 1,609,285
Texas....................... 201,557 1,976 0 -57,275 146,258 -- -- 146,258
Hawaii...................... 245,499 0 0 -8,499 237,000 -- -- 237,000
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TOTAL CANE SUGAR........ 4,559,294 42,295 0 -600,000 4,001,588 -- -- 4,001.588
CANE PROCESSORS' MARKETING
ALLOCATIONS:
Florida
Florida Crystals............ 954,615 9,360 0 -210,252 753,723 (17,376) -- 736,347
Growers Co-op. of FL........ 417,076, 4,089 0 -25,825 395,341 (2,134) -- 393,206
U.S. Sugar Corp............. 946,876 9,284 0 -96,177 859,983 19,510 -- 879,493
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TOTAL................... 2,318,566 22,732 0 -332,253 2,009,046 -- -- 2,009,046
Louisiana
Louisiana Sugar Cane 1,245,224 12,209 0 -168,664 1,088,768 -- -- 1,088,768
Products, Inc..............
M.A. Patout & Sons.......... 548,448 5,377 0 -33,308 520,517 -- -- 520,517
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TOTAL................... 1,793,672 17,586 0 -201,973 1,609,285 -- -- 1,609,285
Texas
Rio Grande Valley....... 201,557 1,976 0 -57,275 146,258 -- -- 146,258
Hawaii
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar 245,499 0 0 -8,499 237,000 -- -- 237,000
Company....................
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FY 2014 OAQ, State Allotments, and Processor Allocations
On August 30, 2013, CCC announced the initial FY 2014 OAQ of
9,843,000 STRV, the distribution of the FY 2014 beet sugar allotment of
5,349,671 STRV (54.35 percent of the OAQ) to sugar beet processors, and
the distribution of the 4,493,330 STRV cane sugar allotment (45.65
percent of the OAQ) to sugarcane states and processors.
In a May 30, 2014 news release, CCC announced the reassignment of
projected surplus beet sugar and cane sugar marketing allotments and
allocations under the FY 2014 Sugar Marketing Allotment Program. The
reassignment, which transferred allocations from processors with
surplus allocation to processors with deficit allocation, was expected
to increase the supply of domestically-produced sugar.
Data supplied by the processors indicated that the beet sugar
sector would be unable to market 100,000 STRV of its sugar marketing
allotment, while the raw cane sugar sector would be unable to market
550,000 STRV of its sugar marketing allotment. Hence, the allotments
were reduced to 5,249,671 STRV for beet sugar and 3,943,330 STRV for
cane sugar, while 650,000 STRV was reassigned to raw cane sugar imports
already expected in the WASDE report. This reassignment to imports was
merely an accounting effort to comply with the Sugar Program
requirements as specified in 7 U.S.C. 1359ee and was not an increase in
the raw sugar tariff-rate quota.
The FY 2014 (2013-crop) beet sugar and cane sugar marketing
allotments and allocations are listed in the following table:
FY 2014 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
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Distribution Initial FY14 Reassignments
----------------------------------------------- allocations among processors
---------------------------------- Reassignment Adjusted
Date of Announcement August 30, to imports allocations
2013 May 29, 2014
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Beet Sugar.................................... 5,349,671 ................ (100,000) 5,249,671
Cane Sugar.................................... 4,493,330 ................ (550,000) 3,943,330
Reassignment to Imports of Raw Cane Sugar..... .............. ................ 650,000 650,000
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TOTAL OAQ............................. 9,843,000 ................ .............. 9,843,000
BEET PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Amalgamated Sugar Co...................... 1,145,405 (68,408) (37,305) 1,039,693
American Crystal Sugar Co................. 1,967,161 (34,459) (18,791) 1,913,912
Michigan Sugar Co......................... 552,490 107,128 .............. 659,618
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op.................... 371,529 76,249 .............. 447,778
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op................. 722,035 (75,606) (41,230) 605,200
Western Sugar Co.......................... 546,256 (345) (73) 546,050
Wyoming Sugar Growers, LLC................ 44,794 (4,771) (2,602) 37,421
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TOTAL BEET SUGAR...................... 5,349,671 ................ (100,000) 5,249,671
STATE CANE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS:
Florida................................... 2,283,112 (22,051) (411,110) 1,849,951
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Louisiana................................. 1,766,244 (6,044) (112,681) 1,647,519
Texas..................................... 198,475 (1,406) (26,209) 170,860
Hawaii.................................... 245,499 29,501 .............. 275,000
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TOTAL CANE SUGAR...................... 4,493,330 ................ (550,00) 3,943,330
CANE PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Florida
Florida Crystals.......................... 940,017 (12,711) (236,976) 690,330
Growers Co-op of FL....................... 410,698 (3,543) (66,055) 341,100
U.S. Sugar Corp........................... 932,397 (5,797) (108,079) 818,521
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TOTAL................................. 2,283,112 (22,051) (411,110) 1,849,951
Louisiana
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc........ 1,226,182 (4,826) (89,968) 1,131,388
M.A. Patout & Sons........................ 540,061 (1,218) (22,712) 516,131
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TOTAL................................. 1,766,244 (6,044) (112,681) 1,647,519
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley......................... 198,475 (1,406) (26,209) 170,860
Hawaii:
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company....... 245,499 29,501 .............. 275,000
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 714b and 7 U.S.C. 1359hh(c).
Val Dolcini,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Executive Vice President,
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2015-32456 Filed 12-23-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-05-P
