USDA Increases the Fiscal Year 2016 Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota, 31224 [2016-11732]

Download as PDF 31224 Notices Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 96 Wednesday, May 18, 2016 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of the Secretary USDA Increases the Fiscal Year 2016 Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Office of the Secretary, USDA. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture is providing notice of an increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2016 raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 127,006 metric tons raw value (MTRV). DATES: Effective May 18, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Souleymane Diaby, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, Stop 1021, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250–1021; or by telephone (202) 720–2916; or by fax to (202) 720–8461; or by email to Souleymane.Diaby@ fas.usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture is providing notice of an increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2016 (October 1, 2015-September 30, 2016) raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 127,006 metric tons raw value (MTRV). On June 15, 2015, the Office of the Secretary established the FY 2016 TRQ for raw cane sugar at 1,117,195 MTRV (1,231,497 short tons raw value, STRV *), the minimum to which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. (80 FR 34129). 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 gives notice of an increase in the quantity of raw cane sugar eligible to enter at the lower sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: * Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 May 17, 2016 Jkt 238001 rate of duty during FY 2016 by 127,006 MTRV (140,000 STRV). With this increase, the overall FY 2016 raw sugar TRQ is now 1,244,201 MTRV (1,371,497 STRV). Raw cane sugar under this quota must be accompanied by a certificate for quota eligibility and may be entered until September 30, 2016. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allocate this increase among supplying countries and customs areas. This action is being taken after a determination that additional supplies of raw cane sugar are required in the U.S. market. USDA will closely monitor stocks, consumption, imports and all sugar market and program variables on an ongoing basis, and may make further program adjustments during FY 2016 if needed. Dated: May 13, 2016. Alexis M. Taylor, Deputy Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. [FR Doc. 2016–11732 Filed 5–17–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–10–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Institute of Food and Agriculture Solicitation of Commodity Board Topics and Contribution of Funding Under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA. ACTION: Notice of opportunity for commodity boards to submit topics and contribute funding under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program. AGENCY: As part of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) strategy to implement section 7404 of Public Law 113–79, the Agricultural Act of 2014, NIFA is soliciting topics from eligible commodity board entities (Federal and State-level commodity boards, as defined below) which they are willing to equally co-fund with NIFA. Such topics must relate to the established priority areas of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (AFRI) to be considered for inclusion in future AFRI Requests for Applications (RFAs). SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Commodity boards are those entities established under a commodity promotion law (as such term is defined under section 501(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7401(a)) or a State commodity board (or other equivalent State entity). See the ‘‘Supplementary Information’’ section of this Notice under the heading ‘‘Eligibility for Submitting Topics’’ for further information. If proposed topics are accepted for inclusion in an AFRI RFA after evaluation by NIFA, they will be incorporated into AFRI competitive grants program RFAs. As a condition of funding grants in a topic, NIFA will require an agreement with the commodity board to provide funds that are equal to the amount NIFA is contributing under the agreed upon topic. This Notice invites topic submissions from commodity boards as defined above, outlines the process NIFA will use to evaluate the appropriateness of these topics for inclusion in AFRI RFAs, and describes the commitment commodity boards will be required to make in order for NIFA to jointly fund AFRI applications competitively selected for award within a topic area submitted by the commodity boards. DATES: Topics may be submitted by commodity boards at any time; however, all topics to be considered for the fiscal year 2017 AFRI RFAs must be received by 5:00 p.m., EDT on July 18, 2016. Topics submitted by eligible commodity board entities after this date will be considered for RFAs to be issued in future years. NIFA will hold a webinar and workshop to respond to questions from commodity boards interested in submitting topics. Details including the date and time, and access information will be posted on the NIFA Web site (https://nifa.usda.gov/ commodity-boards/). ADDRESSES: You may submit topics, identified by NIFA–2016–0001, by the following method: Email: commodityboards@ nifa.usda.gov. Instructions: Include NIFA–2016– 0001 in the subject line of the message. The topic submission must be attached to the email using the template located at https://nifa.usda.gov/commodityboards/. All topics received must include the agency name and reference E:\FR\FM\18MYN1.SGM 18MYN1

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 96 / Wednesday, May 18, 2016 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


USDA Increases the Fiscal Year 2016 Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture 
is providing notice of an increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2016 raw 
cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 127,006 metric tons raw value 
(MTRV).

DATES: Effective May 18, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Souleymane Diaby, Import Policies and 
Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, Stop 1021, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-1021; or by 
telephone (202) 720-2916; or by fax to (202) 720-8461; or by email to 
Souleymane.Diaby@fas.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Secretary of the 
Department of Agriculture is providing notice of an increase in the 
fiscal year (FY) 2016 (October 1, 2015-September 30, 2016) raw cane 
sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 127,006 metric tons raw value (MTRV). 
On June 15, 2015, the Office of the Secretary established the FY 2016 
TRQ for raw cane sugar at 1,117,195 MTRV (1,231,497 short tons raw 
value, STRV *), the minimum to which the United States is committed 
under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. (80 
FR 34129). 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 gives 
notice of an increase in the quantity of raw cane sugar eligible to 
enter at the lower rate of duty during FY 2016 by 127,006 MTRV (140,000 
STRV). With this increase, the overall FY 2016 raw sugar TRQ is now 
1,244,201 MTRV (1,371,497 STRV). Raw cane sugar under this quota must 
be accompanied by a certificate for quota eligibility and may be 
entered until September 30, 2016. The Office of the U.S. Trade 
Representative will allocate this increase among supplying countries 
and customs areas.
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    * Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
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    This action is being taken after a determination that additional 
supplies of raw cane sugar are required in the U.S. market. USDA will 
closely monitor stocks, consumption, imports and all sugar market and 
program variables on an ongoing basis, and may make further program 
adjustments during FY 2016 if needed.

    Dated: May 13, 2016.
Alexis M. Taylor,
Deputy Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
[FR Doc. 2016-11732 Filed 5-17-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-10-P

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