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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Office of Agricultural Affairs; Fiscal
Year 2016 Allocation of Additional
Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Raw
Cane Sugar
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 additional Fiscal Year
(FY) 2016 in-quota quantity of the tariffrate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane
sugar as announced by Secretary of
Agriculture on May 18, 2016.
DATES: Effective Date: May 27, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald Baumgarten, Office of
Agricultural Affairs, telephone: 202–
395–9583 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 TRQs for imports of
raw cane and refined sugar. Section
404(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3601(d)(3))
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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 May 18, 2016, the Secretary of
Agriculture announced an additional inquota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane
sugar for the remainder of FY 2016
(ending September 30, 2016) in the
amount of 127,006 metric tons, raw
value (MTRV). This quantity is in
addition to the minimum amount to
which the United States has already
committed to pursuant to the World
Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay
Round Agreements (1,117,195 MTRV, as
announced by Federal Register notice
on June 15, 2015, 80 FR 34129). USTR
is allocating this total quantity of
127,006 MTRV to the following
countries in the amounts specified
below:
Country
Argentina ..............................
Australia ................................
Belize ....................................
Brazil .....................................
Colombia ...............................
Costa Rica ............................
Dominican Republic ..............
Ecuador ................................
El Salvador ...........................
Fiji .........................................
Guatemala ............................
Guyana .................................
Honduras ..............................
India ......................................
Jamaica ................................
Malawi ...................................
Mauritius ...............................
Mozambique .........................
Nicaragua .............................
Panama ................................
Peru ......................................
Philippines ............................
South Africa ..........................
Swaziland .............................
Thailand ................................
Zimbabwe .............................
FY 2016 raw
cane sugar
increase
(MTRV)
6,159
11,888
1,576
20,768
3,437
2,148
15,000
1,576
3,724
1,289
6,875
1,719
1,432
1,146
1,576
1,432
1,719
1,862
3,008
4,154
5,872
19,336
3,294
2,292
2,005
1,719
These allocations are based on the
countries’ historical shipments to the
United States. The allocations 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.
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Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay
Round Agreements. USTR is allocating
this quantity (1,117,195 MTRV) to the
following countries in the amounts
specified below:
Conversion factor: 1 metric ton =
1.10231125 short tons.
Michael Froman,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2016–12496 Filed 5–26–16; 8:45 am]
FY 2017 raw
cane sugar
allocations
(MTRV)
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Office of Agricultural Affairs: Fiscal
Year 2017 Tariff-Rate Quota
Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar,
Refined and Specialty Sugar and
Sugar-Containing Products
Office of Agricultural Affairs,
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) 2017
(Oct. 1, 2016 through Sept. 30, 2017) inquota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas
for imported raw cane sugar, certain
sugars, syrups and molasses (also
known as refined sugar), specialty sugar,
and sugar-containing products.
DATES: Effective Date: May 27, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald Baumgarten, Office of
Agricultural Affairs, telephone: 202–
395–9583 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 May 6, 2016 (81 FR 27390), the
Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary)
announced the sugar program
provisions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017.
The Secretary announced an in-quota
quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar
for FY 2017 of 1,117,195 metric tons *
raw value (MTRV), which is the
minimum amount to which the United
States is committed under the World
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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 .............................
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 May 6, 2016, the Secretary also
announced the establishment of the inquota quantity of the FY 2017 refined
sugar TRQ at 162,000 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
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1,656 MTRV is reserved for specialty
sugar) and an additional 140,000 MTRV
for specialty sugars. USTR is allocating
the refined sugar TRQ as follows: 10,300
MTRV of refined sugar to Canada, 2,954
MTRV to Mexico, and 7,090 MTRV to be
administered on a first-come, firstserved basis.
Imports of all specialty sugar will be
administered on a first-come, firstserved basis in five tranches. The
Secretary has announced that the total
in-quota quantity of specialty sugar will
be the 1,656 MTRV included in the
WTO minimum plus an additional
140,000 MTRV. The first tranche of
1,656 MTRV will open October 3, 2016.
All types of specialty sugars are eligible
for entry under this tranche. The second
tranche of 40,000 MTRV will open on
October 26, 2016. The third tranche of
40,000 MTRV will open on January 6,
2017. The fourth and fifth tranches of
30,000 MTRV each will open on April
7, 2017 and July 7, 2017, respectively.
The second, third, fourth and fifth
tranches will be reserved for organic
sugar and other specialty sugars not
currently produced commercially in the
United States or reasonably available
from domestic sources.
With respect to the in-quota quantity
of 64,709 MTRV of the TRQ for imports
of certain sugar-containing products
maintained under Additional U.S. Note
8 to chapter 17 of the HTS, USTR is
allocating 59,250 MTRV to Canada. The
remainder, 5,459 MTRV, of the in-quota
quantity is available for other countries
on a first-come, first-served basis.
Raw cane sugar, refined and specialty
sugar and sugar-containing products for
FY 2017 TRQs may enter the United
States as of October 1, 2016.
* Conversion factor: 1 metric ton =
1.10231125 short tons.
Michael Froman,
United States Trade Representative.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Office of Agricultural Affairs; Fiscal Year 2016 Allocation of
Additional Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Raw Cane Sugar
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is
providing notice of country-by-country allocations of additional Fiscal
Year (FY) 2016 in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for
imported raw cane sugar as announced by Secretary of Agriculture on May
18, 2016.
DATES: Effective Date: May 27, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Baumgarten, Office of
Agricultural Affairs, telephone: 202-395-9583 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 TRQs for imports of raw cane and
refined sugar. 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 May 18, 2016, the Secretary of Agriculture announced an
additional in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for the
remainder of FY 2016 (ending September 30, 2016) in the amount of
127,006 metric tons, raw value (MTRV). This quantity is in addition to
the minimum amount to which the United States has already committed to
pursuant to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements
(1,117,195 MTRV, as announced by Federal Register notice on June 15,
2015, 80 FR 34129). USTR is allocating this total quantity of 127,006
MTRV to the following countries in the amounts specified below:
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FY 2016 raw
cane sugar
Country increase
(MTRV)
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Argentina............................................... 6,159
Australia............................................... 11,888
Belize.................................................. 1,576
Brazil.................................................. 20,768
Colombia................................................ 3,437
Costa Rica.............................................. 2,148
Dominican Republic...................................... 15,000
Ecuador................................................. 1,576
El Salvador............................................. 3,724
Fiji.................................................... 1,289
Guatemala............................................... 6,875
Guyana.................................................. 1,719
Honduras................................................ 1,432
India................................................... 1,146
Jamaica................................................. 1,576
Malawi.................................................. 1,432
Mauritius............................................... 1,719
Mozambique.............................................. 1,862
Nicaragua............................................... 3,008
Panama.................................................. 4,154
Peru.................................................... 5,872
Philippines............................................. 19,336
South Africa............................................ 3,294
Swaziland............................................... 2,292
Thailand................................................ 2,005
Zimbabwe................................................ 1,719
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These allocations are based on the countries' historical shipments
to the United States. The allocations 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.
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Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
Michael Froman,
United States Trade Representative.
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