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Domestic Sugar Program—FY 2023
Reassignment and FY 2024 Overall
Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane
Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing
Allotments and Company Allocations
AGENCY:
Commodity Credit Corporation,
USDA.
ACTION:
Notice.
The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing this
notice to: revise fiscal year (FY) 2023
(crop year 2022) State cane sugar
allotments and allocations to sugarcane
processors; reassign FY 2023 cane sugar
marketing allocations to raw cane sugar
imports already anticipated; and
announce the FY 2024 (crop year 2023)
overall sugar marketing allotment
quantity (OAQ), State cane sugar
allotments, and sugar beet and
sugarcane processor allocations. The
actions to revise and reassign apply to
all domestic cane sugar marketed for
human consumption in the United
States from October 1, 2022, through
September 30, 2023, and the action to
announce the allocations applies to all
domestic beet and cane sugar marketed
for human consumption in the United
States from October 1, 2023, through
September 30, 2024.
SUMMARY:
Kent
Lanclos, telephone, (202) 720–0114; or
email, kent.lanclos@usda.gov.
Individuals who require alternative
means of communication should contact
the USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720–
2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY)) or
dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay
Service (both voice and text telephone
users can initiate this call from any
telephone).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Revisions and Reassignments of FY
2023 Sugar Cane Allotments and
Allocations
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938, as amended requires USDA to
establish the OAQ at a quantity not less
than 85 percent of the estimated
quantity of sugar for domestic human
consumption for the crop year. On
September 30, 2022, USDA announced
the initial FY 2023 OAQ, which was
established at 10,646,250 short tons, raw
value (STRV), equal to 85 percent of
12,525,000 STRV, the estimated
quantity of sugar for domestic human
consumption for the year as forecast in
the September 2022 World Agricultural
Supply and Demand Estimates report
(WASDE). The notice was issued in the
Federal Register on September 30, 2022
(87 FR 59390–59391). USDA requires
that 54.35 percent of the OAQ be
distributed among beet processors and
45.65 percent be distributed among the
sugarcane States and cane processors.
The beet and cane sector allotments
were distributed to individual
processors according to formulas
prescribed by the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C.
1359aa–1359jj) and 7 CFR part 1435.
In the March 2023 WASDE release,
USDA increased the FY 2023 estimate of
sugar consumption for food use to
12,600,000 STRV. As a result, USDA
increased the FY 2023 OAQ to
10,710,000 STRV, increased the beet
sector allotment to 5,820,885 STRV,
raised the cane sector allotment to
4,889,115 STRV, and revised beet and
cane processor allocations accordingly.
This notice was issued in the Federal
Register notice on April 11, 2023 (88 FR
21704–21606).
In accordance with section 359e of the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7
U.S.C. 1359ee), after evaluating each
sugarcane processor’s ability to market
its full allocation, USDA is transferring
FY 2023 allocations from sugarcane
processors with surplus allocation to
those with deficit allocation as shown in
the table below. USDA has also
determined that domestic cane sugar
supplies are inadequate to fill the FY
2023 cane sugar marketing allotment.
In accordance with 7 U.S.C.
1359ee(b)(2), USDA is reassigning
100,000 STRV of the deficit to raw cane
sugar imports already anticipated, given
the absence of any Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) stocks of sugar. In
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Table 1 below, each sugar cane
processor’s allocation following these
changes is shown in the column labeled
‘‘Revised Allocations & Allotments’’ and
the amount of change in each cane
processor’s allocation in the column
labeled ‘‘Reassignments.’’
USDA is not reassigning any FY 2023
beet allocations to raw cane sugar
imports at this time given the
uncertainty about how much beet sugar
will be produced from new crop sugar
beets in the final 2 months (August–
September) of FY 2023.
TABLE 1—REVISION OF FY 2023 STATE ALLOTMENTS, CANE PROCESSOR ALLOCATIONS AND REASSIGNMENT TO RAW
CANE SUGAR IMPORTS ALREADY ANTICIPATED
Distribution
Initial FY23
allotments &
allocations
FY23
revisions
4/11/23
Beet Sugar ...........................................................................................................
Cane Sugar ..........................................................................................................
Beet Reassign to Raw Cane Sugar Imports .......................................................
Cane Reassign to Raw Cane Sugar Imports ......................................................
5,786,237
4,860,013
........................
........................
5,570,885
4,389,115
250,000
500,000
0
¥100,000
0
100,000
5,570,885
4,289,115
250,000
600,000
Total OAQ .....................................................................................................
10,646,250
10,710,000
0
10,710,00
Amalgamated Sugar ............................................................................................
American Crystal Sugar .......................................................................................
Michigan Sugar ....................................................................................................
Minn-Dak Farmers Coop .....................................................................................
So Minn Beet Sugar ............................................................................................
Western Sugar .....................................................................................................
Wyoming Sugar ...................................................................................................
1,238,877
2,128,113
597,577
401,848
780,958
590,415
48,449
1,193,737
2,039,915
707,281
419,754
650,595
515,519
44,085
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,193,737
2,039,915
707,281
419,754
650,595
515,519
44,085
Total Beet Sugar ..........................................................................................
5,786,237
5,570,885
0
5,570,885
Florida ..................................................................................................................
Louisiana ..............................................................................................................
Texas ...................................................................................................................
2,612,146
2,020,789
227,078
2,152,475
2,134,997
101,643
¥104,118
20,528
¥16,410
2,048,357
2,155,525
85,233
Total Cane Sugar .........................................................................................
4,860,013
4,389,115
¥100,000
4,289,115
Florida:
Florida Crystals .............................................................................................
Growers Cooperative ....................................................................................
U.S. Sugar ....................................................................................................
1,075,489
469,887
1,066,770
772,420
406,257
973,798
¥62,806
¥6,757
¥34,556
709,614
399,501
939,242
Total Florida ..........................................................................................
2,612,146
2,152,475
¥104,118
2,048,357
Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners ........................................................................
M.A. Patout ...................................................................................................
1,402,896
617,893
1,463,932
671,065
20,528
0
1,484,460
671,065
Total Louisiana ......................................................................................
2,020,789
2,134,997
20,528
2,155,525
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley ........................................................................................
227,078
101,643
¥16,410
85,233
Reassignments
Revised
allotments &
allocations
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* Values may not sum to row or column totals due to rounding.
FY 2024 Overall Sugar Marketing
Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar
Marketing Allotments, and Company
Allocations
USDA is establishing the initial FY
2024 (crop year 2023) OAQ at
10,667,500 STRV, equal to 85 percent of
12,550,000 STRV, the estimated
quantity of sugar for domestic human
consumption for FY 2024 as forecast in
the September 2023 WASDE. As noted
above, 54.35 percent of the OAQ is
distributed among beet processors and
45.65 percent is distributed among the
sugarcane States and cane processors,
with the beet and cane sector allotments
distributed to individual processors
according to formulas set out in the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
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and 7 CFR part 1435. Although the Act
directs USDA to assign 325,000 STRV of
the cane sector allotment to ‘‘offshore
States,’’ CCC has determined that no
offshore States exist. While sugar cane
was formerly produced in Puerto Rico
and Hawaii, CCC has determined that
both States have permanently exited
sugarcane production. As a result, CCC
has allocated the 325,000 STRV of the
cane sector allotment previously
reserved for offshore States to the
mainland sugarcane producing States.
The initial FY 2024 sugar marketing
State allotments and processor
allocations are listed in Table 2 below.
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TABLE 2—INITIAL FY 2024 STATE ALLOTMENTS AND BEET AND CANE
PROCESSOR ALLOCATIONS
Distribution
Initial
FY 2024
allotments &
allocations
Beet Sugar ............................
Cane Sugar ..........................
5,797,786
4,869,714
Total OAQ .....................
10,667,500
Amalgamated Sugar .............
American Crystal Sugar .......
Michigan Sugar .....................
Minn-Dak Farmers Coop ......
So Minn Beet Sugar .............
Western Sugar ......................
1,241,350
2,132,371
598,769
402,650
782,517
591,583
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TABLE 2—INITIAL FY 2024 STATE ALLOTMENTS AND BEET AND CANE
PROCESSOR ALLOCATIONS—Continued
Distribution
Initial
FY 2024
allotments &
allocations
Wyoming Sugar ....................
48,546
Total Beet Sugar ...........
5,797,786
Florida ...................................
Louisiana ..............................
Texas ....................................
2,617,360
2,024,823
227,531
Total Cane Sugar ..........
4,869,714
Florida:
Florida Crystals .............
Growers Cooperative ....
U.S. Sugar .....................
1,077,635
470,825
1,068,900
Total Florida ...........
2,617,360
Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners ..........................
M.A. Patout ....................
1,405,697
619,126
Total Louisiana .......
2,024,823
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley .........
227,531
* Values may not sum to column totals due
to rounding.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program--FY 2023 Reassignment and FY 2024 Overall
Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing
Allotments and Company Allocations
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing
this notice to: revise fiscal year (FY) 2023 (crop year 2022) State
cane sugar allotments and allocations to sugarcane processors; reassign
FY 2023 cane sugar marketing allocations to raw cane sugar imports
already anticipated; and announce the FY 2024 (crop year 2023) overall
sugar marketing allotment quantity (OAQ), State cane sugar allotments,
and sugar beet and sugarcane processor allocations. The actions to
revise and reassign apply to all domestic cane sugar marketed for human
consumption in the United States from October 1, 2022, through
September 30, 2023, and the action to announce the allocations applies
to all domestic beet and cane sugar marketed for human consumption in
the United States from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Lanclos, telephone, (202) 720-
0114; or email, [email protected]. Individuals who require
alternative means of communication should contact the USDA TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY)) or dial 711
for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and text telephone
users can initiate this call from any telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Revisions and Reassignments of FY 2023 Sugar Cane Allotments and
Allocations
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended requires USDA
to establish the OAQ at a quantity not less than 85 percent of the
estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for the crop
year. On September 30, 2022, USDA announced the initial FY 2023 OAQ,
which was established at 10,646,250 short tons, raw value (STRV), equal
to 85 percent of 12,525,000 STRV, the estimated quantity of sugar for
domestic human consumption for the year as forecast in the September
2022 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE). The
notice was issued in the Federal Register on September 30, 2022 (87 FR
59390-59391). USDA requires that 54.35 percent of the OAQ be
distributed among beet processors and 45.65 percent be distributed
among the sugarcane States and cane processors. The beet and cane
sector allotments were distributed to individual processors according
to formulas prescribed by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7
U.S.C. 1359aa-1359jj) and 7 CFR part 1435.
In the March 2023 WASDE release, USDA increased the FY 2023
estimate of sugar consumption for food use to 12,600,000 STRV. As a
result, USDA increased the FY 2023 OAQ to 10,710,000 STRV, increased
the beet sector allotment to 5,820,885 STRV, raised the cane sector
allotment to 4,889,115 STRV, and revised beet and cane processor
allocations accordingly. This notice was issued in the Federal Register
notice on April 11, 2023 (88 FR 21704-21606).
In accordance with section 359e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ee), after evaluating each sugarcane processor's
ability to market its full allocation, USDA is transferring FY 2023
allocations from sugarcane processors with surplus allocation to those
with deficit allocation as shown in the table below. USDA has also
determined that domestic cane sugar supplies are inadequate to fill the
FY 2023 cane sugar marketing allotment.
In accordance with 7 U.S.C. 1359ee(b)(2), USDA is reassigning
100,000 STRV of the deficit to raw cane sugar imports already
anticipated, given the absence of any Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC) stocks of sugar. In
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Table 1 below, each sugar cane processor's allocation following these
changes is shown in the column labeled ``Revised Allocations &
Allotments'' and the amount of change in each cane processor's
allocation in the column labeled ``Reassignments.''
USDA is not reassigning any FY 2023 beet allocations to raw cane
sugar imports at this time given the uncertainty about how much beet
sugar will be produced from new crop sugar beets in the final 2 months
(August-September) of FY 2023.
Table 1--Revision of FY 2023 State Allotments, Cane Processor Allocations and Reassignment to Raw Cane Sugar
Imports Already Anticipated
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Initial FY23 FY23 Revised
Distribution allotments & revisions Reassignments allotments &
allocations 4/11/23 allocations
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Beet Sugar......................................... 5,786,237 5,570,885 0 5,570,885
Cane Sugar......................................... 4,860,013 4,389,115 -100,000 4,289,115
Beet Reassign to Raw Cane Sugar Imports............ .............. 250,000 0 250,000
Cane Reassign to Raw Cane Sugar Imports............ .............. 500,000 100,000 600,000
------------------------------------------------------------
Total OAQ...................................... 10,646,250 10,710,000 0 10,710,00
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Amalgamated Sugar.................................. 1,238,877 1,193,737 0 1,193,737
American Crystal Sugar............................. 2,128,113 2,039,915 0 2,039,915
Michigan Sugar..................................... 597,577 707,281 0 707,281
Minn-Dak Farmers Coop.............................. 401,848 419,754 0 419,754
So Minn Beet Sugar................................. 780,958 650,595 0 650,595
Western Sugar...................................... 590,415 515,519 0 515,519
Wyoming Sugar...................................... 48,449 44,085 0 44,085
------------------------------------------------------------
Total Beet Sugar............................... 5,786,237 5,570,885 0 5,570,885
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Florida............................................ 2,612,146 2,152,475 -104,118 2,048,357
Louisiana.......................................... 2,020,789 2,134,997 20,528 2,155,525
Texas.............................................. 227,078 101,643 -16,410 85,233
------------------------------------------------------------
Total Cane Sugar............................... 4,860,013 4,389,115 -100,000 4,289,115
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Florida:
Florida Crystals............................... 1,075,489 772,420 -62,806 709,614
Growers Cooperative............................ 469,887 406,257 -6,757 399,501
U.S. Sugar..................................... 1,066,770 973,798 -34,556 939,242
------------------------------------------------------------
Total Florida.............................. 2,612,146 2,152,475 -104,118 2,048,357
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners..................... 1,402,896 1,463,932 20,528 1,484,460
M.A. Patout.................................... 617,893 671,065 0 671,065
------------------------------------------------------------
Total Louisiana............................ 2,020,789 2,134,997 20,528 2,155,525
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley.............................. 227,078 101,643 -16,410 85,233
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Values may not sum to row or column totals due to rounding.
FY 2024 Overall Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar
Marketing Allotments, and Company Allocations
USDA is establishing the initial FY 2024 (crop year 2023) OAQ at
10,667,500 STRV, equal to 85 percent of 12,550,000 STRV, the estimated
quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for FY 2024 as
forecast in the September 2023 WASDE. As noted above, 54.35 percent of
the OAQ is distributed among beet processors and 45.65 percent is
distributed among the sugarcane States and cane processors, with the
beet and cane sector allotments distributed to individual processors
according to formulas set out in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938 and 7 CFR part 1435. Although the Act directs USDA to assign
325,000 STRV of the cane sector allotment to ``offshore States,'' CCC
has determined that no offshore States exist. While sugar cane was
formerly produced in Puerto Rico and Hawaii, CCC has determined that
both States have permanently exited sugarcane production. As a result,
CCC has allocated the 325,000 STRV of the cane sector allotment
previously reserved for offshore States to the mainland sugarcane
producing States. The initial FY 2024 sugar marketing State allotments
and processor allocations are listed in Table 2 below.
Table 2--Initial FY 2024 State Allotments and Beet and Cane Processor
Allocations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Initial FY
2024
Distribution allotments &
allocations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beet Sugar.............................................. 5,797,786
Cane Sugar.............................................. 4,869,714
---------------
Total OAQ........................................... 10,667,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amalgamated Sugar....................................... 1,241,350
American Crystal Sugar.................................. 2,132,371
Michigan Sugar.......................................... 598,769
Minn-Dak Farmers Coop................................... 402,650
So Minn Beet Sugar...................................... 782,517
Western Sugar........................................... 591,583
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Wyoming Sugar........................................... 48,546
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Total Beet Sugar.................................... 5,797,786
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Florida................................................. 2,617,360
Louisiana............................................... 2,024,823
Texas................................................... 227,531
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Total Cane Sugar.................................... 4,869,714
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Florida:
Florida Crystals.................................... 1,077,635
Growers Cooperative................................. 470,825
U.S. Sugar.......................................... 1,068,900
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Total Florida................................... 2,617,360
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Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners.......................... 1,405,697
M.A. Patout......................................... 619,126
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Total Louisiana................................. 2,024,823
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Texas:
Rio Grande Valley................................... 227,531
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* Values may not sum to column totals due to rounding.
USDA will closely monitor stocks, consumption, imports and all
sugar market and program variables on an ongoing basis and may make
program adjustments during FY 2024 if needed.
USDA Non-Discrimination Policy
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, USDA, its
Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or
administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on
race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including
gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital
status, family or parental status, income derived from a public
assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for
prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or
funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and
complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Individuals who require alternative means of communication for
program information (for example, braille, large print, audiotape,
American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or
the USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone
(TTY)) or dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and
text telephone users can initiate this call from any telephone).
Additionally, program information may be made available in languages
other than English.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA
Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint and
at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in
the letter all the information requested in the form. To request a copy
of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form
or letter to USDA by: (1) mail to: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3)
email: [email protected].
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Zach Ducheneaux,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Executive Vice President,
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2023-22638 Filed 10-12-23; 8:45 am]
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