Fiscal Year 2024 Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Increase, 16524 [2024-04903]

Download as PDF 16524 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 46 / Thursday, March 7, 2024 / Notices Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 64. Rachelle Ragland-Greene, Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–04865 Filed 3–6–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Foreign Agricultural Service Daniel Whitley, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. Fiscal Year 2024 Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Increase [FR Doc. 2024–04903 Filed 3–6–24; 8:45 am] Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 3410–10–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE The Foreign Agricultural Service is providing notice of an increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 125,000 metric tons raw value (MTRV). DATES: This notice is applicable on March 7, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Souleymane Diaby, Multilateral Affairs Division, Trade Policy and Geographic Affairs, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1070, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–1070; by telephone (202) 720–2916; or by email Souleymane.Diaby@usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5, 2023, the Foreign Agricultural Service established the FY 2024 TRQ for raw cane sugar at 1,117,195 MTRV, the minimum to which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. Pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 5 to Chapter 17 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), the Secretary has authority to modify the raw and refined sugar WTO TRQs. The Secretary’s authority under Additional U.S. Note 5 has been delegated to the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs (7 CFR 2.26). The Under Secretary has subsequently delegated this authority to the Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.601). The Foreign Agricultural Service gives notice today of an increase in the quantity of raw cane sugar eligible to enter at the lower rate of duty during FY 2024 by 125,000 MTRV. The conversion factor is 1 metric ton raw value equals 1.10231125 short tons raw value. With this increase, the overall FY 2024 raw sugar TRQ is now 1,242,195 MTRV. Raw cane sugar under this quota must be accompanied by a certificate for quota eligibility. The SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:13 Mar 06, 2024 Jkt 262001 Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will allocate this increase among supplying countries and customs areas. These actions are 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 2024 if needed. National Agricultural Statistics Service Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an Information Collection National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to seek reinstatement of an information collection, the 2024 Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) survey. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 6, 2024 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535–0240, 2024 TOTAL, by any of the following methods: • Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. Include docket number above in the subject line of the message. • Fax: (202) 720–6396. • Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– ROM submissions to: Richard Hopper, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 2024. • Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: Richard Hopper, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336, South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph L. Parsons, Associate Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. Copies of SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 this information collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from Richard Hopper, NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 720–2206. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 2024 Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) Survey. OMB Control Number: 0535–0240. Type of Request: Intent to Seek Reinstatement of an Information Collection. Abstract: The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the 2024 Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) surveys to be conducted as follow-on surveys to the 2022 Census of Agriculture and are authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 as amended. The 2024 TOTAL surveys will be conducted in 2025, referencing the calendar year of 2024. In 2025 the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) Phase 3 (OMB # 0535– 0275) will be suspended for a period of one year. The scope of the TOTAL survey is greater than that of the ARMS 3 survey. To maintain the ARMS 3 data series, data will be gleaned from the TOTAL surveys to replace the 2024 ARMS 3 data collection. The TOTAL survey will be conducted in two phases. The first phase will be the creation of a list of land owners who rent out land for agricultural purposes. These landlords will be excluded from the sample if they are also active farm or ranch operators as these entities are part of the phase II version 1 sampling population discussed below. The area segments that are used during the June Area Survey (OMB # 0535–0213) will be used as the target areas. NASS will compare the land inside these segments with land ownership data from the Farm Services Agency (FSA) along with property tax information purchased from CoreLogic (a privately owned company). After the removal of any duplication within this list NASS will have the target sample for the Landlord only version of the survey which will be conducted in Phase II. The current NASS List Frame of known farmers and ranchers will be used to create the sample for the Operator version of the survey. No list building will be conducted in Phase I for the operator questionnaire. The second phase of the survey will include data collection and reporting using two versions of the TOTAL questionnaires. Version 1 of the TOTAL E:\FR\FM\07MRN1.SGM 07MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 16524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04903]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Fiscal Year 2024 Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Increase

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Foreign Agricultural Service is providing notice of an 
increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota 
(TRQ) of 125,000 metric tons raw value (MTRV).

DATES: This notice is applicable on March 7, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Souleymane Diaby, Multilateral Affairs 
Division, Trade Policy and Geographic Affairs, Foreign Agricultural 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1070, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1070; by telephone (202) 720-2916; or 
by email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5, 2023, the Foreign Agricultural 
Service established the FY 2024 TRQ for raw cane sugar at 1,117,195 
MTRV, the minimum to which the United States is committed under the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. Pursuant to 
Additional U.S. Note 5 to Chapter 17 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (HTS), the Secretary has authority to modify the raw and 
refined sugar WTO TRQs. The Secretary's authority under Additional U.S. 
Note 5 has been delegated to the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign 
Agricultural Affairs (7 CFR 2.26). The Under Secretary has subsequently 
delegated this authority to the Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 
Service (7 CFR 2.601). The Foreign Agricultural Service gives notice 
today of an increase in the quantity of raw cane sugar eligible to 
enter at the lower rate of duty during FY 2024 by 125,000 MTRV. The 
conversion factor is 1 metric ton raw value equals 1.10231125 short 
tons raw value. With this increase, the overall FY 2024 raw sugar TRQ 
is now 1,242,195 MTRV. Raw cane sugar under this quota must be 
accompanied by a certificate for quota eligibility. The Office of the 
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will allocate this increase among 
supplying countries and customs areas.
    These actions are 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 2024 if needed.

Daniel Whitley,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-04903 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-10-P

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