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Federal Register: June 19, 2001 (Volume 66,
Number 118)
Notices
Page 32922-32923
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Determination of Total Amounts and Quota Period for Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw
Cane Sugar and Certain Imported Sugars, Syrups, and Molasses
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice establishes the
aggregate quantity of 1,360,983 metric tons raw value of sugar that may be
entered under the provisions of additional U.S. Note 5 (a) of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) during fiscal year (FY) 2001. The
following quantities are established for entry: 1,117,195 metric tons raw value
of raw sugar under subheading 1701.11.10 of the HTS; 38,000 metric tons raw
value of certain sugars, syrups, and molasses under subheadings 1701.12.10,
1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and 2106.90.44; 105,788 metric tons raw
value of sugar from Mexico in accordance with the terms of the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); and 100,000 metric tons raw value that will be
held in reserve.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or delivered to the Import Policy and
Programs Division Director, Foreign Agricultural Service, AgStop 1021, South
Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250-1021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Blabey (Division Director,
Import Policy and Programs Division), 202-720-2916.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Paragraph (a)(i) of additional U.S. note 5
to chapter 17 of the HTS provides in pertinent part as follows:
The aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, under subheading 1701.11.10, during
any fiscal year, shall not exceed in the aggregate an amount (expressed in terms
of raw value), not less than 1,117,195 metric tons, as shall be established by
the Secretary of Agriculture * * *, and the aggregate quantity of sugars, syrups
and molasses entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, under
subheading 1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10 and 2106.90.44, during
any fiscal year, shall not exceed in the aggregate an amount (expressed in terms
of raw value), not less than 22,000 metric tons, as shall be established by the
Secretary. With either the aggregate quantity for raw cane sugar or the
aggregate quantity for sugars, syrups and molasses other than raw cane sugar,
the Secretary may reserve a quota quantity for the importation of specialty
sugars as
defined by the U.S. Trade Representative.
These provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of Additional U.S. note
5 to chapter 17 of the HTS authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish
the total amounts (expressed in terms of raw value) for imports of raw cane
sugar and certain other sugars, syrups, and molasses that may be entered under
the subheadings of the HTS subject to the lower tier of duties of the
tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for entry during the fiscal year beginning October 1.
Allocations of the quota amounts among supplying countries and areas will be
made by the United States Trade Representative.
Notice
I hereby give notice, in accordance with paragraph (a)(i) of
additional U.S. note 5 to chapter 17 of the HTS, that an aggregate quantity of
up to 1,222,983 metric tons raw value, of raw cane sugar described in subheading
1701.11.10 of the HTS may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption
during the period from October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001. This TRQ
amount may be allocated among supplying countries and areas by the United States
Trade Representative
I will issue Certificates of Quota Eligibility (CQEs) to
allow Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and the Philippines to ship up to 25
percent of their respective initial country allocations at the low-tier tariff
during each quarter of FY 2001. Argentina, Australia, Guatemala, and Peru will
be allowed to ship up to 50 percent of their respective initial country
allocations in the first 6 months of FY 2001. Unentered allocations, during any
quarter or six month period, may be entered in any subsequent period. For all
other countries, CQEs corresponding to their respective country allocations may
be entered at the low-tier tariff at any time during the fiscal year.
I have further determined that an aggregate quantity of up to
143,788 metric tons raw value of certain sugars, syrups, and molasses described
in subheadings 1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and 2106.90.44 of
the HTS may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the
period from October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001. I have further
determined that out of this quantity of 143,788 metric tons, the quantity of
17,656 metric tons raw value is reserved for the importation of specialty
sugars. These TRQ amounts may be allocated among supplying countries and areas
by the United States Trade Representative.
The NAFTA portion of Mexico's access to the U.S. market is
established at 105,788 metric tons raw value. Mexico's NAFTA access for either
raw or refined sugar is established in Annex 703.2.
A reserve quantity of 100,000 metric tons raw value is
established. The raw or refined sugar TRQs may increased by this quantity, if
needed. If additional country allocations result from the reserved TRQ quantity,
they may be entered subsequent to their announcement by the United States Trade
Representative.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 11, 2001.
Ann M. Veneman,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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