[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 21418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9163]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Fiscal Year 2011 Allocation of Additional Tariff-Rate Quota 
Volume for Raw Cane Sugar and Reallocation of Unused Fiscal Year 2011 
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) 2011 in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for 
imported raw cane sugar and of country-by-country reallocations of the 
FY 2011 in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for imported raw 
cane sugar.

DATES: Effective Date: April 15, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or delivered to Ann Heilman-Dahl, 
Director of Agricultural Affairs, Office of Agricultural Affairs, 
Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Heilman-Dahl, Office of 
Agricultural Affairs, 202-395-6127.

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 April 11, 2011, The Secretary of Agriculture announced an 
additional in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for the 
remainder of FY 2011 (ending September 30, 2011) in the amount of 
294,835 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 August 5, 
2010). Finally, USTR has determined to reallocate 102,177 MTRV of the 
minimum amount of the original TRQ for raw cane sugar from countries 
that have stated they will be unable to fill previously allocated FY 
2011 raw sugar TRQ quantities. USTR is allocating this total quantity 
of 397,012 MTRV to the following countries in the amounts specified 
below:

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                                                        Combined FY 2011
                       Country                         re-allocation and
                                                            increase
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Argentina............................................             21,395
Australia............................................             41,299
Belize...............................................              5,474
Bolivia..............................................              3,980
Brazil...............................................             72,148
Colombia.............................................             11,941
Costa Rica...........................................              7,463
Dominican Republic...................................             20,000
Ecuador..............................................              5,474
El Salvador..........................................             12,937
Guatemala............................................             23,884
Guyana...............................................              5,971
Honduras.............................................              5,000
India................................................              3,980
Jamaica..............................................              5,000
Malawi...............................................              4,976
Mauritius............................................              2,000
Mozambique...........................................              6,469
Nicaragua............................................             10,449
Panama...............................................             14,430
Peru.................................................             20,400
Philippines..........................................             60,000
South Africa.........................................             11,444
Swaziland............................................              7,961
Thailand.............................................              6,966
Zimbabwe.............................................              5,971
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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.
    Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.

Ronald Kirk,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2011-9163 Filed 4-14-11; 8:45 am]
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