[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33971-33972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15266]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Fiscal Year 2019 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane 
Sugar, Refined and Specialty Sugar and Sugar-Containing Products

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 the Fiscal Year 
2019 (Oct. 1, 2018 through Sept. 30, 2019) in-quota quantity of the 
tariff-rate quotas for imported raw cane sugar.

DATES: This notice is applicable on July 18, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dylan Daniels, Office of Agricultural 
Affairs, at 202-395-6095.

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. 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 U.S. Trade Representative under Presidential 
Proclamation 6763 (60 FR 1007).
    On June 29, 2018, the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) 
announced the sugar program provisions for Fiscal Year 2019. The 
Secretary announced an in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar 
for Fiscal Year 2019 of 1,117,195 metric tons (conversion factor: 1 
metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons) raw value (MTRV), which is the 
minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the World 
Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. USTR is allocating 
this quantity (1,117,195 MTRV) to the following countries in the 
amounts specified below:

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                                                            Fiscal year
                                                          2019 raw  cane
                         Country                               sugar
                                                            allocations
                                                              (MTRV)
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Argentina...............................................          45,281
Australia...............................................          87,402
Barbados................................................           7,371
Belize..................................................          11,584
Bolivia.................................................           8,424
Brazil..................................................         152,691
Colombia................................................          25,273

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Congo...................................................           7,258
Costa Rica..............................................          15,796
Cote d'Ivoire...........................................           7,258
Dominican Republic......................................         185,335
Ecuador.................................................          11,584
El Salvador.............................................          27,379
Fiji....................................................           9,477
Gabon...................................................           7,258
Guatemala...............................................          50,546
Guyana..................................................          12,636
Haiti...................................................           7,258
Honduras................................................          10,530
India...................................................           8,424
Jamaica.................................................          11,584
Madagascar..............................................           7,258
Malawi..................................................          10,530
Mauritius...............................................          12,636
Mexico..................................................           7,258
Mozambique..............................................          13,690
Nicaragua...............................................          22,114
Panama..................................................          30,538
Papua New Guinea........................................           7,258
Paraguay................................................           7,258
Peru....................................................          43,175
Philippines.............................................         142,160
South Africa............................................          24,220
St. Kitts & Nevis.......................................           7,258
Swaziland...............................................          16,849
Taiwan..................................................          12,636
Thailand................................................          14,743
Trinidad & Tobago.......................................           7,371
Uruguay.................................................           7,258
Zimbabwe................................................          12,636
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    These allocations are based on the countries' historical shipments 
to the United States. The allocations of the in-quota 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. Raw cane sugar for 
Fiscal Year 2019 TRQs may enter the United States as of October 1, 
2018.

Robert Lighthizer,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2018-15266 Filed 7-17-18; 8:45 am]
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