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 Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation
 AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), USDA.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing this notice to revise State cane sugar allotments, revise company allocations to sugar beet and sugar cane processors, and reassign some cane sugar marketing allotment to raw cane sugar imports already anticipated. This applies to all domestic beet and cane sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Lanclos, telephone, (202) 720-0114; or email, 
                        *kent.lanclos@usda.gov.*
                         Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice).


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 30, 2021, USDA announced the initial fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) overall sugar marketing allotment quantity (OAQ), which was established at 10,370,000 short tons, raw value, (STRV). This was equal to 85 percent of the estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for FY 2022 of 12,200,000 STRV, as forecast in the September 2021 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, requires that 54.35 percent of the OAQ be distributed among beet processors and 45.65 percent be distributed among the sugar cane States and cane processors. On December 22, 2021, USDA: (1) Increased the FY 2022 OAQ to 10,802,657 STRV; (2) consequently revised the cane and beet sector marketing allotments, the State cane sugar marketing allotments, and cane and beet processor allocations according to formulas contained in the authorizing legislation for the Sugar Program; [1]
                    
                     and (3) transferred allocations from beet processors with surplus allocation to those in need of additional allocation. USDA determined that no reassignment of allotments among sugar cane States and allocations among cane processors was necessary at that time. In accordance with section 359e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, after evaluating again each sugar beet processor's ability to market its full allocation, USDA is transferring FY 2022 allocations from sugar beet processors with surplus allocation to those in need of additional allocation. This transfer is presented in the table below. USDA is not reassigning any FY 2022 beet allocations to raw cane sugar imports at this time, given the uncertainty of beet sugar production quantities from new crop sugar beets in the final 2 months (August through September) of FY 2022. USDA has also determined that domestic cane sugar supplies are inadequate to fill the FY 2022 cane sugar marketing allotment. In accordance with section 359e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, USDA is reassigning 600,000 STRV of this deficit to raw cane sugar imports already anticipated under the FY 2022 tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) for raw cane sugar, given the absence of any CCC stocks of sugar.
                    ( print page 34636) FY 2022 Overall Beet and Cane Sugar Allotments and Allocations
[Short tons, raw value]
Distribution
FY 2022
                             allocations  
                             as of  
                             November 2021
ReassignmentsReassigned
                             amount
Adjusted
                             FY 2022 
                             allocations  
                             as of  
                             May 2022Beet Sugar
5,871,244
0
5,871,244Cane Sugar
4,931,413
−600,000
4,331,413Total OAQ
10,802,657
−600,000
10,202,657Beet Processors Marketing Allocations:Amalgamated Sugar Co
1,287,839
72,872
1,360,711American Crystal Sugar Co
2,072,759
−53,797
2,018,962Michigan Sugar Co
714,025
−102,846
611,179Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op
472,332
81,481
553,812So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op
715,009
−25,009
690,000Western Sugar Co
551,388
32,825
584,212Wyoming Sugar Co. LLC
57,893
−5,525
52,368Total Beet Sugar
5,871,244
0
5,871,244State Cane Sugar Allotments:Florida
2,650,522
−474,023
2,176,499Louisiana
2,050,477
−55,324
1,995,153Texas
230,414
−70,654
159,761Total Cane Sugar
4,931,413
−600,000
4,331,413Cane Processors' Marketing Allocation:FloridaFlorida Crystals
1,091,290
−296,058
795,231Growers Co-op of FL
476,790
−75,879
400,911U.S. Sugar Crop
1,082,443
−102,085
980,357Total
2,650,522
−474,023
2,176,499LouisianaLouisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc
1,423,506
−33,214
1,390,292M.A. Patout & Sons
626,971
−22,110
604,861Total
2,050,477
−55,324
1,995,153TexasRio Grande Valley
230,414
−70,654
159,761
 These FY 2022 sugar marketing allotment program actions will not prevent any domestic sugar cane or sugar beet processor from marketing all its FY 2022 sugar supply. 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 2022, if needed. USDA Non-Discrimination Policy In accordance with Federal civil rights law and 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. Persons with disabilities 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 USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or (844) 433-2774 (toll-free nationwide). 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 mail to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or email: 
                    *OAC@usda.gov.* USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. Zach Ducheneaux, Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.


# Footnotes

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                         The authority for the Sugar Program is in 7 U.S.C. 1359aa-1359jj, 7272, and 8110; 15 U.S.C. 714b and 714c. Back to Citation


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