[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 41106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14840]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Determination of Total Amounts of Fiscal Year 2023 WTO Tariff-
Rate Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Foreign Agricultural Service announces the establishment 
of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 (October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023) in-
quota aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar at 1,117,195 metric tons raw 
value (MTRV).

DATES: This notice is applicable on July 11, 2022.

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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99caf6ecf5fce0f4f8f7fcb7ddf0f8fbe0d9eceafdf8b7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2a19d879e978b9f939c97dcb69b93908bb287819693dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of the 
Additional U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17 in the U.S. Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (HTS) authorize the Secretary to establish the in-quota 
tariff-rate quota (TRQ) amounts (expressed in terms of raw value) for 
imports of raw cane sugar and certain sugars, syrups, and molasses that 
may be entered under the subheadings of the HTS subject to the lower 
tier of duties during each fiscal year. The Office of the U.S. Trade 
Representative (USTR) is responsible for the allocation of these 
quantities among supplying countries and areas.
    Section 359(k) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as 
amended, requires that at the beginning of the quota year the Secretary 
of Agriculture establish the TRQs for raw cane sugar and refined sugars 
at the minimum levels necessary to comply with obligations under 
international trade agreements, with the exception of specialty sugar.
    The Secretary's authority under paragraph (a)(i) of the Additional 
U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17 in the HTS and Section 359(k) of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, 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).
    Notice is hereby given that I have determined, in accordance with 
paragraph (a)(i) of the Additional U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17 in the HTS 
and section 359(k) of the 1938 Act, that an aggregate quantity of up to 
1,117,195 MTRV of raw cane sugar may be entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption during FY 2023. This is the minimum amount to 
which the United States is committed under the WTO Uruguay Round 
Agreements. The conversion factor is 1 metric ton raw value equals 
1.10231125 short tons raw value. The Office of the United Trade 
Representative will allocate these quantities among supplying countries 
and customs areas.

Daniel Whitley,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-14840 Filed 7-7-22; 4:15 pm]
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