81 FR 33728 - Office of Agricultural Affairs; Fiscal Year 2016 Allocation of Additional Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Raw Cane Sugar
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 103 (May 27, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 33728-33729] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-12496] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Office of Agricultural Affairs; Fiscal Year 2016 Allocation of Additional Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Raw Cane Sugar AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of country-by-country allocations of additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar as announced by Secretary of Agriculture on May 18, 2016. DATES: Effective Date: May 27, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Baumgarten, Office of Agricultural Affairs, telephone: 202-395-9583 or facsimile: 202-395- 4579. 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 May 18, 2016, the Secretary of Agriculture announced an additional in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for the remainder of FY 2016 (ending September 30, 2016) in the amount of 127,006 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 June 15, 2015, 80 FR 34129). USTR is allocating this total quantity of 127,006 MTRV to the following countries in the amounts specified below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 2016 raw cane sugar Country increase (MTRV) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Argentina............................................... 6,159 Australia............................................... 11,888 Belize.................................................. 1,576 Brazil.................................................. 20,768 Colombia................................................ 3,437 Costa Rica.............................................. 2,148 Dominican Republic...................................... 15,000 Ecuador................................................. 1,576 El Salvador............................................. 3,724 Fiji.................................................... 1,289 Guatemala............................................... 6,875 Guyana.................................................. 1,719 Honduras................................................ 1,432 India................................................... 1,146 Jamaica................................................. 1,576 Malawi.................................................. 1,432 Mauritius............................................... 1,719 Mozambique.............................................. 1,862 Nicaragua............................................... 3,008 Panama.................................................. 4,154 Peru.................................................... 5,872 Philippines............................................. 19,336 South Africa............................................ 3,294 Swaziland............................................... 2,292 Thailand................................................ 2,005 Zimbabwe................................................ 1,719 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [[Page 33729]] Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons. Michael Froman, United States Trade Representative. [FR Doc. 2016-12496 Filed 5-26-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3290-F6-P
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any U.S. District Court or has been by calling OEA at (202) 245–0305. authorizes the President to allocate the
decided in favor of a complainant Assistance for the hearing impaired is in-quota quantity of a TRQ for any
within the two-year period; and (4) the available through the Federal agricultural product among supplying
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) Information Relay Service at (800) 877– countries or customs areas. The
(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 8339. Comments on environmental and President delegated this authority to the
(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 historic preservation matters must be United States Trade Representative
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR filed within 15 days after the EA under Presidential Proclamation 6763
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental becomes available to the public. (60 FR 1007).
agencies) have been met. Environmental, historic preservation, On May 18, 2016, the Secretary of
As a condition to this exemption, any public use, or trail use/rail banking Agriculture announced an additional in-
employee adversely affected by the conditions will be imposed, where quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane
abandonment shall be protected under appropriate, in a subsequent decision. sugar for the remainder of FY 2016
Oregon Short Line Railroad— Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR (ending September 30, 2016) in the
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 1152.29(e)(2), NSR shall file a notice of amount of 127,006 metric tons, raw
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & consummation with the Board to signify value (MTRV). This quantity is in
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. that it has exercised the authority addition to the minimum amount to
91 (1979). To address whether this granted and fully abandoned the Line. If which the United States has already
condition adequately protects affected consummation has not been effected by committed to pursuant to the World
employees, a petition for partial filing of a notice of consummation by Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay
revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) May 27, 2017, and there are no legal or Round Agreements (1,117,195 MTRV, as
must be filed. regulatory barriers to consummation, announced by Federal Register notice
Provided no formal expression of the authority to abandon will on June 15, 2015, 80 FR 34129). USTR
intent to file an offer of financial automatically expire. is allocating this total quantity of
assistance (OFA) has been received, this Board decisions and notices are
127,006 MTRV to the following
exemption will be effective on June 28, available on our Web site at
countries in the amounts specified
2016, unless stayed pending WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
below:
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do Decided: May 24, 2016.
not involve environmental issues,1 By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, FY 2016 raw
formal expressions of intent to file an Director, Office of Proceedings. cane sugar
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and Country
Raina S. Contee, increase
interim trail use/rail banking requests (MTRV)
Clearance Clerk.
under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by
[FR Doc. 2016–12610 Filed 5–26–16; 8:45 am] Argentina .............................. 6,159
June 6, 2016. Petitions to reopen or
requests for public use conditions under BILLING CODE 4915–01–P Australia ................................ 11,888
49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by June Belize .................................... 1,576
16, 2016, with the Surface Brazil ..................................... 20,768
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES Colombia ............................... 3,437
Washington, DC 20423–0001. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Costa Rica ............................ 2,148
A copy of any petition filed with the Dominican Republic .............. 15,000
Board should be sent to applicant’s Office of Agricultural Affairs; Fiscal Ecuador ................................ 1,576
representative: William A. Mullins, Year 2016 Allocation of Additional El Salvador ........................... 3,724
Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Raw Fiji ......................................... 1,289
Cane Sugar Guatemala ............................ 6,875
Ave. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC
Guyana ................................. 1,719
20037. AGENCY: Office of the United States
If the verified notice contains false or Honduras .............................. 1,432
Trade Representative. India ...................................... 1,146
misleading information, the exemption
ACTION: Notice. Jamaica ................................ 1,576
is void ab initio.
NSR has filed a combined Malawi ................................... 1,432
SUMMARY: The Office of the United Mauritius ............................... 1,719
environmental and historic report that States Trade Representative (USTR) is Mozambique ......................... 1,862
addresses the effects, if any, of the providing notice of country-by-country Nicaragua ............................. 3,008
abandonment on the environment and allocations of additional Fiscal Year Panama ................................ 4,154
historic resources. OEA will issue an (FY) 2016 in-quota quantity of the tariff- Peru ...................................... 5,872
environmental assessment (EA) by June rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane Philippines ............................ 19,336
3, 2016. Interested persons may obtain sugar as announced by Secretary of South Africa .......................... 3,294
a copy of the EA by writing to OEA Agriculture on May 18, 2016. Swaziland ............................. 2,292
(Room 1100, Surface Transportation DATES: Effective Date: May 27, 2016. Thailand ................................ 2,005
Board, Washington, DC 20423–0001) or Zimbabwe ............................. 1,719
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
Ronald Baumgarten, Office of
decision on environmental issues (whether raised Agricultural Affairs, telephone: 202– These allocations are based on the
by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 395–9583 or facsimile: 202–395–4579. countries’ historical shipments to the
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant United States. The allocations of the raw
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cannot be made before the exemption’s effective
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 to Additional U.S. Note 5 to Chapter 17 cane sugar TRQ to countries that are net
I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of importers of sugar are conditioned on
be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may the United States (HTS), the United receipt of the appropriate verifications
take appropriate action before the exemption’s States maintains TRQs for imports of of origin, and certificates for quota
effective date.
2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing raw cane and refined sugar. Section eligibility must accompany imports
fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round from any country for which an
1002.2(f)(25). Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3601(d)(3)) allocation has been provided.
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Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay 1,656 MTRV is reserved for specialty
1.10231125 short tons. Round Agreements. USTR is allocating sugar) and an additional 140,000 MTRV
this quantity (1,117,195 MTRV) to the for specialty sugars. USTR is allocating
Michael Froman,
following countries in the amounts the refined sugar TRQ as follows: 10,300
United States Trade Representative. specified below: MTRV of refined sugar to Canada, 2,954
[FR Doc. 2016–12496 Filed 5–26–16; 8:45 am] MTRV to Mexico, and 7,090 MTRV to be
BILLING CODE 3290–F6–P FY 2017 raw administered on a first-come, first-
cane sugar served basis.
Country allocations Imports of all specialty sugar will be
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES (MTRV)
administered on a first-come, first-
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Argentina .............................. 45,281 served basis in five tranches. The
Australia ................................ 87,402 Secretary has announced that the total
Office of Agricultural Affairs: Fiscal Barbados .............................. 7,371 in-quota quantity of specialty sugar will
Year 2017 Tariff-Rate Quota Belize .................................... 11,584 be the 1,656 MTRV included in the
Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar, Bolivia ................................... 8,424 WTO minimum plus an additional
Refined and Specialty Sugar and Brazil ..................................... 152,691
140,000 MTRV. The first tranche of
Sugar-Containing Products Colombia ............................... 25,273
Congo ................................... 7,258 1,656 MTRV will open October 3, 2016.
AGENCY: Office of Agricultural Affairs, Costa Rica ............................ 15,796 All types of specialty sugars are eligible
Office of the United States Trade Cote d’Ivoire ......................... 7,258 for entry under this tranche. The second
Representative. Dominican Republic .............. 185,335 tranche of 40,000 MTRV will open on
Ecuador ................................ 11,584 October 26, 2016. The third tranche of
ACTION: Notice.
El Salvador ........................... 27,379 40,000 MTRV will open on January 6,
SUMMARY: The Office of the United Fiji ......................................... 9,477 2017. The fourth and fifth tranches of
Gabon ................................... 7,258
States Trade Representative (USTR) is Guatemala ............................ 50,546 30,000 MTRV each will open on April
providing notice of country-by-country Guyana ................................. 12,636 7, 2017 and July 7, 2017, respectively.
allocations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Haiti ....................................... 7,258 The second, third, fourth and fifth
(Oct. 1, 2016 through Sept. 30, 2017) in- Honduras .............................. 10,530 tranches will be reserved for organic
quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas India ...................................... 8,424 sugar and other specialty sugars not
for imported raw cane sugar, certain Jamaica ................................ 11,584 currently produced commercially in the
sugars, syrups and molasses (also Madagascar .......................... 7,258 United States or reasonably available
Malawi ................................... 10,530
known as refined sugar), specialty sugar, Mauritius ............................... 12,636
from domestic sources.
and sugar-containing products. Mexico .................................. 7,258 With respect to the in-quota quantity
DATES: Effective Date: May 27, 2016. Mozambique ......................... 13,690 of 64,709 MTRV of the TRQ for imports
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicaragua ............................. 22,114 of certain sugar-containing products
Ronald Baumgarten, Office of Panama ................................ 30,538 maintained under Additional U.S. Note
Papua New Guinea .............. 7,258 8 to chapter 17 of the HTS, USTR is
Agricultural Affairs, telephone: 202– Paraguay .............................. 7,258
395–9583 or facsimile: 202–395–4579. allocating 59,250 MTRV to Canada. The
Peru ...................................... 43,175 remainder, 5,459 MTRV, of the in-quota
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant Philippines ............................ 142,160
South Africa .......................... 24,220
quantity is available for other countries
to Additional U.S. Note 5 to chapter 17 on a first-come, first-served basis.
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of St. Kitts & Nevis ................... 7,258
Swaziland ............................. 16,849 Raw cane sugar, refined and specialty
the United States (HTS), the United sugar and sugar-containing products for
Taiwan .................................. 12,636
States maintains tariff-rate quotas Thailand ................................ 14,743 FY 2017 TRQs may enter the United
(TRQs) for imports of raw cane sugar Trinidad & Tobago ................ 7,371 States as of October 1, 2016.
and refined sugar. Pursuant to Uruguay ................................ 7,258 * Conversion factor: 1 metric ton =
Additional U.S. Note 8 to Chapter 17 of Zimbabwe ............................. 12,636 1.10231125 short tons.
the HTS, the United States maintains a
TRQ for imports of sugar-containing These allocations are based on the Michael Froman,
products. countries’ historical shipments to the United States Trade Representative.
Section 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay United States. The allocations of the in- [FR Doc. 2016–12495 Filed 5–26–16; 8:45 am]
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. quota quantities of the raw cane sugar BILLING CODE 3290–F6–P
3601(d)(3)) authorizes the President to TRQ to countries that are net importers
allocate the in-quota quantity of a TRQ of sugar are conditioned on receipt of
for any agricultural product among the appropriate verifications of origin, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
supplying countries or customs areas. and certificates for quota eligibility must
The President delegated this authority accompany imports from any country Federal Aviation Administration
to the United States Trade for which an allocation has been
Representative under Presidential provided. Notice of Request To Release Airport
Proclamation 6763 (60 FR 1007). On May 6, 2016, the Secretary also Property
On May 6, 2016 (81 FR 27390), the announced the establishment of the in- AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) quota quantity of the FY 2017 refined Administration (FAA), DOT.
announced the sugar program sugar TRQ at 162,000 MTRV for which
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ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on
provisions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. the sucrose content, by weight in the request to release airport property at
The Secretary announced an in-quota dry state, must have a polarimeter The Eastern Iowa Airport, Cedar Rapids,
quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar reading of 99.5 degrees or more. This Iowa.
for FY 2017 of 1,117,195 metric tons * amount includes the minimum level to
raw value (MTRV), which is the which the United States is committed SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and
minimum amount to which the United under the WTO Uruguay Round invites public comment on the release of
States is committed under the World Agreements (22,000 MTRV of which land at The Eastern Iowa Airport, Cedar
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| FR Citation | 81 FR 33728 |
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