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BILLING CODE 3290-F7-P OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Reallocation of Unused Fiscal Year 2017 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 reallocations of the fiscal year
(FY)2017 in-quota quantity of the World Trade Organization
(WTO)tariff-rate quota
(TRQ)for imported raw cane sugar. DATES: This notice is applicable on August 2, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Baumgarten, Office of Agricultural Affairs,
(202)395-9583 or *Ronald_Baumgarten@ustr.eop.gov.* 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 WTO 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, January 4, 1995). On May 6, 2016 (81 FR 27390), the Secretary of Agriculture established the FY2017 WTO TRQ for imported raw cane sugar at the minimum to which the United States is committed pursuant to the WTO Uruguay Round Agreements (1,117,195 metric tons raw value
(MTRV)conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.). On May 27, 2016 (81 FR 33729), USTR provided notice of country-by-country allocations of the FY2017 in-quota quantity of the WTO TRQ for imported raw cane sugar. Based on consultation with quota holders, USTR is reallocating 86,495 MTRV of the original TRQ quantity from those countries that are unable to fill their FY2017 allocated raw cane sugar quantities. USTR is allocating the 86,495 MTRV to the following countries in the amounts specified below: Country FY 2017 raw cane sugar unused reallocation
(MTRV)Argentina 4,756 Australia 9,180 Belize 1,217 Brazil 16,038 Colombia 2,655 Costa Rica 1,659 Ecuador 1,217 El Salvador 2,876 Fiji 995 Guatemala 5,309 Guyana 1,327 Honduras 1,106 India 885 Jamaica 1,217 Malawi 1,106 Mauritius 1,327 Mozambique 1,438 Nicaragua 2,323 Panama 3,208 Peru 4,535 Philippines 14,932 South Africa 2,544 Swaziland 1,770 Thailand 1,548 Zimbabwe 1,327 USTR based these allocations on the countries' historical shipments to the United States. The allocations of the raw cane sugar WTO TRQ to countries that are net importers of sugar are conditioned on receipt of the appropriate verifications of origin. Certificates for quota eligibility must accompany imports from any country for which an allocation has been provided. Sharon E. Bomer Lauritsen, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Agricultural Affairs and Commodity Policy. [FR Doc. 2017-16289 Filed 7-31-17; 11:15 am]
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