Notice2022-12274
Domestic Sugar Program-2022-Crop Cane Sugar Marketing Allotments and Cane and Beet Processor Allocations
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Published
June 7, 2022
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Agriculture DepartmentCommodity Credit Corporation
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34635-34636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12274]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program--2022-Crop Cane Sugar Marketing Allotments
and Cane and Beet Processor Allocations
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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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, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3c8c6cdd78dcfc2cdc0cfccd0e3d6d0c7c28dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e48f818a90ca88858a87888b97a491978085ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>. 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.
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\1\ The authority for the Sugar Program is in 7 U.S.C. 1359aa-
1359jj, 7272, and 8110; 15 U.S.C. 714b and 714c.
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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.
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FY 2022 Overall Beet and Cane Sugar Allotments and Allocations
[Short tons, raw value]
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Reassignments
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FY 2022 Adjusted FY
Distribution allocations 2022
as of Reassigned allocations
November 2021 amount as of May
2022
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Beet Sugar...................................................... 5,871,244 0 5,871,244
Cane Sugar...................................................... 4,931,413 -600,000 4,331,413
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Total OAQ................................................... 10,802,657 -600,000 10,202,657
Beet Processors Marketing Allocations:
Amalgamated Sugar Co........................................ 1,287,839 72,872 1,360,711
American Crystal Sugar Co................................... 2,072,759 -53,797 2,018,962
Michigan Sugar Co........................................... 714,025 -102,846 611,179
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op...................................... 472,332 81,481 553,812
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op................................... 715,009 -25,009 690,000
Western Sugar Co............................................ 551,388 32,825 584,212
Wyoming Sugar Co. LLC....................................... 57,893 -5,525 52,368
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Total Beet Sugar........................................ 5,871,244 0 5,871,244
State Cane Sugar Allotments:
Florida..................................................... 2,650,522 -474,023 2,176,499
Louisiana................................................... 2,050,477 -55,324 1,995,153
Texas....................................................... 230,414 -70,654 159,761
Total Cane Sugar........................................ 4,931,413 -600,000 4,331,413
Cane Processors' Marketing Allocation:
Florida
Florida Crystals............................................ 1,091,290 -296,058 795,231
Growers Co-op of FL......................................... 476,790 -75,879 400,911
U.S. Sugar Crop............................................. 1,082,443 -102,085 980,357
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Total................................................... 2,650,522 -474,023 2,176,499
Louisiana
Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc.......................... 1,423,506 -33,214 1,390,292
M.A. Patout & Sons.......................................... 626,971 -22,110 604,861
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Total................................................... 2,050,477 -55,324 1,995,153
Texas
Rio Grande Valley........................................... 230,414 -70,654 159,761
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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 <a href="https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint">https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint</a> 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1eee0e2e1d4d2c5c08fc6ced7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bff0fefcffcaccdbde91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a>.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Zach Ducheneaux,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2022-12274 Filed 6-6-22; 8:45 am]
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