Notice2022-19951
Determination of Total Amount of Fiscal Year 2023 WTO Tariff-Rate Quota for Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses
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September 15, 2022
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Agriculture Department
Abstract
The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture announces the establishment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 (October 1, 2022--September 30, 2023) in-quota aggregate quantity of certain sugars, syrups, and molasses (also referred to as refined sugar) at 222,000 metric tons raw value (MTRV).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
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[FR Doc No: 2022-19951]
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 178 / Thursday, September 15, 2022 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Determination of Total Amount of Fiscal Year 2023 WTO Tariff-Rate
Quota for Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
announces the establishment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 (October 1,
2022--September 30, 2023) in-quota aggregate quantity of certain
sugars, syrups, and molasses (also referred to as refined sugar) at
222,000 metric tons raw value (MTRV).
DATES: This notice is applicable on September 15, 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#1f4c706a737a66727e717a315b767e7d665f6a6c7b7e31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bc8f4eef7fee2f6faf5feb5dff2faf9e2dbeee8fffab5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of
Additional U.S. Note 5, chapter 17 in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (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 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 (TFAA) (7 CFR
2.15). That authority, in turn, has been delegated to the Deputy Under
Secretary for TFAA under certain circumstances (7 CFR 2.600).
Notice is hereby given that I have determined, in accordance with
paragraph (a)(i) of Additional U.S. Note 5, chapter 17 in the HTS and
section 359(k) of the 1938 Act, that an aggregate quantity of 222,000
MTRV of sugars, syrups, and molasses (refined sugar) may be entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during FY 2023. This quantity
includes the minimum amount to which the United States is committed
under the WTO Uruguay Round Agreements, 22,000 MTRV, of which 20,344
MTRV is established for any sugars, syrups and molasses, and 1,656 MTRV
is reserved for specialty sugar. An additional amount of 200,000 MTRV
is added to the specialty sugar TRQ for a total of 201,656 MTRV. The
conversion factor is 1 metric ton raw value equals 1.10231125 short
tons raw value.
Because the specialty sugar TRQ is first-come, first-served,
tranches are needed to allow for orderly marketing throughout the year.
The FY 2023 specialty sugar TRQ will be opened in five tranches. The
first tranche, totaling 1,656 MTRV, will open October 3, 2022. All
specialty sugars are eligible for entry under this tranche. The second
tranche of 60,000 MTRV will open on October 10, 2022. The third tranche
of 60,000 MTRV will open on January 20, 2023. The fourth tranche of
40,000 MTRV will open on April 14, 2023. The fifth tranche of 40,000
MTRV will open on July 14, 2023. The second, third, fourth, and fifth
tranches will be reserved for organic sugar and other specialty sugars
not currently produced commercially in the United States or reasonably
available from domestic sources.
Jason Hafemeister,
Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-19951 Filed 9-14-22; 8:45 am]
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