Notice2023-22638
Domestic Sugar Program-FY 2023 Reassignment and FY 2024 Overall Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing Allotments and Company Allocations
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Published
October 13, 2023
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Agriculture DepartmentCommodity Credit Corporation
Abstract
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing this notice to: revise fiscal year (FY) 2023 (crop year 2022) State cane sugar allotments and allocations to sugarcane processors; reassign FY 2023 cane sugar marketing allocations to raw cane sugar imports already anticipated; and announce the FY 2024 (crop year 2023) overall sugar marketing allotment quantity (OAQ), State cane sugar allotments, and sugar beet and sugarcane processor allocations. The actions to revise and reassign apply to all domestic cane sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023, and the action to announce the allocations applies to all domestic beet and cane sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 197 (Friday, October 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70920-70922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22638]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program--FY 2023 Reassignment and FY 2024 Overall
Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing
Allotments and Company Allocations
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing
this notice to: revise fiscal year (FY) 2023 (crop year 2022) State
cane sugar allotments and allocations to sugarcane processors; reassign
FY 2023 cane sugar marketing allocations to raw cane sugar imports
already anticipated; and announce the FY 2024 (crop year 2023) overall
sugar marketing allotment quantity (OAQ), State cane sugar allotments,
and sugar beet and sugarcane processor allocations. The actions to
revise and reassign apply to all domestic cane sugar marketed for human
consumption in the United States from October 1, 2022, through
September 30, 2023, and the action to announce the allocations applies
to all domestic beet and cane sugar marketed for human consumption in
the United States from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Lanclos, telephone, (202) 720-
0114; or email, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#402b252e346e2c212e232c2f3300353324216e272f36"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="214a444f550f4d404f424d4e5261545245400f464e57">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who require
alternative means of communication should contact the USDA TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY)) or dial 711
for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and text telephone
users can initiate this call from any telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Revisions and Reassignments of FY 2023 Sugar Cane Allotments and
Allocations
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended requires USDA
to establish the OAQ at a quantity not less than 85 percent of the
estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for the crop
year. On September 30, 2022, USDA announced the initial FY 2023 OAQ,
which was established at 10,646,250 short tons, raw value (STRV), equal
to 85 percent of 12,525,000 STRV, the estimated quantity of sugar for
domestic human consumption for the year as forecast in the September
2022 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE). The
notice was issued in the Federal Register on September 30, 2022 (87 FR
59390-59391). USDA requires that 54.35 percent of the OAQ be
distributed among beet processors and 45.65 percent be distributed
among the sugarcane States and cane processors. The beet and cane
sector allotments were distributed to individual processors according
to formulas prescribed by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7
U.S.C. 1359aa-1359jj) and 7 CFR part 1435.
In the March 2023 WASDE release, USDA increased the FY 2023
estimate of sugar consumption for food use to 12,600,000 STRV. As a
result, USDA increased the FY 2023 OAQ to 10,710,000 STRV, increased
the beet sector allotment to 5,820,885 STRV, raised the cane sector
allotment to 4,889,115 STRV, and revised beet and cane processor
allocations accordingly. This notice was issued in the Federal Register
notice on April 11, 2023 (88 FR 21704-21606).
In accordance with section 359e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ee), after evaluating each sugarcane processor's
ability to market its full allocation, USDA is transferring FY 2023
allocations from sugarcane processors with surplus allocation to those
with deficit allocation as shown in the table below. USDA has also
determined that domestic cane sugar supplies are inadequate to fill the
FY 2023 cane sugar marketing allotment.
In accordance with 7 U.S.C. 1359ee(b)(2), USDA is reassigning
100,000 STRV of the deficit to raw cane sugar imports already
anticipated, given the absence of any Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC) stocks of sugar. In
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Table 1 below, each sugar cane processor's allocation following these
changes is shown in the column labeled ``Revised Allocations &
Allotments'' and the amount of change in each cane processor's
allocation in the column labeled ``Reassignments.''
USDA is not reassigning any FY 2023 beet allocations to raw cane
sugar imports at this time given the uncertainty about how much beet
sugar will be produced from new crop sugar beets in the final 2 months
(August-September) of FY 2023.
Table 1--Revision of FY 2023 State Allotments, Cane Processor Allocations and Reassignment to Raw Cane Sugar
Imports Already Anticipated
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Initial FY23 FY23 Revised
Distribution allotments & revisions Reassignments allotments &
allocations 4/11/23 allocations
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Beet Sugar......................................... 5,786,237 5,570,885 0 5,570,885
Cane Sugar......................................... 4,860,013 4,389,115 -100,000 4,289,115
Beet Reassign to Raw Cane Sugar Imports............ .............. 250,000 0 250,000
Cane Reassign to Raw Cane Sugar Imports............ .............. 500,000 100,000 600,000
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Total OAQ...................................... 10,646,250 10,710,000 0 10,710,00
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Amalgamated Sugar.................................. 1,238,877 1,193,737 0 1,193,737
American Crystal Sugar............................. 2,128,113 2,039,915 0 2,039,915
Michigan Sugar..................................... 597,577 707,281 0 707,281
Minn-Dak Farmers Coop.............................. 401,848 419,754 0 419,754
So Minn Beet Sugar................................. 780,958 650,595 0 650,595
Western Sugar...................................... 590,415 515,519 0 515,519
Wyoming Sugar...................................... 48,449 44,085 0 44,085
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Total Beet Sugar............................... 5,786,237 5,570,885 0 5,570,885
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Florida............................................ 2,612,146 2,152,475 -104,118 2,048,357
Louisiana.......................................... 2,020,789 2,134,997 20,528 2,155,525
Texas.............................................. 227,078 101,643 -16,410 85,233
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Total Cane Sugar............................... 4,860,013 4,389,115 -100,000 4,289,115
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Florida:
Florida Crystals............................... 1,075,489 772,420 -62,806 709,614
Growers Cooperative............................ 469,887 406,257 -6,757 399,501
U.S. Sugar..................................... 1,066,770 973,798 -34,556 939,242
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Total Florida.............................. 2,612,146 2,152,475 -104,118 2,048,357
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Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners..................... 1,402,896 1,463,932 20,528 1,484,460
M.A. Patout.................................... 617,893 671,065 0 671,065
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Total Louisiana............................ 2,020,789 2,134,997 20,528 2,155,525
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Texas:
Rio Grande Valley.............................. 227,078 101,643 -16,410 85,233
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* Values may not sum to row or column totals due to rounding.
FY 2024 Overall Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar
Marketing Allotments, and Company Allocations
USDA is establishing the initial FY 2024 (crop year 2023) OAQ at
10,667,500 STRV, equal to 85 percent of 12,550,000 STRV, the estimated
quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for FY 2024 as
forecast in the September 2023 WASDE. As noted above, 54.35 percent of
the OAQ is distributed among beet processors and 45.65 percent is
distributed among the sugarcane States and cane processors, with the
beet and cane sector allotments distributed to individual processors
according to formulas set out in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938 and 7 CFR part 1435. Although the Act directs USDA to assign
325,000 STRV of the cane sector allotment to ``offshore States,'' CCC
has determined that no offshore States exist. While sugar cane was
formerly produced in Puerto Rico and Hawaii, CCC has determined that
both States have permanently exited sugarcane production. As a result,
CCC has allocated the 325,000 STRV of the cane sector allotment
previously reserved for offshore States to the mainland sugarcane
producing States. The initial FY 2024 sugar marketing State allotments
and processor allocations are listed in Table 2 below.
Table 2--Initial FY 2024 State Allotments and Beet and Cane Processor
Allocations
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Initial FY
2024
Distribution allotments &
allocations
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Beet Sugar.............................................. 5,797,786
Cane Sugar.............................................. 4,869,714
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Total OAQ........................................... 10,667,500
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Amalgamated Sugar....................................... 1,241,350
American Crystal Sugar.................................. 2,132,371
Michigan Sugar.......................................... 598,769
Minn-Dak Farmers Coop................................... 402,650
So Minn Beet Sugar...................................... 782,517
Western Sugar........................................... 591,583
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Wyoming Sugar........................................... 48,546
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Total Beet Sugar.................................... 5,797,786
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Florida................................................. 2,617,360
Louisiana............................................... 2,024,823
Texas................................................... 227,531
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Total Cane Sugar.................................... 4,869,714
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Florida:
Florida Crystals.................................... 1,077,635
Growers Cooperative................................. 470,825
U.S. Sugar.......................................... 1,068,900
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Total Florida................................... 2,617,360
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Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners.......................... 1,405,697
M.A. Patout......................................... 619,126
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Total Louisiana................................. 2,024,823
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Texas:
Rio Grande Valley................................... 227,531
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* Values may not sum to column totals due to rounding.
USDA will closely monitor stocks, consumption, imports and all
sugar market and program variables on an ongoing basis and may make
program adjustments during FY 2024 if needed.
USDA Non-Discrimination Policy
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of
Agriculture (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.
Individuals 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
the USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone
(TTY)) or dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and
text telephone users can initiate this call from any telephone).
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: (1) mail to: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3)
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c5c5e434b5e4d41024542584d47496c595f484d024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8bfbf9e4ecf9eae6a5e2e5ffeae0eecbfef8efeaa5ece4fd">[email protected]</span></a>.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Zach Ducheneaux,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Executive Vice President,
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2023-22638 Filed 10-12-23; 8:45 am]
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