Notice2024-22384
Domestic Sugar Program-FY 2024 Reassignment and FY25 Overall Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing Allotments and Company Allocations
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September 30, 2024
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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) 2024 (crop year 2023) State cane sugar allotments and allocations to sugarcane processors; reassign FY 2024 cane sugar marketing allocations to raw cane sugar imports already anticipated; and announce the FY 2025 (crop year 2024) overall sugar marketing allotment quantity (OAQ), State cane sugar allotments, and sugar beet and sugarcane processor allocations. The first two actions apply to all domestic cane sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, and third action applies to all domestic beet and cane sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79501-79504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22384]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program--FY 2024 Reassignment and FY25 Overall
Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing
Allotments and Company Allocations
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing
this notice to: revise fiscal year (FY) 2024 (crop year 2023) State
cane sugar allotments and allocations to sugarcane processors; reassign
FY 2024 cane sugar marketing allocations to raw cane sugar imports
already anticipated; and announce the FY 2025 (crop year 2024) overall
sugar marketing allotment quantity (OAQ), State cane sugar allotments,
and sugar beet and sugarcane processor allocations. The first two
actions apply to all domestic cane sugar marketed for human consumption
in the United States from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024,
and third action applies to all domestic beet and cane sugar marketed
for human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2024,
through September 30, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlann Unger, telephone, (773) 573-
5163; or email, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83e0e2f1efe2ededadf6ede4e6f1c3f6f0e7e2ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e5d5f4c525f5050104b50595b4c7e4b4d5a5f10595148">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who require
alternative means for communication should contact the U.S. 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 2024 Sugar Cane Allotments and
Allocations
On October 13, 2023, USDA announced the initial FY 2024 OAQ, which
was established at 10,667,500 short tons, raw value, (STRV) equal to 85
percent of the estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human
consumption for the fiscal year of 12,550,000 STRV as forecast in the
September 2023 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report
(WASDE). The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
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(Pub. L. 75-430, 7 U.S.C. chapter 35) 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 statutory formulas.
On August 2, 2024, USDA announced revisions to the FY 2024 (crop
year 2023) State cane sugar allotments and allocations to sugarcane
processors, revisions to the company allocations to sugar beet
processors, and the reassignment of deficits to raw cane sugar imports
already anticipated, as reflected in the second column of the Table 1
in the published notice (89 FR 63157-63159).
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 now is transferring FY 2024
allocations from sugarcane processors with surplus allocation to those
with deficit allocation as shown in the Table 1 below. USDA has also
determined that domestic cane sugar supplies are inadequate to fill the
FY 2024 cane sugar marketing allotment.
In accordance with 7 U.S.C. 1359ee(b)(2), USDA is reassigning
40,000 STRV of the deficit to raw cane sugar imports already
anticipated, given the absence of any Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC) stocks of sugar. In the table below, each sugar cane processor's
allocation resulting from these changes are shown in the column labeled
as ``Revised Allocations & Allotments'' and the amount of change in
each cane processor's allocation in the column labeled as
``Reassignments.''
USDA is not reassigning any FY 2024 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 2024.
Table 1--FY 2024 Revised Beet and Cane Allotments and Allocations
[Short tons, raw value]
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Initial FY24 Revised
Distribution allotments & FY24 revisions 8/ Reassignments allotments &
allocations 2/2024 allocations
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Beet Sugar.......................... 5,797,786 5,547,786 0 5,547,786
Cane Sugar.......................... 4,869,714 4,269,714 -40,000 4,229,714
Imports............................. ................. 850,000 40,000 890,000
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Total OAQ....................... 10,667,500 10,667,500 0 10,667,500
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Beet Processors' Marketing Allocations
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Amalgamated Sugar Co................ 1,241,350 1,233,233 0 1,233,233
American Crystal Sugar Co........... 2,132,371 1,967,011 0 1,967,011
Michigan Sugar Co................... 598,769 686,251 0 686,251
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op.............. 402,650 373,315 0 373,315
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op........... 782,517 723,206 0 723,206
Western Sugar Co.................... 591,583 514,739 0 514,739
Wyoming Sugar Company, LLC.......... 48,546 50,031 0 50,031
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Total Beet Sugar................ 5,797,786 5,547,786 0 5,547,786
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State Cane Sugar Allotments
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Florida............................. 2,617,360 2,147,104 -38,826 2,108,278
Louisiana........................... 2,024,823 2,059,420 18,244 2,077,664
Texas............................... 227,531 63,190 -19,418 43,772
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Total Cane Sugar................ 4,869,714 4,269,714 -40,000 4,229,714
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Cane Processors' Marketing Allocations
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Florida:
Florida Crystals................ 1,077,635 725,204 -42,031 683,174
Growers Co-op. of FL............ 470,825 474,161 22,988 497,149
U.S. Sugar Corp................. 1,068,900 947,739 -19,784 927,955
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Total Florida............... 2,617,360 2,147,104 -38,826 2,108,278
Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners...... 1,405,697 1,425,961 18,244 1,444,205
M.A. Patout & Sons.............. 619,126 633,459 0 633,459
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Total Louisiana............. 2,024,823 2,059,420 18,244 2,077,664
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley............... 227,531 63,190 -19,418 43,772
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* Values may not sum to column total due to rounding.
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FY 2025 Overall Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar
Marketing Allotments, and Company 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. USDA is establishing the initial FY 2025 (crop year 2024) OAQ at
10,455,000 STRV, equal to 85 percent of 12,300,000 STRV, the estimated
quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for FY 2025 as
forecast in the September 2024 WASDE. Per the Agricultural Adjustment
Act of 1938, as amended, 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
law.\1\ Although the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended,
directs USDA to assign 325,000 STRV of the cane sector allotment to
``offshore States,'' CCC has determined that while sugarcane was
formerly produced in Puerto Rico and Hawaii, both 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. Additionally,
because no sugarcane crop is estimated to be produced in Texas during
FY 2025 (crop year 2024), CCC is immediately reassigning the Texas
portion of the mainland sugarcane allotment, 222,999 STRV, to the other
mainland sugarcane producing states on a proportional basis as follows:
125,732 STRV to Florida and 97,267 STRV to Louisiana. The initial FY
2025 sugar marketing State allotments and processor allocations, are
listed in the table below.
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\1\ See 7 U.S.C. 1359aa-1359ll, and 7 CFR part 1435.
Table 2--FY 2025 Initial State Allotments and Beet and Cane Processor
Allocations
[Short tons, raw value]
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Initial FY25
Distribution allotments &
allocations
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Beet Sugar........................................ 5,682,293
Cane Sugar........................................ 4,772,708
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Total OAQ..................................... 10,455,000
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Beet Processors Marketing Allocations
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Amalgamated Sugar Co.............................. 1,216,622
American Crystal Sugar Co......................... 2,089,791
Michigan Sugar Co................................. 586,842
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op............................ 394,629
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op......................... 766,929
Western Sugar Co.................................. 579,901
Wyoming Sugar Company, LLC........................ 47,579
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Total Beet Sugar.............................. 5,682,293
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State Cane Sugar Allotments
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Florida........................................... 2,690,953
Louisiana......................................... 2,081,755
Texas............................................. 0
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Total Cane Sugar.............................. 4,772,708
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Cane Processors' Marketing Allocations
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Florida:
Florida Crystals.............................. 1,107,936
Growers Co-op. of FL.......................... 484,063
U.S. Sugar Corp............................... 1,098,954
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Total Florida............................. 2,690,953
Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners.................... 1,445,222
M.A. Patout & Sons............................ 636,533
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Total Louisiana........................... 2,081,755
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley............................. 0
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* Values may not sum to column total due to rounding.
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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 2025 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.
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
USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY) or
dial 711 for Telecommunication 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#dcacaeb3bbaebdb1f2b5b2a8bdb7b99ca9afb8bdf2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbcbc9d4dcc9dad695d2d5cfdad0defbcec8dfda95dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Steven Peterson,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2024-22384 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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