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[Federal Register: December 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 245)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program--2005-Crop Sugar Marketing Allotments and
Company Allocations
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice
which sets forth the establishment of the sugar overall allotment
quantity for the 2004 crop year (FY 2005) which runs from October 1,
2004 through September 30, 2005. Although CCC already has announced all
of the information in this notice, CCC is statutorily required to
publish in the Federal Register determinations establishing sugar
marketing allotments. CCC set the 2004-crop overall allotment quantity
(OAQ) of domestic sugar to 8.100 million short tons raw value (STRV) on
July 16, 2004; 4.402 million STRV to the beet sector, and 3.698 million
STRV to the cane sector. On July 22, 2004, CCC announced the 2004 crop
year, proportionate-share percentage of 83.4 percent for Louisiana. On
September 28, 2004, CCC announced the allotments to sugarcane-producing
States and allocations to sugarcane and sugar beet processors. At that
time, because Puerto Rico had ceased production of sugar for more than
two years, CCC also eliminated the allotment to Puerto Rico and
allocations to Puerto Rico's two sugarcane processors.
ADDRESSES: Barbara Fecso, Dairy and Sweeteners Analysis Group, Economic
Policy and Analysis Staff, Farm Service Agency, USDA, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., STOP 0516, Washington, DC 20250-0516; telephone (202) 720-
4146; FAX (202) 690-1480; e-mail: barbara.fecso@usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Fecso at (202) 720-4146.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 359b(b)(1) of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 1359bb(a)(1)), requires
the Secretary to establish, by the beginning of each crop year, an
appropriate allotment for the marketing by processors of sugar
processed from sugar beets and from domestically produced cane sugar at
a level the Secretary estimates will result in no forfeitures of sugar
to the CCC under the loan program. When CCC announced an 8.100 million
ton OAQ in July 2004, it noted the existence of sugar market
uncertainties and that the OAQ would be adjusted if warranted.
To establish cane state allotments, weights of 25 percent, 25
percent and 50 percent, respectively, are assigned to the three-factor
criteria: past marketings; processing capacity; and ability to market.
This notice reflects the recent change in the ``ability to market''
definition, which is now based on historical data. See 69 FR 55061-
55063. Beginning with FY 2005, the cane processor allocations are fixed
shares of the cane sugar allotment and will change only if the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) adjusts the OAQ or determines that a
processor cannot fulfill its cane sugar allocation and reassigns the
unused allocation to other processors.
CCC is required to limit the amount of sugarcane acreage that may
be harvested in Louisiana for sugar or seed whenever marketing
allotments are in effect and the quantity of sugarcane estimated to be
produced in Louisiana, plus a reasonable carryover, exceeds the
marketing allotment allocation for Louisiana. This limitation is
referred to as a ``proportionate share,'' and is applied to each farm's
sugarcane acreage base to determine the quantity of sugarcane that may
be harvested on that farm. Because production will be excessive in
Louisiana, CCC has determined that the proportionate share of a
sugarcane acreage base that may be harvested in Louisiana for sugar or
seed for the 2004 crop year will be 83.4 percent of each farm's
sugarcane acreage base.
CCC has determined that Puerto Rico's processors permanently
terminated operations because no sugar had been processed for two
complete years. Consequently, the allocation of 6,356 STRV was
permanently reassigned to the mainland sugarcane-producing states.
Hawaii received none of Puerto Rico's reassignment because it is not
expected to use all of its current cane sugar allotment. A request for
an allocation as a new entrant would be required for any mills in
Puerto Rico to market cane sugar in the future.
These actions apply to all domestic sugar marketed for human
consumption in the United States from October l, 2004, through
September 30, 2005. The established 2004-crop beet and cane sugar
marketing allotments are listed in the following table:
FY 2005 Overall Beet/Cane Allotments and Allocations
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Reassignment Beginning FY
Initial FY of Puerto 2005
2005 Rican allotments/
allocations allotment allocations
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Beet Sugar.................................................... 4,402,350 .............. ..............
Cane Sugar.................................................... 3,697,650 .............. ..............
TOTAL OAQ................................................... 8,100,000 .............. ..............
BEET PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Amalgamated Sugar Co........................................ 917,207 .............. ..............
American Crystal Sugar Co................................... 1,692,713 .............. ..............
Holly Sugar Corp............................................ 295,372 .............. ..............
Michigan Sugar Co........................................... 281,254 .............. ..............
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op...................................... 274,650 .............. ..............
Monitor Sugar Co............................................ 161,164 .............. ..............
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op................................... 282,812 .............. ..............
Western Sugar Co............................................ 438,449 .............. ..............
Wyoming Sugar Co............................................ 58,729 .............. ..............
TOTAL BEET SUGAR........................................ 4,402,350 .............. ..............
STATE CANE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS:
Florida..................................................... 1,812,722 3,416 1,816,139
Louisiana................................................... 1,402,345 2,643 1,404,987
Texas....................................................... 157,583 297 157,880
Hawaii...................................................... 318,644 0 318,644
Puerto Rico................................................. 6,356 -6,356 0
TOTAL CANE SUGAR........................................ 3,697,650 0 3,697,650
SUGARCANE PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Florida:....................................................
Atlantic Sugar Assoc.................................... 152,198 287 152,485
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Growers Co-op. of FL.................................... 326,082 615 326,697
Okeelanta Corp.......................................... 383,847 723 384,570
Osceola Farms Co........................................ 210,300 396 210,697
U.S. Sugar Corp......................................... 740,295 1,395 741,690
TOTAL............................................... 1,812,722 3,416 1,816,139
Louisiana:..................................................
Alma Plantation......................................... 76,478 144 76,622
Cajun Sugar Co-op....................................... 106,225 200 106,426
Cora-Texas Mfg. Co...................................... 130,258 245 130,504
Harry Laws & Co......................................... 57,006 107 57,113
Iberia Sugar Co-op...................................... 67,712 128 67,839
Jeanerette Sugar Co..................................... 64,078 121 64,199
Lafourche Sugars Corp................................... 76,381 144 76,525
Louisiana Sugarcane Co-op............................... 87,247 164 87,411
Lula Westfield, LLC..................................... 165,601 312 165,913
M.A. Patout & Sons...................................... 368,356 694 369,051
St. Mary Sugar Co-op.................................... 92,814 175 92,989
So. Louisiana Sugars Co-op.............................. 110,189 208 110,396
TOTAL............................................... 1,402,345 2,643 1,404,987
Texas:......................................................
Rio Grande Valley....................................... 157,583 297 157,880
Hawaii:.....................................................
Gay & Robinson, Inc..................................... 73,145 0 73,145
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company..................... 245,499 0 245,499
TOTAL............................................... 318,644 0 318,644
Puerto Rico:................................................
Agraso.................................................. 4,076 -4,076 0
Roig.................................................... 2,280 -2,280 0
TOTAL............................................... 6,356 -6,356 0
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Signed in Washington, DC on December 3, 2004.
James R. Little,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 04-27966 Filed 12-21-04; 8:45 am]
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