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104 STAT. 3480 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 7 USC 1359bb. Imports. distribution, and stock levels of sugar or crystalline fructose, respectively. "(b) PENALTY.— Any person willfully failing or refusing to furnish the information, or furnishing willfully any false information, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such violation. "(c) MONTHLY REPORTS. — Taking into consideration the information received under subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish on a monthly basis composite data on imports, distribution, and stock levels of sugar and crystalline fructose. "SEC. 359b. MARKETING ALLOTMENTS FOR SUGAR AND CRYSTALLINE FRUCTOSE. "(a) SUGAR ESTIMATES. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —Before the beginning of each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1996, the Secretary shall estimate— "(A) the quantity of sugar that will be consumed in the customs territory of the United States during the fiscal year (other than sugar imported for purposes other than human consumption); "(B) the quantity of sugar that will be available from carry-in stocks or from domestically-produced sugarcane and sugar beets for consumption in the United States during the year; and "(C) the quantity of sugar that will be imported for consumption during the year (other than sugar imported for purposes other than human consumption), based on the difference between— "(i) the quantity of estimated consumption; and "(ii) the quantity of sugar estimated to be available from domestically-produced sugarcane and sugar beets and from carry-in stocks. "(2) QUARTERLY REESTIMATES. — The Secretary shall make quarterly reestimates of sugar consumption, availability, and imports for a fiscal year no later than the beginning of each of the second through fourth quarters of the fiscal year. "(b) SUGAR ALLOTMENTS. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —For any fiscal year in which the Secretary estimates, under subsection (a), that imports of sugar for consumption in the United States will be less than 1,250,000 short tons, raw value, the Secretary shall establish for that year appropriate allotments under section 359c for the marketing by processors of sugar processed from domestically-produced sugarcane and sugar beets in a manner that is fair, efficient, and equitable to producers, processors, and refiners, at a level that the Secretary estimates will result in imports of sugar of not less than 1,250,000 short tons, raw value, for that year. "(2) PRODUCTS. —The Secretary may include products of sugar in the allotments under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines it to be appropriate for purposes of this part. "(c) CRYSTALLINE FRUCTOSE ALLOTMENTS. — For any fiscal year in which the Secretary establishes allotments for the marketing of sugar under section 359c, the Secretary shall establish for that year appropriate allotments for the marketing by manufacturers of crystalline fructose manufactured from corn, at a total level not to exceed the equivalent of 200,000 tons of sugar, raw value, during the