PROCLAMATION 6179—SEPT. 13, 1990 104 STAT. 5389 Effective as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after October 1, 1990. 1. Additional U.S. note 3 to chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is modified to provide as follows: "3. (a)(i) The total amount of sugars, syrups and molasses entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, under subheadings 1701.11.01, 1701.12.01, 1701.91.21, 1701.99.01, 1702.90.31, 1806.10.41, and 2106.90.11, during such period as shall be established by the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as "the Secretary"), shall not exceed in the aggregate an amount (expressed in terms of raw value) as shall be established by the Secretary. The Secretary shall determine such total amount as will give due consideration to the interests in the U.S. sugar market of domestic producers and materially affected contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Such total amount shall consist of (1) a base quota amount, and (2) an amount reserved for the importation of specialty sugars as defined by the United States Trade Representative, to be allocated by the United States Trade Representative in accordance with paragraph (b)(i) of this note. "(ii) The Secretary may modify any quantitative limitations (including the time period for which such limitation are applicable) which have previously been established under this paragraph, if the Secretary determines that such action or actions are appropriate to give due consideration to the interests in the U.S. sugar market of domestic producers and materially affected contracting parties of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. "(iii) The Secretary shall inform the Secretary of the Treasury of any determination made under this paragraph. Notice of such determinations shall be filed with the Federal Register, and such determinations shall not become effective until the day following the date of filing of such notice or such later date as may be specified by the Secretary. "(iv) Sugar entering the United States during a quota period established under this paragraph may be charged to the previous or subsequent quota period with the written approval of the Secretary. "(b)(i) The base quota amount of sugars, syrups and molasses, described in subheadings 1701.11.01, 1701.12.01, 1701.91.21, 1701.99.01, 1702.90.31, 1806.10.41, and 2106.90.11, established pursuant to paragraph (a) of this note shall be allocated by the United States Trade Representative to the supplying countries and areas listed below as follows: Coimt ry Percentage distribution Argentina Australia Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Fiji Guatemala Guyana Honduras India Jam aic a Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nicaragua Panama Peru Philippin es Swaziland Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Zimbabwe Other specified cotmtries and areas 4.3 8.3 0.7 tl OB ZA 1.S 17.6 11 UB «^ «:• iJt ije m VL tM 1.2 1.3 2.1 19 4.1 15.8 1.6 U iA •0.7 1.2 OS
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