PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 519-AUG. 8, 1947
year 1948, during the first ten days thereof) and at such other times
during such calendar year as the Secretary may deem necessary to meet
Basis.
such requirements. In making such determinations the Secretary
shall use as a basis the quantity of direct-consumption sugar distributed
for consumption, as indicated by official statistics of the Department of
Agriculture, during the twelve-month period ending October 31 next
preceding the calendar year for which the determination is being made,
and shall make allowances for a deficiency or surplus in inventories of
sugar, and for changes in consumption because of changes in population
and demand conditions, as computed from statistics published by agen-
cies of the Federal Government; and, in order that such determinations
shall be made so as to protect the welfare of consumers and of those
engaged in the domestic sugar industry by providing such supply of
sugar as will be consumed at prices which will not be excessive to con-
sumers and which will fairly and equitably maintain and protect the
welfare of the domestic sugar industry, the Secretary, in making any
such determination, in addition to the consumption, inventory, popula-
tion, and demand factors above specified and the level and trend of
consumer purchasing power, shall take into consideration the relation-
ship between the prices at wholesale for refined sugar that would result
from such determination and the general cost of living in the United
States as compared with the relationship between prices at wholesale
for refined sugar and the general cost of living in the United States
obtaining during 1947 prior to the termination of price control of sugar
as indicated by the Consumers' Price Index as published by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
SEC. 202. Whenever a determination is made, pursuant to section
201, of the amount of sugar needed to meet the requirements of con-
sumers, the Secretary shall establish quotas, or revise existing quotas-
Domestic areas.
(a) For domestic sugar-producing areas, by apportioning among
such areas 4,268,000 short tons, raw value, as follows:
Area
Short tons, raw value
Domestic beet sugar-------------------------------- 1,800,000
Mainland cane sugar..-----------.--------------------
500,000
Hawaii --------------------------------------
1, 052,000
Puerto Rico---------------------------------------
910,000
Virgin Islands --------------------------------
6,000
Republic of the
Philippines.
60 Stat. 144 .
22 U. S. C.§ 1261.
Other foreign coun-
tries.
52 Stat. 31.
7 U.8. C.§01281-
1407; 16 U. S. C.
§ 590h, 690o.
Ante, pp. 721 722.
Quota for Cuba.
(b) For the Republic of the Philippines, in the amount of nine
hundred and fifty-two thousand short tons of sugar as specified in
section 211 of the Philippine Trade Act of 1946.
(c) For foreign countries other than the Republic of the Philip-
pines, by prorating among such areas an amount of sugar, raw value,
equal to the amount determined pursuant to section 201 less the sum
of the quotas established pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, on the following basis:
Area
Per centum
Cuba --------------------
_------------_ 98.64 Foreign countries other than Cuba and the Republic of the Philippines------------- _ --------- ---------- 1.36 The quota for foreign countries other than Cuba and the Republic of the Philippines shall be prorated among such countries on the basis of the division of the quota for such countries made in General Sugar Quota Regulations, Series 4, Number 1, issued December 12, 1936, pursuant to the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended. (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this title II, in the event the quota established for Cuba, including any and all deficits allotted or prorated to Cuba pursuant to the provisions of section 204 (a), shall be a smaller proportion of the total amount of sugar 924 [61 STAT.
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