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[79 STAT. 1274]
PUBLIC LAW 89-000—MMMM. DD, 1965
[79 STAT. 1274]

PUBLIC LAW 89-331-NOV. 8, 1965

1274

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p. 1275.

R e s to r a t i o n of quotas, P r e s i dential determination.

61 Stat. 923. 7 USC 1111.

Quota limitation on quarterly b a s i s.

[79 STAT.

of sugar to the United States in the year such quota was not filled was less than 115 per centum of such quota for the preceding calendar year: Provided, That (i) no such reduction shall be made if the country has notified the Secretary before August 1 of such year (or, with respect to events occurring thereafter, as soon as practicable after such event), of the likelihood of such failure and the Secretary finds that such failure was due to crop disaster or other force majeure, unless such country exported sugar in such year to a country other than the United States, in which case the reduction in quota for the subsequent years shall be limited to the amount of such exports, as determined by the Secretary, and (ii) in no event shall the quota for the Republic of the Philippines be reduced to an amount less than nine hundred and eighty thousand short tons, raw value, of sugar. "(5) Any reduction in a quota because of the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection shall be prorated to other foreign countries in the same manner as deficits are prorated under section 204 of this Act. For purposes of determining unfilled portions of quotas, entries of sugar from a foreign country shall be prorated between the temporary quota established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection and the quota established pursuant to subsection (c). "(6) If any foreign country fails to give assurance to the Secretary, on or before December 31, 1965, that such country will fill the quota as established for it under subsection (c)(3) and paragraph (1) of this subsection for years after 1965, the quota for such country for such years shall be reduced to the amount which the country gives assurance that it will fill for such years. The portion of the quota for such country for which such assurance is not given shall be withdrawn for such years and a quantity of sugar equal to such portion shall be prorated to other foreign countries in the same manner as deficits are prorated under section 204 of this Act. For purposes of applying paragraph (4) of this subsection, any reduction in the quota of a foreign country under this paragraph shall be disregarded. "(e) Whenever the President finds that it is no longer contrary to the national interest of the United States to reestablish a quota or part thereof withheld or suspended under subsection (d)(1) of this section, and, in the case of Cuba, diplomatic relations have been resumed by the United States, such quota shall be restored in the manner the President finds appropriate: Provided, That the entire amount of such quota shall be restored for the third full calendar year following such finding by the President. The temporary quotas established pursuant to subsection (d)(1) shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, be reduced pro rata to the extent necessary to restore the quota in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. "(f) Whenever any quota is required to be reduced pursuant to subsection (e) or because of a reduction in the requirements of consumers under section 201 of this Act, and the amount of sugar imported from any country or marketed from any area at the time of such reduction exceeds the reduced quota, the amount of such excess shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, be deducted from the quota established for such country or domestic area for the next succeeding calendar year. " (g) The Secretary is authorized to limit, through the use of limitations applied on a quarterly basis only, the importation of sugar within the quota for any foreign country during the first and second quarters of any calendar year whenever he determines that such limitation is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Act: Provided, That