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7 U.S. Code § 1359bb. Flexible marketing allotments for sugar
(a) Sugar estimates
(1) In generalNot later than August 1 before the beginning of each of the 2008 through 2023 crop years for sugarcane and sugar beets, the Secretary shall estimate—
(A)
the quantity of sugar that will be subject to human consumption in the United States during the crop year;
(B)
the quantity of sugar that would provide for reasonable carryover stocks;
(C)
the quantity of sugar that will be available from carry-in stocks for human consumption in the United States during the crop year;
(D)
the quantity of sugar that will be available from the domestic processing of sugarcane, sugar beets, and in-process beet sugar; and
(E)
the quantity of sugars, syrups, and molasses that will be imported for human consumption or to be used for the extraction of sugar for human consumption in the United States during the crop year, whether the articles are under a tariff-rate quota or are in excess or outside of a tariff-rate quota.
(2) Exclusion
The estimates under this subsection shall not apply to sugar imported for the production of polyhydric alcohol or to any sugar refined and reexported in refined form or in products containing sugar.