Release No. 0422.04
Jillene Johnson (202) 720 9733
USDA ANNOUNCES 2004 CROP SUGAR MARKETING ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
WASHINGTON, September 28, 2004 - USDA today announced marketing allotments and company allocations for the 2004 crop (FY 2005) for cane and beet sugar. This action follows the July 16, 2004, announcement of the overall allotment quantity (OAQ) of 8.1 million short tons, raw value (STRV). The 2002 Farm Bill requires allocation of the OAQ to cane-producing states and sugarcane and sugar beet processors. This announcement also eliminates the Puerto Rican sugarcane processors' allocations and reassigns Puerto Rico's allotment to other cane sugar states since production and processing ceased there more than two years ago.
Today's announcement also reflects the recent changes in the "ability to market" definition. This definition in the cane sugar allocation formula is now based on historical data and will not change throughout the year because of changing production estimates as it did in past years. Beginning with FY 2005, the cane processor allocations are fixed shares of the cane sugar allotment and will change only if the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) adjusts the OAQ or determines that a processor cannot fulfill its cane sugar allocation and reassigns the unused allocation to other processors.
CCC declared that Puerto Rican processors permanently terminated operations because no sugar had been produced and processed for two complete years. Consequently, the allotment of 6,356 STRV was permanently reassigned to the mainland cane-producing states. Hawaii received none of the Puerto Rican reassignment because it is not expected to use all of its current cane sugar allotment. For any Puerto Rican mills to resume processing in the future, request for an allocation as a new entrant would be required.
These actions apply to all domestic sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from Oct. 1, 2004, through Sept. 30, 2005. USDA closely monitors stocks, consumption, imports, and all other program variables on an ongoing basis.
The 2004-crop sugar marketing allotments and allocations are as follows:
Initial FY 2005 Allocations Reassignment of Puerto Rican Allotment Beginning FY 2005 Allotments/Allocations
(short tons, raw value)
Beet Sugar 4,402,350
Cane Sugar 3,697,650
TOTAL OAQ 8,100,000
BEET PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Amalgamated Sugar Co. 917,207
American Crystal Sugar Co. 1,692,713
Holly Sugar Corp. 295,372
Michigan Sugar Co. 281,254
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op. 274,650
Monitor Sugar Co. 161,164
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op. 282,812
Western Sugar Co. 438,449
Wyoming Sugar Co. 58,729
TOTAL BEET SUGAR 4,402,350
STATE CANE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS:
Florida 1,812,722 3,416 1,816,139
Louisiana 1,402,345 2,643 1,404,987
Texas 157,583 297 157,880
Hawaii 318,644 0 318,644
Puerto Rico 6,356 -6,356 0
TOTAL CANE SUGAR 3,697,650 0 3,697,650
CANE PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:
Florida
Atlantic Sugar Assoc. 152,198 287 152,485
Growers Co-op. of FL 326,082 615 326,697
Okeelanta Corp. 383,847 723 384,570
Osceola Farms Co. 210,300 396 210,697
U.S. Sugar Corp. 740,295 1,395 741,690
TOTAL 1,812,722 3,416 1,816,139
Louisiana
Alma Plantation 76,478 144 76,622
Cajun Sugar Co-op. 106,225 200 106,426
Cora-Texas Mfg. Co. 130,258 245 130,504
Harry Laws & Co. 57,006 107 57,113
Iberia Sugar Co-op. 67,712 128 67,839
Jeanerette Sugar Co. 64,078 121 64,199
Lafourche Sugars Corp. 76,381 144 76,525
Louisiana Sugarcane Co-op. 87,247 164 87,411
Lula Westfield, LLC 165,601 312 165,913
M.A. Patout & Sons 368,356 694 369,051
St. Mary Sugar Co-op. 92,814 175 92,989
So. Louisiana Sugars Co-op. 110,189 208 110,396
TOTAL 1,402,345 2,643 1,404,987
Texas
Rio Grande Valley 157,583 297 157,880
Hawaii
Gay & Robinson, Inc. 73,145 0 73,145
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company 245,499 0 245,499
TOTAL 318,644 0 318,644
Puerto Rico
Agraso 4,076 -4,076 0
Roig 2,280 -2,280 0
TOTAL 6,356 -6,356 0
Some totals may not add exactly due to rounding.
More information on USDA programs are available at local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices and on FSA's Web site at: www.fsa.usda.gov.
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