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[76 Stat. 162]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
[76 Stat. 162]

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69 Stat. 413. 22 USC 1372 and note. Ante, p. 158. Ante, p. 160. P o s t, p. 170.

61 Stat. 925. 7 USC 1113.

61 Stat. 933; Post, p. 166. 7 USC 1158.

Liquid sugar foreign quotas. 65 Stat. 319. 7 USC 1118.

Prohibitions. 61 Stat. 928. 7 USC 1119.

Sugar exportation. 7 USC 1121.

PUBLIC LAW 87-535-JULY 13, 1962

[76 STAT.

"(c) None of the quota for the Virgin Islands for any calendar year may be filled by direct-consumption sugar. " (d) Not more than fifty-six thousand short tons of sugar of the quota for the Republic of the Philippines for any calendar year may be filled by direct-consumption sugar as provided under section 201 of the Philippine Trade Agreement Revision Act of 1955. "(e)(1) None of the proration established for Cuba under section 202(c)(3) for any calendar year and none of the deficit prorations and apportionments for Cuba established under section 204(a) may be filled by direct-consumption sugar. " (2) The proration or allocation established for each foreign country which receives a proration or allocation of twenty thousand short tons, raw value, or less under section 202(c)(3), may be filled by direct-consumption sugar to the extent of the average amount of direct-consumption sugar entered by such country during the years 1957, 1958, and 1959. None of the proration or allocation established for each foreign country which receives a proration or allocation of more than twenty thousand short tons, raw value, under section 202(c)(3), may be filled by direct-consumption sugar. None of the deficit prorations and apportionments for foreign countries established under section 204(a) may be filled by direct-consumption sugar. "(f) This section shall not apply with respect to the quotas established under section 203 for marketing for local consumption in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. " (g) The direct-consumption portions of the quotas established pursuant to this section, and the enforcement provisions of title II applicable thereto, shall continue in effect and shall not be subject to suspension pursuant to the provisions of section 408 of this Act unless the President acting thereunder specifically finds and proclaims that a national economic or other emergency exists with respect to sugar or liquid sugar which requires the suspension of direct-consumption portions of the quotas." SEC. 8. Section 208 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 208. A quota for liquid sugar for foreign countries for each calendar year is hereby established as follows: two million gallons of sirup of cane juice of the type of Barbados molasses, limited to liquid sugar containing soluble nonsugar solids (excluding any foreign substances that may have been added or developed in the product) of more than 5 per centum of the total soluble solids, which is not to be used as a component of any direct-consumption sugar but is to be used as molasses without substantial modification of its characteristics after importation, except that the President is authorized to prohibit the importation of liquid sugar from any foreign country which he shall designate whenever he finds and proclaims that such action is required by the national interest." SEC. 9. Section 209 of such Act is amended (1) by inserting before the last three words of subsection (a) the words "or proration"; (2) by inserting after the word "proration" in subsection (d) the words "or allocation" and by striking the period at the end of subsection (d) and inserting a semicolon in lieu thereof; and (3) by adding a new subsection (e) to read as follows: "(e) From bringing or importing into the Virgin Islands for consumption therein, any sugar or liquid sugar produced from sugarcane or sugarbeets grown in any area other than Puerto Rico, Hawaii, or the continental United States." SEC. 10. (a) Section 211(a) of such Act is amended by striking out the first two sentences thereof. (b) Section 211(c) is amended to read as follows: "The quota established for any domestic sugar-producing area may be filled only with