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 75 ra CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH. 898-SEPTEMBER 1, 1937 domestic sugar industry as a whole, and the amounts of such addi- tional allowances shall be such that in no event will the amount of the total supply be less than the quantity of sugar required to give consu mers of suga r in the cont inental Unite d States a pe r capita consumption equal to that of the average of the two-year period 1935- 1936 . 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- (a) For domestic sugar-producing areas by prorating among such areas 55 .59 per centum of such amount of sugar (but not less than 3,715,000 short tons) on the following basis : Ar ea Pe r centum Domes tic beet sug ai 41 .72 Mainland cane sugar 11 .31 Hawaii 25 .25 Puerto Rico 21 .48 Virgin Islands .24 (b) For foreign countries, and the Commonwealth of the Philip- pine Islands, by prorating 44 .41 per centum of such amount of sugar (except, if such amount of sugar is less than 6,682,670 short tons, the excess of such amount over 3,715,000 short tons) on the following basis Ar ea Pe r centum Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands 	34 .70 Cuba 64 .41 Foreign countries other than Cuba .89 In no case shall the quota for the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands be less than the duty-free quota now established by the pro- visions of the Philippine Independence Act. The quota for foreign countries other than Cuba 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, Numbe r 1, issued December 12, 1936, pursuan t to the Agri cultural Adjustment Act, as amended. SEC. 203 . In accordance with the applicable provisions of section 201, the Secretary shall also determine the amount of sugar needed to meet the requirements of consumers in the Territory of Hawaii, and in Puerto Rico, and shall establish quotas for the amounts of sugar which may be marketed for local consumption in such areas equal to the amounts determined to be needed to meet the require- ments of consumers therein. SEC. 204. (a) The Secretary shall, as he deems necessary during the calendar year, determine whether, in view of the current inven- tories of sugar, the estimated production from the acreage of sugar- cane or sugar beets planted, the normal marketings within a calendar year of new-crop sugar, and other pertinent factors, any domestic area, the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands, or Cuba, will be unable to market the quota for such area. If the Secretary finds that any domestic area or Cuba will be unable to market the quota for such area for the calendar year then current, he shall revise the quota s for the do mestic areas and Cuba by p rorating an a mount of sugar equal to the deficit so determined to the other such areas, on the basis of the quotas then in effect. Any portion of such sugar which the Secretary determines cannot be supplied by domestic areas and Cuba shall be prorated to foreign countries other than Cuba on the basis of the prorations of the quota then in effect for such Domest ic are as. 905 Foreign countries. Quota for Philip- pine Islands. 48 Stat. 456. 48 U. S. C., Supp. II, °° 1231-1247. Foreig n coun tries, other than Cuba ; pro- rating. Local marketings in Haw aii and in Pu erto Rico. Inability of domes- tic, etc ., area to mar- ket quota. Rev isi on aut hor ize d. Pro rat ion of de fi- ciency.