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 79 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 89-331-NOV. 8, 1965

(c) that are members of the Organization of American States on the basis of the percentages stated therein. " (B) Whenever and to the extent that the President finds that the establishment or continuation of a quota or any part thereof for any foreign country would be contrary to the national interest of the United States, such quota or part thereof shall be withheld or suspended, and such importation shall not be permitted. A quantity of sugar equal to the amount of any quota so withheld or suspended shall be prorated to the other countries listed in subsection (c)(3)(A) (other than any country whose quota is withheld or suspended) on the basis of the quotas then in effect for such countries. " (C) The quantities of sugar prorated pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall be designated as temporary quotas and the term 'quota' as defined in this Act shall include a temporary quota established under this subsection. "(2)(A) Whenever the Secretary finds that it is not practicable to obtain the quantity of sugar needed from foreign countries to meet any increase during the year in the requirements of consumers under section 201 by apportionment to countries pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) and the foregoing provisions of this subsection, such quantity of sugar may be imported on a first-come, first-served basis from any foreign country, except that no sugar shall be authorized for importation from Cuba until the United States resumes diplomatic relations with that country and no sugar shall be authorized for importation hereunder from any foreign country with respect to which a finding by the President is in effect under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection: Provided, That such finding shall not be made in the first nine months of the year unless the Secretary also finds that limited sugar supplies and increases in prices have created or may create an emergency situation significantly interfering with the orderly movement of foreign raw sugar to the United States. In authorizing the importation of such sugar the Secretary shall give special consideration to countries which agree to purchase for dollars additional quantities of United States agricultural products. In the event that the requirements of consumers under section 201 are thereafter reduced in the same calendar year, an amount not exceeding such increase in requirements shall be deducted pro rata from the quotas established pursuant to subsection (c) and this subsection. " (B) Sugar imported under the authority of this paragraph (2) shall be raw sugar, except that if the Secretary determines that the total quantity is not reasonably available as raw sugar, he may authorize the importation for direct consumption of so much of such quantity as he determines may be required to meet the requirements of consumers in the United States. " (3) No quota shall be established for any country, other than the Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Honduras, and Ireland, for the year following a period of twenty-four months, ending June 30 prior to the establishment of quotas for such year, in which its aggregate imports of sugar equaled or exceeded its aggregate exports of sugar from such cotmtry to countries other than the United States. "(4) Whenever in any calendar year any foreign country fails, subject to such reasonable toilerance as the Secretary may determine, to fill the quota as established for it pursuant to this Act, the quota for such country for subsequent calendar years shall be reduced by the smaller of (i) the amount by which such country failed to fill such quota or (ii) the amount by which its exports 49-850 0-66—83

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Withholding of quotas, Presidential determination.

"Quota." Emergency provision. 61 Stat. 9 23.

7 USC n i l. Imports from Cuba, restriction,.

Import-export restriction.

Penalty provision, reduction c quotas.

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