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Show Orviile L. Lee I Gives Figures t On Sugar Quotas The total supply of sugar re. t: quired to meet consumers' needs A for 10-11 has been determined, l. under the provisions of the $ ." Sugar Act of 1037, as amended, a. " to be 6.618,817 short tons, raw o: value. . Orviile L. Lee. of Paradise, member of the Utah State AAA s committee and sugar assistant for the state, with headquarters at the college, received tha't an. I noimcement from the United :States Department of Agriculture this week. He said the announcement aiso added that on the basis of this determination, tne quo, as for "t the various sugar producing areas : ior 1941 which are established in accordance with certain percentage percent-age figures set forth in the Act ; and the inlial 1040 quotas are as follows: Area 1941 1940 Domestic beet sugar 1,549,898 1,559,695 Mainland cane sugar 420.167 422 823 Hawaii 928.037 943.937 Puerto Rico.... .'. 797.982 803.026 j Philippine Islands 1.006.931 1,036,365 Virgin Islands 8.916 8.972 1 Cuba 1,869.060 1.923.680 Foreign countries I other htan Cuba 25.826 26.391 TotaL 6,616,817 6,725,100 According to Mr. Lee. the Sugar Su-gar Act directs the Secretary of Agriculture to determine in December De-cember of each year the amount of sugar needed to meet requirements require-ments of consumers for the following fol-lowing calendar year. This de termination must be made on the j basis of a formula specified in file Act which establishes, as a base figure for the determination theh quantity of sugar distributed in the twelve months ending Oc tober 31 of the prior year and requires the Secretary to take 'nto ccri'', 's'; . 'tT'o'iPs or surpluses in inventories of sugar, su-gar, and changes in consump. tion. The Act also provides that such determination may be re. vised during the year as may be found necessary. The quotas for the various su. gar producing areas are established estab-lished automatically from the figure of consumers' requirements in the following manner: SHARE OF riARKET' Domestic beet sugar 23.19 per cent of 1,539,398 tons, whichever is higher. Mainland cane sugar 6.29 per cent or 420,167 tons, whichever is higher. Hawaii 14.04 per cent or 933,-037 933,-037 tons, whichever is higher. Puerto Rico 11.94 per cent or 797.982 tons, whichever is higher. Virgin Islands .15 per cent or 8.916 tons, whichever is higher. Total domestic areas 55.59 per cent or 3,715,000 tons, whichever is higher. The balance of the total con-! sumers requirements is allotted! by the Act to the Commonwealth , of the Philippine Islands. 15.41 j per cent; Cuba. 28.6 percent; and; foreign countries other than Cuba Cu-ba .40 per cent, or less than half of one percent. |