PE–41. Editorial Note
In a note of April 6, 1960, to Ambassador Berckemeyer, the Department of State replied to a Peruvian request for an increase of Peru’s sugar import quota to 250,000 tons. The Department informed the Ambassador that it had received many requests for sugar import quota changes which would entail major revision of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended. (61 State 922; 65 State 318; 70 State 217) Stating that the time was not appropriate to request such a revision, the Department concluded regretfully that it could not recommend an increase in Peru’s quota. (411.236/2–960)
Public law 86–592, approved July 6, 1960, authorized the President to reassign the Cuban sugar quota. (74 State 330) The Department of Agriculture allocated 273,827 tons for Peru in 1960, of which 135,000 tons was from the Cuban quota. For further information, see Congressional Quarterly Almanac, 1961 (Washington, 1961), page 126 (chart).