Provisional 19992000 US Lamb Tariff Rate Quota Allocation Pursuant to section 33 of the Meat Board Act 1997, notice is given that the New Zealand Meat Board has provisionally allocated access of 75 percent of the United States Lamb Tariff Rate Quota of 14 481.603 tonnes for the 19992000 Quota Year, commencing 22 July 1999, as set out below. Final allocations will be confirmed following verification of information supplied by companies. Company General QuotaAllowance(tonnes product weight) Advanced Foods of New Zealand Limited 663.917 Affco New Zealand Limited 1 310.451 Alliance Group Limited 1 933.030 ANZCO Green Island Limited 38.622 Canterbury Meat Packers Limited 477.307 Crown Marketing Limited 56.803 Crusader Meats New Zealand Limited 78.469 Davmet New Zealand Limited 83.589 Fern Ridge Meat Marketing (NZ) Limited 27.969 Horizon Meats New Zealand Limited 413.481 James Bull Holdings Limited 223.432 Lean Meats Limited 548.222 Musgrave Meat Holdings Limited 10.406 New Zealand Lamb Co. (North America) Limited 96.117 Pilot New Zealand Limited 46.596 PPCS Limited 1 849.667 Richmond Limited 1 821.371 Taylor Preston Limited 768.727 Te Kuiti Meat Marketing Limited 68.664 Waitotara Meat Co Limited 344.358 Total 10 861.198 The allocation mechanism used is as set out and described in the letters dated 6 August 1999 (``Establishment of United States Lamb Tariff Rate Quota Allocation System'') and 3 September 1999 (``Establishment of United States Lamb Tariff Rate Quota Allocation System New Entrant Allowances Allocation System''), copies of which are available from the board. Dated at Wellington this 9th day of September 1999. S. J. STEEL, Acting Board Secretary, New Zealand Meat Board.