The Department of Agriculture recently adjusted the amount of raw cane sugar that may be imported under the lower tier of duties provided by the tariff-rate quotas for this product during fiscal year 2023 and established the raw cane sugar TRQ amounts for FY 2024.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has now allocated the additional FY 2023 in-quota quantities as follows (in metric tons raw value).
|
Country
|
MTRV
|
|
Australia
|
19,356
|
|
Belize
|
2,565
|
|
Bolivia
|
1,632
|
|
Brazil
|
33,815
|
|
Colombia
|
5,597
|
|
Costa Rica
|
3,498
|
|
Ecuador
|
2,565
|
|
El Salvador
|
6,063
|
|
Eswatini
|
3,731
|
|
Fiji
|
2,099
|
|
Guatemala
|
11,194
|
|
Honduras
|
2,332
|
|
India
|
700
|
|
Mauritius
|
2,799
|
|
Mozambique
|
3,032
|
|
Panama
|
3,032
|
|
Peru
|
9,562
|
|
South Africa
|
5,364
|
|
Thailand
|
3,265
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
2,799
|
USTR has also allocated the FY 2024 in-quota quantities as follows.
|
Country
|
MTRV
|
|
Argentina
|
46,260
|
|
Australia
|
89,293
|
|
Barbados
|
7,531
|
|
Belize
|
11,834
|
|
Bolivia
|
8,606
|
|
Brazil
|
155,993
|
|
Colombia
|
25,819
|
|
Congo (Brazzaville)
|
7,258
|
|
Costa Rica
|
16,137
|
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
7,258
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
189,343
|
|
Ecuador
|
11,834
|
|
El Salvador
|
27,971
|
|
Eswatini
|
17,213
|
|
Fiji
|
9,682
|
|
Gabon
|
7,258
|
|
Guatemala
|
51,639
|
|
Guyana
|
12,910
|
|
Haiti
|
7,258
|
|
Honduras
|
10,758
|
|
India
|
8,606
|
|
Jamaica
|
11,834
|
|
Madagascar
|
7,258
|
|
Malawi
|
10,758
|
|
Mauritius
|
12,910
|
|
Mexico
|
7,258
|
|
Mozambique
|
13,986
|
|
Panama
|
31,199
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
7,258
|
|
Paraguay
|
7,258
|
|
Peru
|
44,108
|
|
Philippines
|
145,235
|
|
South Africa
|
24,744
|
|
St. Kitts & Nevis
|
7,258
|
|
Taiwan
|
12,910
|
|
Thailand
|
15,061
|
|
Trinidad-Tobago
|
7,531
|
|
Uruguay
|
7,258
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
12,910
|
USTR notes that allocations to countries that are net importers of sugar are conditioned on receipt of the appropriate verifications of origin. Certificates of quota eligibility must accompany imports from any country for which an allocation has been provided.
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