Background

The Department of Agriculture has established 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 (Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023). Specifically, aggregate quantities of up to 1,117,195 metric tons raw value of raw cane sugar (unchanged from FY 2022) may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption under this TRQ during this period.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has allocated the in-quota quantity of the FY 2023 raw cane sugar TRQ as follows (in 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

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

(Nicaragua and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) have received no allocations this year.)

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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