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quantities of up to 1,117,195 metric tons raw value of raw cane sugar (unchanged from FY 2022) may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption under this TRQ during this period.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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