Sugar Import Quota Increased
Effective March 7, the Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service has increased by 125,000 metric tons raw value the amount of raw cane sugar eligible to enter the U.S. at the lower duty rate under the fiscal year 2024 tariff-rate quota. With this increase, which the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allocate among supplying countries and customs areas, the overall FY 2024 raw cane sugar TRQ is now 1,242,195 MTRV. Raw cane sugar under this TRQ must be accompanied by a certificate for quota eligibility.
Poultry from Canada
Effective Feb. 21, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has restricted the importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry products originating from or transiting zone PCZ-235 in Alberta, Canada, based on a determination that highly-pathogenic avian influenza exists in domestic birds in this area.
Processed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting any restricted area, imported as cargo, must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the products were treated according to APHIS requirements. Further, importation as cargo of fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and other egg products, void of the shell (i.e., liquid eggs, dried egg whites), originating from or transiting any restricted zone is prohibited unless the products are consigned from the port of arrival directly to an APHIS-approved breaking and pasteurization facility. An import permit and/or certificate is not required for these shipments when consigned directly to an APHIS-approved establishment.
Separately, APHIS has removed these restrictions on imports originating from or transiting zones PCZ-215 in British Columbia and PCZ-230 in Saskatchewan (effective March 4) after the HPAI outbreaks in these areas were completely resolved.
Pork from Albania
Effective Feb. 10 and until further notice, APHIS is restricting the importation of live swine, swine germplasm, and unprocessed products and byproducts from Albania based on the diagnosis of African swine fever in domestic swine. Processed pork products and byproducts may still be imported as cargo from Albania but must be accompanied by an import permit and/or government certification, or both, confirming that the products were treated according to APHIS requirements.
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