USTR Allocates FY23 TRQ Amounts, Additional FY22 Amounts for Cane Sugar
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is setting fiscal year 2023 country allocations for imports under tariff-rate quotas for cane sugar and refined sugars. The FY23 import TRQ for raw cane sugar was established at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), the minimum amount to which the U.S. is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements (see 2207080043). The USTR now allocates this TRQ among supplying countries and customs areas, as follows:
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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 (Swaziland) 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 and Tobago 7,531; Uruguay 7,258; Zimbabwe 12,910.
For imports of sugar-containing products, USTR is allocating 59,250 metric tons to Canada, and 5,459 to other countries on a first-come, first-served basis.
USTR on July 21 announced country-by-country allocations of additional fiscal year 2022 in-quota quantities of the tariff-rate quotas for imported raw cane sugar. USTR also announced sugar may be entered under the FY22 TRQ through Oct. 31, 2022, one month later than the usual last entry date. Of the 90,718 metric tons raw value added to the raw cane sugar TRQ by USDA on July 11 (see 2207080046), USTR is allocating the quota as follows:
Argentina 4,840; Australia 9,342; Barbados 788; Belize 1,238; Bolivia 900; Brazil 16,320; Colombia 2,701; Costa Rica 1,688; Dominican Republic 19,809; Ecuador 1,238; El Salvador 2,926; Eswatini (Swaziland) 1,801; Fiji 1,013; Guatemala 5,402; Guyana 1,351; Honduras 1,126; India 900; Malawi 1,126; Mauritius 1,351; Mozambique 1,463; Panama 3,264; Peru 4,615; South Africa 2,589; Thailand 1,576; Zimbabwe 1,351.