WASHINGTON - The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today announced country-specific in-quota additional allocations under the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imported raw cane sugar for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022).
TRQs allow countries to export specified quantities of a product to the United States at a relatively low tariff, but subject all imports of the product above a pre-determined threshold to a higher tariff.
On July 11, 2022, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an additional in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for the remainder of FY 2022 in the amount of 90,718 metric tons raw value (MTRV). This quantity is in addition to the minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization Uruguay Round Agreements (1,117,195 MTRV). FAS has also determined that all sugar entering the United States under the FY 2022 raw cane sugar TRQ will be permitted to enter U.S. Customs territory through October 31, 2022, a month later than the usual last entry date. USTR is allocating this additional quantity of 90,718 MTRV to the following countries in the amounts specified below:
|
Country |
FY 2022 Raw Sugar TRQ Increase Allocations (MTRV) |
|
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 |
The allocations of the raw cane sugar WTO TRQ 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.
Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
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