WASHINGTON – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the in-quota allocations under the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on imported raw cane sugar and sugar-containing products for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 (October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023).
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 of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the establishment of the in-quota quantity for raw cane sugar for FY 2023. The in-quota quantity for the TRQ on raw cane sugar for FY 2023 is 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV),* which is the minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. USTR is allocating the raw cane sugar TRQ of 1,117,195 MTRV to the following countries in the quantities specified below:
|
Country |
FY 2023 Raw Cane Sugar Allocations (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 |
|
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 & Tobago |
7,531 |
|
Uruguay |
7,258 |
|
Zimbabwe |
12,910 |
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.
With respect to the in-quota quantity of 64,709 metric tons (MT) of the TRQ for imports of certain sugar-containing products maintained under Additional U.S. Note 8 to Chapter 17 of the HTSUS, USTR is allocating 59,250 MT to Canada. The remainder, 5,459 MT of the in-quota quantity, is available for other countries on a first-come, first-served basis.
Raw cane sugar and sugar-containing products for FY 2023 TRQs may enter the United States as of October 1, 2022.
*Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
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