CBP Announces Opening of 3rd Specialty Sugar Tranche on Jan 11, Two More to Follow
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a QBT to announce the opening of the third, fourth and fifth Specialty Sugar tranches on January 11, April 11, and July 11, 2012 respectively, at 12 noon eastern time or its equivalent in other time zones. The quantity for each of these three tranches is 19,051,000 kilograms (kg).
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CBP states that these three tranches are provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note 5, and are reserved for organic and other specialty sugar not currently produced commercially in the U.S. or reasonably available from domestic sources.
(See ITT's Online Archives 11080220 for summary of USDA notice announcing the FY 2012 raw and refined/specialty sugar tariff rate quotas, including the FY 2012 tranches (two of which opened last year, on October 12 and 26, 2011).
See ITT's Online Archives 11101422 and 11102134 for summaries of 1st tranche opening and then closing at opening moment on October 12. The first tranche was for all types of specialty sugars. See ITT's Online Archives 11110245 for summary stating that the 2nd tranche did not close at opening moment on Oct 26. The second through fifth tranches are reserved for organic and other specialty sugar not currently produced commercially in the U.S. or reasonably available from domestic sources.)
(QBT-12-502 (amended*), dated 01/10/12)
*The prior version erroneously stated the third tranche would open on January 12.