USTR Announces FY 2014 Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Quantities
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced country-by-country allocations of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for imported raw cane sugar, refined sugar (syrups and molasses), specialty sugar and sugar-containing products. The TRQs are effective Oct. 1. The Department of Agriculture initially announced on Sept. 13 that the TRQ in-quota quantity for FY 2014 raw cane sugar totals 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), allocated in the following fashion:
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Country -- FY 2014 Raw Cane Sugar Allocations (MTRV)
Argentina 45,281; Australia 87,402; Barbados 7,371; Belize 11,584; Bolivia 8,424; Brazil 152,691; Colombia 25,273; Congo 7,258; Costa Rica 15,796; Cote d’Ivoire 7,258; Dominican Republic 185,335; Ecuador 11,584; El Salvador 27,379; Fiji 9,477; Gabon 7,258; Guatemala 50,546; Guyana 12,636; Haiti 7,258; Honduras 10,530; India 8,424; Jamaica 11,584; Madagascar 7,258; Malawi 10,530; Mauritius 12,636; Mexico 7,258; Mozambique 13,690; Nicaragua 22,114; Panama 30,538; Papua New Guinea 7,258; Paraguay 7,258; Peru 43,175; Philippines 142,160; South Africa 24,220; St. Kitts & Nevis 7,258; Swaziland 16,849; Taiwan 12,636; Thailand 14,743; Trinidad & Tobago 7,371; Uruguay 7,258; Zimbabwe 12,636
Specialty sugar imports will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis in five tranches, extending from Oct. 10 to July 10, 2014. The total in-quota quantity of specialty sugar will be 1,656 MTRV included under World Trade Organization (WTO) commitment and an additional 100,000 MTRV. Interested parties should mail or deliver inquiries to USTR Director of Agricultural Affairs, Ann Heilman Dahl at the USTR Office of Agricultural Affairs: 600 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20508.
(Federal Register 09/18/13)