USDA Increases FY 2017 Specialty Sugar TRQ
The Department of Agriculture is increasing the fiscal year 2017 tariff rate quota for refined sugar by 40,000 metric tons raw value, it said (here). The increase brings the FY 2017 TRQ for refined sugar, originally set at the 162,000 MTRV, to 202,000 MTRV, USDA said. Entry of this sugar will be permitted beginning March 1, it said. The increased amount is reserved only for specialty sugars, USDA said.
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(Federal Register 02/27/17)