USDA Increases FY 2020 Raw Cane, Refined Sugar TRQs
The Department of Agriculture is increasing the fiscal year 2020 tariff rate quota for raw cane sugar by 317,515 metric tons raw value (MTRV), and the 2020 TRQ for refined sugar by 181,437 MTRV for refined sugar, it said in a notice April 3. The increase brings the total FY20 TRQ for raw cane sugar, originally set at the 1,117,195 MTRV minimum mandated by the World Trade Organization (see 1906260017), to 1,434,710 MTRV, USDA said. The refined sugar TRQ is now 373,437 MTRV, up from 192,000 MTRV originally. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allocate the increase among supplying countries and customs areas.
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(Federal Register 04/03/20)