USTR Allocates FY22 TRQ Amounts for Cane Sugar, Refined Sugar
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is setting fiscal year 2022 country allocations for imports under tariff-rate quotas for cane sugar and refined sugars. The FY22 import TRQ for raw cane sugar was established at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), the minimum amount to which the U.S. is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements (see [Ref:2109100027]). The USTR now allocates this TRQ among supplying countries and customs areas, as follows: Argentina 45,281; Australia 87,402; Barbados 7,371; Belize 11,584; Bolivia 8,424; Brazil 152,691; Colombia 25,273; Congo (Brazzaville) 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.
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For refined sugars, of a total of 20,344 metric tons raw value, USTR is allocating 10,300 MTRV to Canada, 2,954 MTRV to Mexico, and 7,090 MTRV of refined sugar to be administered on a first-come, first-served basis. For imports of sugar-containing products, USTR is allocating 59,250 metric tons to Canada, and 5,459 to other countries on a first-come, first-served basis.