US
Gives India 3569 MT Increase in TRQ of Raw Sugar
The Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative on 9 April, 2020 announced country-specific and
first-come, first-served in-quota additional allocations under the tariff-rate quotas
(TRQs) on imported raw cane sugar, refined and specialty sugar and sugar-containing
products for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 (October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020). TRQs allow countries to export specified quantities
of a product into the United States at a relatively low tariff, but subject all
imports of the product above a pre-determined threshold to a higher tariff.
On April 3,
2020, (85 FR 18913) the Secretary of Agriculture announced an additional in-quota
quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for the remainder of FY 2020 (ending September
30, 2020) in the amount of 317,515 metric tons raw value (MTRV). This quantity is in addition to the minimum amount
to which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Uruguay
Round Agreements
(1,117,195 MTRV). USTR is allocating this
additional quantity of 317,515 MTRV to the following countries in the amounts specified
below:
|
Country |
FY 2020
Raw Sugar TRQ Increase Allocation (MTRV) |
|
Argentina |
19,185 |
|
Australia |
37,032 |
|
Barbados |
3,123 |
|
Belize |
4,908 |
|
Bolivia |
3,569 |
|
Brazil |
64,694 |
|
Colombia |
10,708 |
|
Costa
Rica |
6,692 |
|
DR |
30,000 |
|
Ecuador |
4,908 |
|
El
Salvador |
11,600 |
|
Eswatini (Swaziland) |
7,139 |
|
Fiji |
4,015 |
|
Guatemala |
21,417 |
|
Guyana |
5,354 |
|
Honduras |
4,462 |
|
India |
3,569 |
|
Malawi |
4,462 |
|
Mauritius |
5,354 |
|
Mozambique |
5,800 |
|
Nicaragua |
9,369 |
|
Panama |
10,000 |
|
Peru |
18,293 |
|
South
Africa |
10,262 |
|
Thailand |
6,246 |
|
Zimbabwe |
5,354 |
|
Total |
317,515 |
USTR based
these allocations on the countries’ historical shipments to the United States. The
allocations of the raw cane sugar TRQ to countries that are net importers of sugar
are conditioned on receipt of the appropriate verifications of origin, and certificates
for quota eligibility must accompany imports from any country for which an allocation
has been provided.
The Secretary
of Agriculture also announced an increase in the FY 2020 refined sugar TRQ of 181,437
MTRV. USTR is allocating 5,000 MTRV of the
additional quantity to Canada and the rest of the increase (176,437 MTRV) to the
global tariff-rate quota, which may be supplied by any country on a first-come,
first-served basis in seven tranches as follows:
|
Month |
Day |
FY 2020
Refined Sugar TRQ Increased Allocation (MTRV) |
|
April |
13 |
95,000 |
|
April |
27 |
20,000 |
|
May |
11 |
15,000 |
|
May |
18 |
12,000 |
|
June |
1 |
12,000 |
|
June |
15 |
12,000 |
|
June |
29 |
10,437 |
No certificate
for quota eligibility is required for sugar entering under the global TRQ for refined
sugar.
*Conversion
factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.