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QB 23-316 2023 Raw Sugar Increased Allocation

Commodity:

Raw Cane Sugar as provided for in Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note 5 

Quota Period:

October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023 

Reference: 

QB 22-303

Background: 

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced in Federal Register Notice Volume 88 No. 137 (46363) July 19,2023, an additional allocation to the 2023 Raw Sugar Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) of 125,000,000 kg. The new restraint levels are as follows: 

Restraint Level
Country Quantity UOM
Argentina  58,942,000   KG
Australia  7,031,000 KG
Barbados  9,954,000 KG
Belize 17,643,000 KG
Bolivia 12,598,000 KG
Brazil 232,573,000 KG
Colombia 38,494,000 KG
Congo 0 KG
Costa Rica 24,059,000 KG
Cote d' Ivoire 0 KG
Dominican Republic 229,343,000 KG
Ecuador 17,643,000 KG
El Salvador 41.702,000 KG
Eswatini (Swaziland) 25,663,000 KG
Fiji 14,435,000 KG
Gabon 0 KG
Guatemala 76,257,990 KG
Guyana 16,449,000 KG
Haiti 0 KG
Honduras 16,039,000 KG
India 11,666,000 KG
Jamaica 11,834,000 KG
Madagascar 0 KG
Malawi 13,707,000 KG
Mauritius 19,248,000 KG
Mozambique 20,852,000 KG
Nicaragua 0 KG
Panama 42,784,000 KG
Papua New Guinea 0 KG
Paraguay 7,258,000 KG
Peru 65,762,000 KG
Philippines 0 KG
South Africa 36,891,000 KG
St. Kitts & Nevis 0 KG
Taiwan 0 KG
Thailand 22,455,000 KG
Trinidad-Tobago 0 KG
Uruguay 500 KG
Zimbabwe 19,248,000 KG

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Last Modified: Jul 24, 2023