WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/USA/50 
23 January 2004 
 (04-0245) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 13 January 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United States .  The notification concerns the administration of tariff and other 
quota commitments ( Table MA:1) for the fiscal year starting 1 October 2003.  
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Page 2 Table MA:1 
MARKET ACCESS:  United States  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Fiscal year starting 1 October 2003 
 
Implementation of market access opportun ities: tariff and other quota commitments 
 
Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description Description of import arrangement applicable 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of  Part I 
of the schedule) (from Section I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 
Raw cane sugar 1701.11.10 (a) COUNTRY ALLO CATIONS:  See Annex for 2003-04 Quot a Year allocations.  Tariff quota 
opened on 1 October 2003. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS:  None.  See (c) below. 
(c) OTHER ARRANGEME NTS:  Certificates of Quota Elig ibility are issued to exporting 
countries.  For entry into the US, sugar must have a polarity of less than 99.5 degrees. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION:  This provision is include d in Additional US Note 5 to chapter 17 of 
the HTSUS.  In Schedule XX it is included in Additional US Note 3 to chapter 17. 
 
Other cane or beet sugars or syrups 1701.12.10 
1701.91.10 
1701.99.10 
1702.90.10 
2106.90.44 
 (a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS:  Cana da, Mexico a nd all others. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS:  N one, however importers of speciality sugar must have a 
speciality sugar certificate. 
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENT S:  For entry into the US , sugar must have a pola rity of at least 99.5 
degrees.  Certificates of Quota Eligibility are required for entry of refined sugar from Mexico. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION:  This provision is include d in Additional US Note 5 to chapter 17 of 
the HTSUS.  In Schedule XX it is included in Additional US Note 3 to chapter 17. 
  
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 Page 3Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description Description of import arrangement applicable 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of  Part I 
of the schedule) (from Section I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 
Sugar containing products (articles 
containing over 10 per cent dry weight 
of sugars) 1701.91.54 
1704.90.74 
1806.20.75 
1806.20.95 
1806.90.55 
1901.90.56 
2101.12.54 
2101.20.54 
2106.90.78 
2106.90.95 (a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS:  Cana da, Mexico a nd all others. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS:  None. 
(c) OTHER INFORMATION:  This provision is include d in Additional US Note 8 to chapter 17 of 
 the HTSUS.  In Schedule XX it is included in Additional US Note 6 to chapter 17. 
  
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Page 4 Table MA:1  Annex 
 
MARKET ACCESS:  United States  
 
Country allocations for raw, refined sugar and sugar containing products tariff quotas:  Fiscal year starting 1 October 2003 
 
 
Country Allocation 
(tonnes) Country Allocation 
(tonnes) 
 
Raw cane sugar:     
Argentina 45,281 Jamaica 11,583 
Australia 87,402 Madagascar 7,258 
Barbados 7,371 Malawi 10,530 
Belize 11,583 Mauritius 12,636 
Bolivia 8,424 Mexico 7,258 
Brazil 152,691 Mozambique 13,690 
Colombia 25,273 Nicaragua 22,114 
Congo 7,258 Panama 30,538 
Côte d'Ivoire 7,258 Papua New Guinea 7,258 
Costa Rica 15,796 Paraguay 7,258 
Dominican Republic 185,335 Peru 43,175 
Ecuador 11,583 Philippines 142,160 El Salvador 27,379 South Africa 24,220 
Fiji 9,477 St. Kitts & Nevis 7,258 
Gabon 7,258 Swaziland 16,849 
Guatemala 50,546 Taiwan 12,636 
Guyana 12,636 Thailand 14,743 
Haiti 7,258 Trinidad & Tobago 7,371 
Honduras 10,530 Uruguay 7,258 
India 8,424 Zimbabwe 12,636 
Grand total (1)   1,117,195 (1)  
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(tonnes)   
 
Refined sugar: 
     
Mexico 2,954    
Canada 10,300    Global  7,090 (2)   
Speciality sugar 
 18,656 (2)   
Total (refined sugar) 
 39,000     
Sugar containing products:  
     
Canada 59,250    
Global 
 5,459 (2)   
Total 
 64,709    
 
Notes : 
 
(1) The sum of the raw sugar allocations does not  add to the total allocated due to rounding. 
 
(2) Available on a first-come, first-served basis. 
 
 
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