G/AG/N/USA/165  
 
 
6 October  2022 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 5 October  2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States  of America . The notification concerns the administration of tariff quotas 
(Table MA:1 ) for the  Fiscal Year  2022/2023 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  FISCAL YEAR  FROM 01 -10-2022 TO 30 -09-2023 
Implementation of market access opportunities: Tariff and other quota commitments  
TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description  Not 
opened  Description of import arrangement applicable  Note  
(from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
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USAQ028  Other cane or beet sugars or syrups  17011210, 17019110,   
17019910, 17029010,  
21069044   (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  
Canada, Mexico and all others. See Annex for 2022 -2023 Quota Year 
allocations. Tariff -rate quota will open on 1 October 2022.  
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
None, however importers of specialty sugar must have a specialty 
sugar certificate from t he U.S. Department of Agriculture.  
(c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences):  
For entry into the United States, sugar must have a polarity of at 
least 99.5 degrees. Certificates of Quota Eligibility are required for 
entry of refined  sugar from Mexico and Canada.  
(d) Other information: This provision is included in Additional U.S. 
Note 5 to chapter 17 of the HTSUS. In Schedule XX it is included in 
Additional U.S. Note 3 to chapter 17.   
 
 
USAQ030  Sugar containing products (articles containing over 
10 per cent dry weight of sugars)  17019154, 17049074,   
18062075, 18062095,  
18069055, 19011074,  
19019069, 21011254,  
21012054, 21069078,  
21069095   (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  
Canada and all others. See Annex for 2022 -2023 Quota Year 
allocations. Tariff -rate quota will open on 1 October 2022.  
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
None.  
(c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences):  
This provision is included in Additional U.S. Note 8 to chapter 17 of 
the HTSUS. In Schedule XX it is included in Additional U.S. Note 6 to 
chapter 17.  
(d) Other information:   
 
  
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in product description  Not 
opened  Description of import arrangement applicable  Note  
(from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
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USAQ033  Raw cane sugar  17011310, 17011410   (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  
See Annex for 2022 -2023 Quota Year allocations. Tariff -rate quota 
will open on 1 October 2022.  
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
None. See (c) below.  
(c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences):  
Certificates of Quota Eligibility are issued to exporting countries. For 
entry into the United States, sugar must have a polarity of less than 
99.5 degrees.  
(d) Other information: This provision is included in Additional U.S. 
Note 5 to chapter 17 of the HTSUS. In Sched ule XX it is included in 
Additional U.S. Note 3 to chapter 17.   
 
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  ANNEX  
Member  FY 2023 Allocation1 
(Metric tonnes)  
Raw sugar :   
Argentina  46,260  
Australia  89,293  
Barbados  7,531  
Belize  11,834  
Bolivia , Plurinational State of  8,606  
Brazil  155,993  
Colombia  25,819  
Congo (Brazzaville)  7,258  
Costa Rica  16,137  
Côte d'Ivoire  7,258  
Dominican Republic  189,343  
Ecuador  11,834  
El Salvador  27,971  
Eswatini (Swaziland)  17,213  
Fiji 9,682  
Gabon  7,258  
Guatemala  51,639  
Guyana  12,910  
Haiti 7,258  
Honduras  10,758  
India 8,606  
Jamaica  11,834  
Madagascar  7,258  
Malawi  10,758  
Mauritius  12,910  
Mexico  7,258  
Mozambique  13,986  
Panama  31,199  
Papua New Guinea  7,258  
Paraguay  7,258  
Peru 44,108  
Philippines  145,235  
South Africa  24,744  
Saint Kitts and Nevis  7,258  
Chinese Taipei  12,910  
Thailand  15,061  
Trinidad and Tobago  7,531  
Uruguay  7,258  
Zimbabwe  12,910  
Total (raw sugar)  1,117,195  
   
Refined sugar:   
Canada  10,300  
Mexico  2,954  
Global2 7,090  
Specialty sugar2 1,656  
Total (refined sugar)3 22,000  
   
Sugar -containing products:   
Canada  59,250  
Global (excluding Canada)2 5,459  
Total (sugar -containing products)4 64,709  
(1) On 21 July 2022, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced, through the Federal 
Register, allocations of the fiscal year (FY) 2023 ( 1 October  2022 to 30 September  2023) in -quota 
aggregate quantity of the raw sugar tariff -rate quota  (TRQ) of 1,117,195 metric ton nes raw value G/AG/N/USA/165  
 
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  (MTRV).  This quantity is the minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. Metric ton nes raw value is equivalent 
to metric ton nes for purposes of this notification.  
(2) Available on a first -come, first -served basis.  
(3) On 19 September 2022, USTR announced, through the Federal Register, allocations of the FY  2023 
in-quota quantity of the refined and specialty sugar TRQ of 222,000 MTRV.  This includes  the 
22,000  MTRV minimum amount the United States is committed to provide under the World Trade 
Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. USTR allocated 10,300  MTRV of refined sugar to 
Canada, 2,954 MTRV of refined sugar to Mexico, and 7,090  MTRV to all  countries (global) on a first 
come, first -served basis. 1,656 MTRV was reserved for specialty sugar, plus an additional 
200,000  MTRV.  Imports of all specialty sugar will be administered on a first -come, first -served basis 
in five tranches. The U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture announced that the total in -quota quantity of 
specialty sugar will be the 1,656 MTRV reserved within the WTO minimum plus an additional 
200,000  MTRV. The first tranche of 1,656 MTRV will open on 3 October  2022. All types of specialty 
sugar are eligible for entry under this tranche. The second tranche of 60,000  MTRV will open on 
10 October  2022. The third tranche of 60,000 MTRV will open on 20 January  2023. The fourth tranche 
of 40,000 MTRV will open on 14 April 2023. The fifth tranche of  40,000 MTRV will open on 
14 July 2023. The second, third, fourth, and fifth tranches will be reserved for organic sugar and other 
specialty sugar not currently produced commercially in the United States or reasonably available from 
domestic sources.  
(4) On 21  July 2022, USTR announced allocations of the FY 2023 sugar -containing products TRQ of 
64,709  metric ton nes, of which USTR allocated 59,250 metric ton nes to Canada.  The remaining 
5,459  metric ton nes of the in -quota quantity is available t o other countries on a first -come, first -served 
basis.    
 
 
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