G/AG/N/USA/122  
 
 
15 October  2018 
(18-6404) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 11 October  2018, 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 from 01-10-2018  to 30 -09-2019.  
 
_______________  
 
 
 
  
 
  
  G/AG/N/USA/122  
 
- 2 - Table MA: 1  
MARKET ACCESS: UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR FROM 01 -10-2018 TO 30 -09-2019 
Implementation of market access opportunities: Tariff and other quota commitments  
TQ ID  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)  
1 2 3 
    
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 2018-2019 Quota Year allocations. Tariff -rate quota 
opened on 1  October 2018.  
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers: None, however 
importers of specialty sugar must have a specialty sugar certificate.  
(c) Details of other arrangem ents (not involving import licences): Certificates 
of Quota Eligibility are required for entry of refined sugar  from Mexico and 
Canada. For entry into the United States, sugar must have a polarity of at 
least 99.5 degrees.  
(d) Other information: This pro vision 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.  
USAQ03 0 Sugar containing products (articles containing over 10% 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 2018 -2019 Quota Year allocations. Tariff -rate quota opened on 
1 October 2018.  
(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 Addition al U.S. Note 6 to chapter 17.  
(d) Other information: None.   
  G/AG/N/USA/122  
 
- 3 - TQ ID  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)  
1 2 3 
USAQ033  Raw cane sugar  
 17011310, 17011410  (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  
See Annex for 2018 -2019 Quota Year allocations. Tariff -rate quota opened on 
1 October 2018.  
(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 Schedule XX it is included in Additional U.S. 
Note 3 to chapter 17.  
 
 
 G/AG/N/USA/122  
 
- 4 - 
 
  ANNEX  - TABLE MA:1  
MARKET ACCESS: THE U NITED STATES OF AMER ICA 
Country  allocations for raw cane sugar tariff quotas  
Member  Allocation  
(tonnes)  
Raw cane sugar:    
Argentina  45,281  
Australia  87,402  
Barbados  7,371  
Belize  11,584  
Bolivia, Plurinational State of   8,424  
Brazil  152,691  
Colombia  25,273  
Congo  7,258  
Costa Rica  15,796  
Côte d'Ivoire  7,258  
Dominican Republic  185,335  
Ecuador  11,584  
El Salvador  27,379  
Eswatini  16,849  
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  
Saint Kitts and Nevis  7,258  
Chinese Taipei  12,636  
Thailand  14,743  
Trinidad and Tobago  7,371  
Uruguay  7,258  
Zimbabwe  12,636  
Total (raw cane sugar)  1,117,1951,2 
Refined sugar:    
Canada  10,300  
Mexico  2,954  
Global  22,0003 
Specialty sugar  171,6563 
Total (refined sugar)  192,0004 
Sugar -containing products:   
Canada  59,250  
Global (excluding Canada)  5,4593 
Total (sugar -containing products)  64,7095 
1 On 18 July  2018, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced, through the Federal 
Register, the fiscal year (FY) 201 9 allocations ( 1 October 201 8 to 30 September 2019) for the in -quota 
aggregate qua ntity of the raw sugar tariff -rate quota (TRQ), totalling 1,117,195 metric ton nes raw 
value (MTRV). This quantity is the minimum amount to which the United States is committed under 
the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements.  
2 The sum of  the raw sugar allocations may not add to the total allocated due to rounding.  G/AG/N/USA/122  
 
- 5 - 
 
  3 Available on a first -come, first -served basis.  
4 On 29 June 2018, the Secretary of Agriculture announced, throu gh the Federal Register, the FY  2019 
in-quota quantity of the re fined and specialty sugar TRQ, totalling  192,000 MTRV. This includes the 
22,000  MTRV minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the WTO Uruguay 
Round Agreements (of which 20,344  MTRV is established for any sugars, syrups and molasses, and 
1,656  MTRV is reserved for specialty sugar).  An additional amount of 170,000 MTRV is added to the 
specialty sugar TRQ for a total of 171,656  MTRV.  On 25 Septem ber 2018, USTR allocated 10,300  MTRV 
of refined sugar to Canada, 2,954 MTRV of refined sugar to Mexico, and 7,090 MTRV of refined sugar 
to all countries (global) on a first come, first -served basis.  Imports of specialty sugar will be 
administered on a first -come, first -served basis in five tranches.  The first tranche of 1,656  MTRV 
opened  on 1 October 2018; the second tranche of 50,000 MTRV opened  on 10  October 2018; the third 
tranche of 50,000 MTRV will open on 23 January 2019; and the fourth and fifth tranches of 
35,000  MTRV, will open on 17 April 2019 and 17 July 2019, respectively . All specialty sugars are 
eligible for entry under the first tranche. The second, third, fourth, and fifth tranches will be reserved 
for organic sugar and other specialty sugars not currently produced commerciall y in the United States 
or not reasonably available from domestic sources.  
5 On 25 September 2018, USTR announced allocations of the FY 2019 sugar -containing products TRQ 
of 64,709 metric ton nes, of which USTR has allocated 59,250  MTRV to Canada. The remain ing 
5,459  MTRV of the in -quota quantity is available to other countries on a first -come, first -served basis.  
 
 
__________