G/AG/N/USA/149  
 
 
2 March  2021 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 1 March  2021, 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  2020.  
 
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MARKET ACCESS: UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR  FROM 01 -10-2019 TO 30 -09-2020 
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 2019 -2020 Quota Year 
allocations. Tariff -rate quota opened on 1 October 2019.  
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
None, however importers of specialty sugar must have a specialty sugar 
certificate from the 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 % 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 2019-2020 Quota Year allocations. 
Tariff-rate quota opened on 1 October 2019.  
(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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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 2019-2020 Quota Year allocations. Tariff -rate quota opened on 
1 October 2019.  
(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 Elig ibility 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.   
 
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  ANNEX - TABLE MA:1  
MARKET ACCESS: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
Country  allocations for raw cane sugar tariff quotas  
Member  Initial FY 2020 Allocation1 Net Reallocation2 
(Metric tonnes)  
Raw sugar:       
Argentina  45,281  49,287  
Australia  87,402  95,135  
Barbados  7,371  8,023  
Belize  11,584  12,609  
Bolivia  8,424  9,169  
Brazil  152,691  166,200  
Colombia  25,273  27,509  
Congo  7,258  0 
Costa Rica  15,796  17,193  
Cote d'Ivoire  7,258  0 
Dominican Republic  185,335  201,732  
Ecuador  11,584  12,609  
El Salvador  27,379  29,801  
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)  16,849  18,339  
Fiji 9,477  10,315  
Gabon  7,258  0 
Guatemala  50,546  55,018  
Guyana  12,636  13,754  
Haiti 7,258  0 
Honduras  10,530  11,462  
India 8,424  9,169  
Jamaica  11,584  12,609  
Madagascar  7,258  0 
Malawi  10,530  11,462  
Mauritius  12,636  13,754  
Mexico  7,258  7,258  
Mozambique  13,690  14,901  
Nicaragua  22,114  24,070  
Panama  30,538  33,240  
Papua New Guinea  7,258  0 
Paraguay  7,258  7,258  
Peru 43,175  46,995  
Philippines  142,160  142,160  
South Africa  24,220  26,363  
Saint Kitts & Nevis  7,258  0 
Chinese Taipei  12,636  0 
Thailand  14,743  16,047  
Trinidad  and Tobago  7,371  0 
Uruguay  7,258  0 
Zimbabwe  12,636  13,754  
Total  (raw):  1,117,195  1,117,195  
   
Refined sugar:     
Canada  10,300    
Mexico  2,954    
Global  7,090  (3) 
Specialty sugar  1,656  (3) 
Total (refined sugar)  22,000  (4) 
   
Sugar -containing products:      
Canada  59,250    
Global (excluding Canada)  5,459  (3) 
Total (sugar -containing products)  64,709  (5) 
1 On 15 July 2019, the United States Trade Representative  (USTR) announced, through the Federal 
Register, allocations of the fiscal year (FY) 2020 ( 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020) in -quota 
aggregate quantity of the raw sugar tariff -rate quota (TRQ) of 1,117,195 metric tonnes  raw 
value  (MTRV).  This quantity is the minimum amount to which the United States is committed under G/AG/N/USA/149  
 
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  the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. Metric tonnes  raw value is 
equivalent to metric tonnes  for purposes of this notification.   
2 On 7 February 2020, USTR announced, through the Federal Register, re -allocation of 78,071 MTRV of 
the original TRQ quantity from those countries that stated they do not plan to fill their FY  2020 
allocated raw cane sugar quantities.  
3 Available on a first -come, first -served basis.  
4 On 15 July 2019, USTR announced, through the Federal Register, allocations of the FY 2020 in -quota 
quantity of the refined and specialty sugar TRQ of 192,000 MTRV.  This includes the 22,000  MTRV 
minimum amount (of which 1,656 MTRV is reserved for special ty sugar) the United States is committed 
to provide under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements.  1,656 MTRV 
(WTO  minimum amount) is reserved for specialty sugar, plus an additional 170,000 MTRV.  On 
15 July 2019, 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.  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 1 October 2019; the second tranche of 50,000 MTRV on 
9 October  2019; the third tranche of 50,000 MTRV opened on 22 January 2020; the fourth and fifth 
tranches of 35,000 MTRV opened on 15 April 2020 and 15 July 2020, respe ctively.  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 commercially in the 
United States or reasonably  available from domestic sources.  
5 On 15 July 2019, USTR announced allocations of the FY 2020 sugar -containing products TRQ of 
64,709  metric ton nes, of which USTR allocated 59,250 metric tonnes  to Canada.  The remaining 
5,459  metric ton nes of the in -quota quantity is available to other countries on a first -come, first -served 
basis.   
 
 
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