G/AG/N/USA/158  
1 October  2021 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 30 September  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  2021/2022 . 
 
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Table MA: 1  
MARKET ACCESS: UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  FISCAL YEAR  FROM 01 -10-2021 TO 30 -09-2022 
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 2021 -2022 Quota Year 
allocations. Tariff -rate quota will open on 1 October 2021.  
(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 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 2021 -2022 Quota Year 
allocations. Tariff -rate quota will open on 1 October 2021.  
(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 informatio n:   
 
   
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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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USAQ033  Raw cane sugar  17011310, 17011410   (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  
See Annex for 2021 -2022 Quota Year allocations. Tariff -rate quota 
will open on 1 October 2021.  
(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.   
 
 
 
 
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  ANNEX  
Member  FY 2022 Allocation1 
(Metric tonnes)  
Raw 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 (formerly Swaziland)  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 -Tobago  7,371  
Uruguay  7,258  
Zimbabwe  12,636  
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 16 September 2021, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced, through the 
Federal Register, allocations of the fiscal year (FY) 2022 ( 1 October 2021 to 30 September 2022) 
in-quota aggregate quantity of the raw sugar tariff -rate quota (TRQ) of 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. Metric tonnes  raw value is 
equivalent to metric tonnes  for purposes of this notification.  
(2) Available on a first -come, first -served basis.  G/AG/N/USA/158  
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  (3) On 16 September 2021, USTR announced, through the Federal Register, allocations of the FY  2022 
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 fi rst-come, first -served basis 
in five tranches. The Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department 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 1 October 2021. All types of specialty sugars are eligible for entry under this tranche. The 
second tranche of 60,000 MTRV will open on 8 October 2021. The third tranche of 60,00 0 MTRV will 
open on 21 January  2022. The fourth tranche of 40,000 MTRV will open on 15 April 2022. The fifth 
tranche of 40,000 MTRV will open on 15 July 2022. The second, third, fourth, and fifth tranches will 
be reserved for organic sugar and other specia lty sugars not currently produced commercially in the 
United States or reasonably available from domestic sources.  
(4) On 16 September 2021, USTR announced allocations of the FY 2022 sugar -containing products  TRQ 
of 64,709 metric tonnes , of which USTR allo cated 59,250 metric tonnes  to Canada.  The remaining 
5,459  metric tonnes  of the in -quota quantity is available to other countries on a first -come, 
first-served  basis.    
 
 
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