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 Office of the United States Trade Representative
 AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of country-by-country allocations of the Fiscal Year 2019 (Oct. 1, 2018 through Sept. 30, 2019) in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas for imported raw cane sugar.
 DATES: This notice is applicable on July 18, 2018.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dylan Daniels, Office of Agricultural Affairs, at 202-395-6095.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 5 to Chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), the United States maintains tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for imports of raw cane sugar. Section 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3601(d)(3)) authorizes the President to allocate the in-quota quantity of a TRQ for any agricultural product among supplying countries or customs areas. The President delegated this authority to the U.S. Trade Representative under Presidential Proclamation 6763 (60 FR 1007). On June 29, 2018, the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) announced the sugar program provisions for Fiscal Year 2019. The Secretary announced an in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for Fiscal Year 2019 of 1,117,195 metric tons (conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons) raw value (MTRV), which is the minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. USTR is allocating this quantity (1,117,195 MTRV) to the following countries in the amounts specified below: Country
Fiscal year 2019 raw 
                             cane sugar  
                             allocations  
                             (MTRV)Argentina
45,281Australia
87,402Barbados
7,371Belize
11,584Bolivia
8,424Brazil
152,691Colombia
25,273( print page 33972)Congo
7,258Costa Rica
15,796Cote d'Ivoire
7,258Dominican Republic
185,335Ecuador
11,584El Salvador
27,379Fiji
9,477Gabon
7,258Guatemala
50,546Guyana
12,636Haiti
7,258Honduras
10,530India
8,424Jamaica
11,584Madagascar
7,258Malawi
10,530Mauritius
12,636Mexico
7,258Mozambique
13,690Nicaragua
22,114Panama
30,538Papua New Guinea
7,258Paraguay
7,258Peru
43,175Philippines
142,160South Africa
24,220St. Kitts & Nevis
7,258Swaziland
16,849Taiwan
12,636Thailand
14,743Trinidad & Tobago
7,371Uruguay
7,258Zimbabwe
12,636
 These allocations are based on the countries' historical shipments to the United States. The allocations of the in-quota quantities of the raw cane sugar TRQ to countries that are net importers of sugar are conditioned on receipt of the appropriate verifications of origin, and certificates for quota eligibility must accompany imports from any country for which an allocation has been provided. Raw cane sugar for Fiscal Year 2019 TRQs may enter the United States as of October 1, 2018. Robert Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative.


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