The US Trade Representatives announced on Friday sugar import quotas for 38 nations for the marketing year opening on October 1. The largest allotments for raw sugar went to the Dominican Republic, 188,908 tonnes; Brazil, 155,634 tonnes and the Philippines, 144,901 tonnes.
The United States uses a tariff-rate quota to control shipments of sugar for domestic use. The initial quota for the marketing year was set on September 7 at 1,117,195 tonnes, the minimum required by trade agreements. USTR list of allocations was: Argentina, 46,154 tonnes; Australia, 89,087 tonnes; Barbados, 7,513 tonnes; Belize, 11,807 tonnes; Bolivia, 8,587 tonnes; Brazil, 155,634 tonnes; Colombia, 25,760 tonnes; Congo, 7,258 tonnes; Costa Rica, 16,100 tonnes; Ivory Coast, 7,258 tonnes; Dominican Republic, 188,908 tonnes; Ecuador, 11,807 tonnes; El Salvador, 27,907 tonnes; Fiji, 9,660 tonnes; Gabon, 7,258 tonnes; Guatemala, 51,520 tonnes; Guyana, 12,880 tonnes; Haiti, 7,258 tonnes; Honduras, 10,733 tonnes; India, 8,587 tonnes; Jamaica, 11,807 tonnes; Madagascar, 7,258 tonnes; Malawi, 10,733 tonnes; Mauritius, 12,880 tonnes; Mozambique, 13,953 tonnes; Nicaragua, 22,540 tonnes; Panama, 31,127 tonnes; Papua New Guinea, 7,258 tonnes; Paraguay, 7,258 tonnes; Peru, 44,007 tonnes; Philippines, 144,901 tonnes; South Africa, 24,687 tonnes; St. Kitts & Nevis, 7,258 tonnes; Swaziland, 17,174 tonnes; Thailand, 15,027 tonnes; Trinidad & Tobago, 7,513 tonnes; Uruguay, 7,258 tonnes; and Zimbabwe, 12,880 tonnes. In addition, USTA allocated to Canada 8,294 tonnes of the refined sugar quota and set five tranches for import of specialty sugars totalling 96,910 tonnes.
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