Notice2025-15543
Fiscal Year 2026 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar, Refined and Specialty Sugar, and Sugar-Containing Products
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August 15, 2025
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Trade Representative, Office of United States
Abstract
The Office of the United States Trade Representative is providing notice of allocations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) in-quota quantity of the tariff- rate quotas (TRQs) for imported raw cane sugar, certain sugars, syrups and molasses (also known as refined sugar), and sugar-containing products.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 156 (Friday, August 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 39461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15543]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Fiscal Year 2026 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane
Sugar, Refined and Specialty Sugar, and Sugar-Containing Products
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative is
providing notice of allocations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (October
1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) in-quota quantity of the tariff-
rate quotas (TRQs) for imported raw cane sugar, certain sugars, syrups
and molasses (also known as refined sugar), and sugar-containing
products.
DATES: The changes made by this notice are applicable as of August 15,
2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Nicholson, Office of Agricultural
Affairs, at 202-395-9419, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1550677c7b3b5d3b5b7c767d7a79667a7b55606661673b707a653b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b6e5942450563056542484344475844456b5e585f59054e445b054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 5 to
Chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS), the United States maintains TRQs for imports of raw cane sugar
and refined sugar. Pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 8 to Chapter 17 of
the HTSUS, the United States maintains a TRQ for imports of sugar-
containing products.
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 Proclamations 6763 (60 FR 1007) and
7235 (64 FR 55611).
On July 17, 2025, the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural
Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Administrator) announced
the sugar program provisions for FY2026. The Administrator announced an
in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for FY2026 of 1,117,195
metric tons raw value (MTRV) (conversion factor: 1 metric ton raw value
= 1.10231125 short tons raw value), which is the minimum amount to
which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization
(WTO) Agreement. The U.S. Trade Representative is allocating this
quantity (1,117,195 MTRV) to the following countries in the amounts
specified below:
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FY 2026 TRQ
allocations
Country (metric tons
raw value)
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Argentina............................................... 46,260
Australia............................................... 89,293
Barbados................................................ 7,531
Belize.................................................. 11,834
Bolivia................................................. 8,606
Brazil.................................................. 155,993
Colombia................................................ 25,819
Congo (Brazzaville)..................................... 7,258
Costa Rica.............................................. 16,137
Cote d'Ivoire........................................... 7,258
Dominican Republic...................................... 189,343
Ecuador................................................. 11,834
El Salvador............................................. 27,971
Eswatini................................................ 17,213
Fiji.................................................... 9,682
Gabon................................................... 7,258
Guatemala............................................... 51,639
Guyana.................................................. 12,910
Haiti................................................... 7,258
Honduras................................................ 10,758
India................................................... 8,606
Jamaica................................................. 11,834
Madagascar.............................................. 7,258
Malawi.................................................. 10,758
Mauritius............................................... 12,910
Mexico.................................................. 7,258
Mozambique.............................................. 13,986
Panama.................................................. 31,199
PNG..................................................... 7,258
Paraguay................................................ 7,258
Peru.................................................... 44,108
Philippines............................................. 145,235
South Africa............................................ 24,744
St. Kitts & Nevis....................................... 7,258
Taiwan.................................................. 12,910
Thailand................................................ 15,061
Trinidad-Tobago......................................... 7,531
Uruguay................................................. 7,258
Zimbabwe................................................ 12,910
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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. Certificates for
quota eligibility must accompany imports from any country for which an
allocation has been provided.
On July 17, 2025, the Administrator also announced the
establishment of the in-quota quantity of the FY2026 refined sugar TRQ
at 22,000 MTRV. This quantity, for which the sucrose content, by weight
in the dry state, must have a polarimeter reading of 99.5 degrees or
more, includes the minimum amount to which the United States is
committed under the WTO Uruguay Round Agreement, 22,000 MTRV, of which
20,344 MTRV is established for any sugars, syrups and molasses, and
1,656 MTRV is reserved for specialty sugar. The U.S. Trade
Representative is allocating the refined sugar TRQ as follows: 10,300
MTRV to Canada, 2,954 MTRV to Mexico, and 7,090 MTRV to be administered
on a first-come, first-served basis. Additionally, the U.S. Trade
Representative is allocating the 1,656 MTRV of specialty sugar to be
administered on a first-come, first-served basis.
With respect to the in-quota quantity of 64,709 metric tons of the
TRQ for imports of certain sugar-containing products maintained under
Additional U.S. Note 8 to chapter 17 of the HTSUS, the U.S. Trade
Representative is allocating 59,250 metric tons to Canada. The
remainder of the in-quota quantity, 5,459 metric tons, is available for
other countries on a first-come, first-served basis.
Raw cane sugar, refined and specialty sugar, and sugar-containing
products for FY2026 TRQs may enter the United States as of October 1,
2025.
Jamieson Greer,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2025-15543 Filed 8-14-25; 8:45 am]
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