U.S. Sugar Import Concessions as of 2020

	Minimum Import Amount			Comment
	WTO	FTAs	Total
		*-Metric tons, raw value-*
WTO (40 countries, including below)	1,139,195		1,139,195	Uruguay Round commitment (1,117,195 mt raw; 22,000 mt refined)
NAFTA
Mexico¹	10,212	Recent Average: 1,004,33	1,004,333	No minimum. Managed access began late in 2014, after unlimited access 2008-2014. Mexico no longer uses its WTO allotment.
Canada	10,300	9,600	19,900	Canada sugar not in the original NAFTA, but has a 10,300-mt refined sugar quota in the WTO. The 9,600 mt was agreed to in USMCA negotiations; USMCA not yet approved.
CAFTA/DR²	311,700	148,500	460,200	Grows, on average, by 3,153 mt/yr years 2-15; by 2,640 mt/yr thereafter; each country subject to net exporter status.
Colombia	25,273	54,500	79,773	Grows by 750 mt/yr forever; subject to net exporter status.
Peru³	43,175	2,000	45,175	Grows by 160 mt/yr forever; subject to net exporter status.
Panama⁴	30,538	7,360	37,898	Grows by 60mt/yr for 10 years; subject to net exporter status.
Total (WTO + FTA minimums + Mexico actual)	1,139,195	Recent Average: 1,226,293	2,365,488

^{1 Suspension Agreements signed December 2014, revised June 2017, limit imports from Mexico to U.S. import needs above WTO and FTA quotas. Mexico FTA total is 3-year average (2016/17 -2018/19).}

^{2 CAFTA/DR access for CY 2012; includes 2,000 tons of specialty sugars for Costa Rica. CAFTA countries’ WTO access included in WTO total.}

^{3 Peru FTA access is 11,000 tons, subject to net exporter status (and not yet granted) and 2,000 tons of specialty sugars not subject to net exporter status.}

^{4 Panama FTA specifies 6,060 tons of access must be raw; the remainder raw, refined or products. (CAFTA, Colombia and Peru FTAs do not specify raw or refined.)}

^Note:^{TRQs set in the FTAs for CAFTA/DR, Peru, Colombia, and Panama are subject to net-exporter provisions (exports, excluding those to the U.S., minus imports). This requirement may limit access under these TRQs for some of these countries in some years.}

Trade Agreements

U.S. Sugar Import Concessions as of 2020