Trade Agreements - American Sugar Alliance

U.S. Sugar Import Concessions, 2017: In Place, Proposed, or Being Negotiated

	Minimum Import Amount			Comment
	WTO	FTAs	Total
		-Metric tons, raw value-
In Place
WTO (40 countries, including below)	1,139,195	—	1,139,195	Uruguay Round commitment (1,117,195 mt raw; 22,000 mt refined)
NAFTA – Mexico ¹	10,212	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited access began January 1, 2008
CAFTA/DR ²	311,700	138,580	450,280	Grows, on average, by 3,153 mt/yr years 2-15; by 2,640 mt/yr thereafter
Colombia	25,273	53,000	78,273	Grows by 750 mt/yr forever
Peru ³	43,175	11,000	54,175	Grows by 180 mt/yr forever
Panama ⁴	30,538	7,000	37,538	Grows by 60mt/yr for 10 years

Trans-Pacific Partnership — U.S. has Withdrawn
Australia	87,042	65,000	152,042	Plus 23% of raw needs Mexico cannot fulfill
Canada	10,300	9,600	19,900	Plus 20% of refined needs Mexico cannot fulfill
Vietnam	—	1,500	1,500
Malaysia	—	500	500
Japan	—	100	100

Being Negotiated
T-TIP	Talks suspended. Remains to be seen if reopened late this year. Sugar likely to feature as an issue as the EU will have a trade surplus. Sugar has not been seriously discussed.

^{1 Canada excluded from the sugar provisions of the NAFTA. Suspension Agreements signed in December 2014, but subject to appeal, limit imports from Mexico to U.S. import needs above WTO and FTA quotas.}

^{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 includes 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: CAFTA/DR and Peru FTA net-exporter provisions (exports to world market minus imports from world market) could limit the access of the Dominican Republic some years and Peru in most years. Same provision applies to Colombia and Panama FTAs.}