U.S. Sugar Import Concessions as of 2020
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Minimum Import Amount |
Comment | |||||
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WTO |
FTAs |
Total |
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-Metric tons, raw value- |
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| 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.