USTR Announces 2007 Tariff-Rate Quota Sugar Allocations and Other Sugar News
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the allocations for the increased Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 tariff-rate quotas for refined sugar and specialty sugar. In addition, USTR announced the country-by-country allocations of the in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas for imported raw cane sugar, refined sugar, specialty sugar and sugar-containing products for FY 2007 (Oct. 1, 2006 and Sept. 30, 2007). USTR also formally announced the recentl agreement between the U.S. and Mexico on market access for sweeteners.