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On May 27, 2016, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice providing country-by-country allocations of additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 in-quota quantity of the tariff rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar as announced by Secretary of Agriculture on May 18, 2016. On May 18, 2016, the Secretary of Agriculture announced an additional in quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for the remainder of FY 2016 (ending September 30, 2016) in the amount of 127,006 metric* tons, raw value (MTRV). This quantity is in addition to the minimum amount to which the United States has already committed to pursuant to the WTO Uruguay Round Agreements (1,117,195 MTRV, as announced by Federal Register notice on June 15, 2015, 80 Fed. Reg. 34129). USTR is allocating this total quantity of 127,006 MTRV to the following countries in the amounts specified below:
On May 27, 2016, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) also published in the Federal Register a notice providing country-by-country allocations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 (Oct. 1, 2016 through Sept. 30, 2017) in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for imported raw cane sugar, certain sugars, syrups and molasses (also known as refined sugar), specialty sugar, and sugar-containing products. USTR is allocating the quantity that the Secretary of Agriculture announced (1,117,195 metric tons* raw value or MTRV) to the following countries in the amounts specified below:
* Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
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