On July 14, 2017, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice providing country-by-country allocations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 (October 1, 2017 through Sept. 30, 2018) in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas for imported raw cane sugar, certain sugars, syrups and molasses (also known as refined sugar), specialty sugar, and sugar-containing products.

On June 30, 2017, the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) announced the sugar program provisions for FY2018. See 82 Fed. Reg. 29822. The Secretary announced an in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for FY2018 of 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV) (conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons), which is the minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the WTO Uruguay Round Agreements. USTR is allocating this quantity (1,117,195 MTRV) to the following countries in the amounts specified below: Country FY2018 Raw Cane Sugar allocations (MTRV)

Argentina                       45,281 Gabon                    7,258 Papua New Guinea   7,258
Australia                         87,402 Guatemala           50,546 Paraguay                    7,258
Barbados                         7,371 Guyana                12,636 Peru                          43,175
Belize                             11,584 Haiti                        7,258 Philippines             142,160
Bolivia                              8,424 Honduras             10,530 South Africa              24,220
Brazil                            152,691 India                       8,424 St. Kitts & Nevis          7,258
Colombia                       25,273 Jamaica               11,584 Swaziland                 16,849
Congo                              7,258 Madagascar           7,258 Taiwan                      12,636
Costa Rica                     15,796 Malawi                 10,530 Thailand                    14,743
Cote d’Ivoire                    7,258 Mauritius              12,636 Trinidad & Tobago      7,371
Dominican Republic   185,335 Mexico                   7,258 Uruguay                      7,258
Ecuador                         11,584 Mozambique        13,690 Zimbabwe                 12,636
El Salvador                    27,379 Nicaragua            22,114  
Fiji                                    9,477 Panama               30,538