Allocation of additional quantity (non-country specific) for port of sugar to USA under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) - DGFT - Trade Notice No. 02/2018

F. No. 01/91/180/879/AM08/Export Cell/Pt Government of India Ministry of Commerce Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi Dated 13 th April, 2017 TRADE NOTICE No. 02/2018 To 1. Agricultural Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), New Delhi 2. All EPCs 3. Federation of Indian Export Organisations 4. All Regional Authorities of DGFT Subject : Allocation of additional quantity (non-country specific) for port of sugar to USA under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ). USDA Foreign Agriculture Service has increased the non-country specific Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for refined sugar to 2,02,000 MTRV (metric tons raw by adding another 40,000 MTRV of speciality sugar, which is available for exporters from all WTO countries for the US fiscal year 2017 (October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017). The additional quantity of speciality sugar is not a country specific quota and will be operated by USDA authorities on First-Come, First-Serve (FCFS) basis. 2. For the Fiscal year 2017, quota for one tranch i.e. July 7 of the speciality sugar under TRQ is still available. As there is stiff competition among suppliers, the quota of speciality sugar fills immediately. Therefore, Indian supplier (s) are advised to identify a US company with presence in the US who is supposed to apply to USDA for tariff free quota. The trade may access the details from the following links : (i) https://www.fas.usda.gov/newsroom/usda-increases-fiscal-year-2017-specialty-sugar-trq (ii) https://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/sugar-import-program/applying-specialty -sugar-certificate 3. This Trade Notice is issued to bring to the attention of the trace to utilize the opportunity for export of speciality sugar to USA from additional quota (non-country specific). 4. This issues with the approval of competent authority. (Arunoday Goswami) Joint Director General of Foreign Trade Tele No. 23063419 e-mail : arunoday.goswami@nic.in