WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/USA/19
23 October 1998
(98-4127)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the administration of tariff and other quota
commitments ( Table MA:1 ) for the fiscal year 1 October 1998 to 30 September 1999, was received
from the delegation of the United States  on 28 September 1998.G/AG/N/USA/19
Page 2Table MA:1
MARKET ACCESS:  United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD:  Fiscal year starting 1 October 1998
Implementation of market access opportunities: tariff and other quota commitments
Description of products Tariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of  Part I
of the schedule)(from Section I-B (or I-A) of
Part I of the Schedule)
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Raw cane sugar 1701.11.10 (a) C OUNTRY ALLOCATIONS:  See Annex for 1998-99 Quota Year allocation.  Tariff quota
opened on 1 October 1998.
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS:  None.  See (c) below.(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS:  Certificates of Quota Eligibility are issued to exporting
countries.  For entry into the US, sugar must have a polarity of less than 99.5 degrees.
(d) OTHER INFORMATION:  This provision is included in Additional US Note 5 to chapter 17 of
the HTSUS.  In Schedule XX it is included in Additional US Note 3 to chapter 17.
Other cane or beet sugars or syrups 1701.12.10
1701.91.10
1701.99.10
1702.90.10
2106.90.44(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS:  Canada, Mexico and all others.
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS:  None, however, importers of speciality sugar must have a
speciality sugar certificate.
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS:  For entry into the US, sugar must have a polarity of at least 99.5
degrees.  Certificates of Quota Eligibility are required for entry of refined sugar from Mexico.
(d) OTHER INFORMATION:  This provision is included in Additional US Note 5 to chapter 17 of
the HTSUS.  In Schedule XX it is included in Additional US Note 3 to chapter 17.
Sugar containing products (articles
containing over 10 per cent dry weightof sugars)1701.91.54
1704.90.741806.20.75
1806.20.95
1806.90.551901.90.562101.12.54
2101.20.54
2106.90.782106.90.95(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS:  Canada, Mexico and all others.
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS:  None.(d) OTHER INFORMATION:  This provision is included in Additional US Note 8 to chapter 17 of
the HTSUS.  In Schedule XX it is included in Additional US Note 6 to chapter 17.G/AG/N/USA/19
Page 3Table MA:1  Annex
MARKET ACCESS:  United States of America
Country allocations for raw, refined sugar and sugar containing products tariff quotas:  Fiscal year starting 1 October 1998
CountryAllocation  (1)
(tonnes)CountryAllocation  (1)
 (tonnes)
Raw cane sugar:
Argentina 46,581 Jamaica 11,916
Australia 89,912 Madagascar 7,258
Barbados 7,583 Malawi 10,833
Belize 11,916 Mauritius 12,999Bolivia 8,666 Mexico 25,000Brazil 157,076 Mozambique 14,083
Colombia 25,999 Nicaragua 22,749
Congo 7,258 Panama 31,415Côte d'Ivoire 7,258 Papua New Guinea 7,258Costa Rica 16,249 Paraguay 7,258Dominican Republic 190,657 Peru 44,415
Ecuador 11,916 Philippines 146,243
El Salvador 28,165 South Africa 24,915Fiji 9,750 St. Kitts & Nevis 7,258Gabon 7,258 Swaziland 17,332
Guatemala 51,997 Taiwan 12,999
Guyana 12,999 Thailand 15,166Haiti 7,258 Trinidad & Tobago 7,583Honduras 10,833 Uruguay 7,258
India 8,666 Zimbabwe 12,999
Grand total 1,164,937G/AG/N/USA/19
Page 4CountryAllocation  (1)
(tonnes)CountryAllocation  (1)
 (tonnes)
Refined sugar:
Mexico 2,954
Canada 10,300Global 7,090 (2)
Speciality sugar 4,656 (2)
Total (refined sugar) 25,000 (3)
Sugar containing products:
Canada 59,250
Global 5,459 (2)
Total 64,709
Notes:
(1) USDA has established the FY 1999 raw-cane sugar TRQ at 1,614,937 tonnes, of which 1,164,937 tonnes were allocated by the US Trade Representative on 1 October 1998.
Under the administrative plan, an additional 150,000 tonnes each in January, March and May, w ill be available for allocation an d subsequent entry, if the stocks-to-use ratio in
USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate report is less than or equal to 15.5 per cent.  Conversely, when the ratio  is greater than 15.5 per cent, no additional
allocation will occur.
(2) Global allocation based on first-come, first-served.
(3) Does not include 25,000 tonnes NAFTA access.
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