WASHINGTON – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced country-specific in-quota allocations of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027).
TRQs allow countries to export specified quantities of a product to the United States at a relatively low tariff, but subject all imports of the product above a pre-determined threshold to a higher tariff.
On July 14, 2026, the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the establishment of the in-quota quantity for raw cane sugar for FY 2027. The in-quota quantity for the TRQ on raw cane sugar for FY 2027 is 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), which is the minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. On July 24, 2026, USTR provided notice of country-by-country allocations for 1,061,202 MTRV of the FY 2027 in-quota quantity of the WTO TRQ for imported raw cane sugar. See 91 FR 46822. The U.S. Trade Representative is allocating the remaining quantity of 55,993 MTRV to the following countries in the amounts specified below.
The allocations of the raw cane sugar WTO TRQ to countries that are net importers of sugar are conditioned on receipt of the appropriate verifications of origin. Certificates of quota eligibility must accompany imports from any country for which an allocation has been provided.
In-quota quantities of the FY 2027 TRQ for imported raw cane sugar may enter the United States as of October 1, 2026.
Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
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