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Sugar (Additional Quantity) for Export to the United States under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement - Serial No. 1066

Date: December 15, 2021

This Notice sets out the policies and practices pertaining to the administration of the refined sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) referred to in subparagraph (c) of TRQ - US 9 under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

This Notice is provided pursuant to the authority of the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) and its corresponding regulations, and remains in effect until further notice.

For policies relating to the main quantity under subparagraph (a) of TRQ – US 9 see Sugar for Export to the United States under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement - Serial No. 1035.

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Definitions

Available quantity means an amount equal to 20 percent of the total quantity of additional in-quota rate imports of refined sugar that the United States Secretary of Agriculture determines to permit to enter into the United States in a given year, as referred to in Chapter 2, Appendix 2, subparagraph (c) of TRQ – US 9 of CUSMA.

Eligible sugar means a product that is included in Item 5204 (b) on the Export Control List, namely refined sugar as set out in subparagraph (c) of TRQ - US 9 of Chapter 2, Appendix 2: Tariff Schedule of the United States – (Tariff Rate Quotas) of CUSMA, that is wholly obtained from raw sugar beets produced in Canada, or refined in Canada from non-originating raw sugar.

Domestic market production share means a share of the certified domestic production of refined sugar during the calendar year immediately preceding the opening of the TRQ.

Raw sugar means sugar whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a reading of less than 99.5 degrees polarity.

Refined sugar means sugar whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a reading of 99.5 degrees polarity or higher.

Eligibility criteria

You are eligible to apply for an allocation if you are a:

Allocation policy - Calculation of allocations

Returns and reallocation of returned quantities

If there are more than 120 days left in the calendar year at the time of quota opening, the following policies will apply:

Important note

Applicants are reminded of the prohibitions, offenses and penalties under the EIPA and its regulations.

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