On 23 September 2026 USTR announced the final country allocations of the FY2027 WTO tariff-rate quota for imported raw cane sugar. The total quota is 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), the WTO minimum commitment; 1,061,202 MTRV was allocated by notice of 24 July 2026 (91 FR 46822) and the remaining 55,993 MTRV is distributed to additional countries in this announcement. In-quota quantities may enter the United States from 1 October 2026, and allocations to net sugar-importing countries require origin documentation and certificates of quota eligibility.

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Mechanism

The US administers a WTO-committed tariff-rate quota on raw cane sugar: quota quantities enter at a low in-quota tariff, and volumes above it pay the higher over-quota rate. Each fiscal year USTR divides the quota among supplying countries. This is the routine annual administration of an existing commitment, not a new restriction; the quota is set at the WTO minimum.

Severity basis

Severity 2: the anchor is the disclosed quota volume of 1,117,195 MTRV, the WTO minimum commitment, with 55,993 MTRV (about 5%) allocated in this tranche. No change in rate or quota size is stated in the release.

Downstream implications

Register-state: one row for the FY2027 cycle. Sugar refiners and food manufacturers relying on in-quota raw sugar access, and allocated exporters, are the parties bound; the country-by-country table is in the USTR release and is not reproduced here.

Sources

Primary: USTR press release — FY2027 WTO Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar (2026-09-23)

Secondary: Federal Register 91 FR 46822 — initial FY2027 raw cane sugar TRQ allocation notice (2026-07-24), as cited in the USTR release

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Mechanism