US Department of Agriculture Announces Fiscal Year 2013 Tariff-Rate Quotas and Allotment Quantities for Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Sugars

Summary

The US Department of Agriculture has established Tariff-Rate Quotas (TRQs) for raw cane sugar and certain sugars, syrups, and molasses for Fiscal Year 2013, with a total quota of 9,711,250 short tons. The quotas are allocated to the sugar beet and sugarcane sectors, with the beet sector receiving 54.35% and the cane sugar sector receiving 45.65% of the total quota.