**Summary:**
This Public Notice, dated May 6, 2022, issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, allocates an additional 2051 Metric Tons (MT) of raw sugar for export to the United States of America (USA) under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for the US fiscal year 2022 (October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022). This allocation is made under the provisions of Paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020.
With this additional allocation, the total quantity of sugar permitted for export to the USA under TRQ for the fiscal year 2022 is now 10475 MT, which includes the initial allocation of 8424 MT from Public Notice No. 28/2015-20 dated October 14, 2021.
Export of sugar (HS Code 17010000) to the USA under TRQ remains subject to the conditions outlined in Notification No. 3/2015-20 dated April 20, 2015, and the reporting requirements specified in Public Notice No. 28/2015-20 dated October 14, 2020.
The Certificate of Origin, if required, for preferential sugar exports to the USA will be issued by the Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai. Other certification requirements specific to sugar exports to the USA remain in effect.
For further information, contact the Director General of Foreign Trade at dgft@nic.in. This notice is issued from F.No.01/91/180/879/AM08/EC/Vol.VII/E-20749.
Key Entities Referenced
USA: The United States of America, the destination for the raw sugar export under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ).
Tariff Rate Quota TRQ: A quota system that allows a specific quantity of goods to be imported at a reduced tariff rate.
Foreign Trade Policy, 20152020: The governing policy document under which the Director General of Foreign Trade operates.
Director General of Foreign Trade: The authority responsible for allocating the additional quantity of raw sugar for export.
2051 MT raw sugar: The additional quantity of raw sugar allocated for export to the USA under the TRQ.
US Fiscal Year 2022: The fiscal year of the United States, which runs from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022, and for which the sugar export allocation is valid.
Mumbai, Maharashtra: The city in India where the Additional Director General of Foreign Trade issues the Certificate of Origin for sugar exports to the USA.
Santosh Kumar Sarangi: Director General of Foreign Trade Exofficio Additional Secretary, Government of India
(To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I Section-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Public Notice No.07/2015-2020
New Delhi, the 6 May, 2022
Subject: Allocation of additional quantity of 2051 MT for export of raw
sugar to USA under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for the US Fiscal
Year 2022.
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraphs 2.04 of the
Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade
hereby allocates an additional quantity of 2051 MT raw sugar for export
under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) to USA for the US fiscal year 2022 (October 1,
2021 to September 30, 2022). With this additional allocation, quantity for
export of sugar to USA under TRQ for the fiscal year 2022 would be as
under: -
Quantity of sugar
Public Notice No. & Date allocated (MT)
Quantity allocated under Public
Notice No. 28/2015-20 dated 8424
14.10.2021
Additional Quantity Allocated 2051
Total Quantity Allocated 10475
2. Export of sugar (HS Code 17010000) to USA under TRQ is *¥ree’
subject to the conditions notified in the ‘Nature of Restrictions’ in
Notification No. 3/2015-20 dated 20.04.2015. The reporting requirement as
per Public Notice No. 28/2015-20 dated 14.10.2020 would continue to be
followed.
3: Certificate of Origin, if required, for export of preferential sugar to
USA, shall be issued by Additional Director General of Foreign Trade,
Mumbai. Other certification requirement, if any, prescribed specifically for
export of sugar to USA would continue to be followed.
4. Effect of this Public Notice:
Additional quantity of 2051 MT of raw sugar, for export to USA, under
TRQ, upto 30.09.2022, has been notified. ; =
(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F.No.01/91/180/879/AM08/EC/Vol.VII/E20749)