**Policy Summary:**
Public Notice No. 28/2015-2020, issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade, New Delhi on October 14, 2021, allocates a quantity of 8424 Metric Tons of raw/refined sugar to the United States of America under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) scheme for the period of October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022. This allocation is made under the authority of Para 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020.
Export of sugar (HS Code 17010000) to the USA under TRQ is permitted without restrictions, subject to conditions outlined in Notification No. 3/2015-20 dated April 20, 2015. Certificates of Origin for preferential export of sugar to the USA, if required, will be issued by the Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai. Existing certification requirements for sugar exports to the USA remain in effect.
Reporting requirements as per Notification No. 3/2015-2020 dated April 20, 2015, and Notification No. 20 dated September 7, 2015, must be adhered to.
For further information, contact Amit Yadav, Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-officio Secretary, Government of India, at dgft@nic.in. The notice was issued from F.No. 01/91/180/879/AM08/EC Vol. VIII/E-20749.
Key Entities Referenced
USA: The United States of America, the destination for the sugar exports under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) scheme.
Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ): A scheme that allows a specific quantity of a product to be imported at a reduced tariff rate.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020: The governing policy under which the Director General of Foreign Trade is exercising powers to allocate the sugar quota.
Director General of Foreign Trade: The authority responsible for allocating the quantity of sugar under the TRQ scheme.
Mumbai, Maharashtra: Location where the Additional Director General of Foreign Trade issues Certificate of Origin for sugar exports to the USA.
Amit Yadav: Director General of Foreign Trade, Ex-officio Secretary, Government of India.
Notification No. 3/2015-20: Refers to previous notifications related to the export of sugar to the USA under TRQ.
8424 MT RawRefined Sugar: The quantity of raw or refined sugar allocated to the USA under the TRQ scheme for the year 2021-22.
Public Notice No. 28/2015-2020
New Delhi, dated the 14" October, 2021
Subject:- Allocation of quantity of 8424 MT (raw/refined) Sugar to USA under
TRQ scheme for the year 2021-22.
S.0. (E) In exercise of powers conferred under Para 1.03 and 2.04 of the
Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade
hereby allocates quantity of 8424 Metric Ton of Raw/Refined Sugar, under Tariff
Rate Quota (TRQ) to USA for the year 2021-22 (Upto September 30, 2022).
2. As per Notification No. 3/2015-20 dated 20.04.2015, export of sugar (HS Code
17010000) to USA under TRQ is ‘Free’ subject to the conditions notified in the
‘Nature of Restrictions’ in the above notification.
3. Certificate of Origin, if required, for preferential export of 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. The reporting requirement as notified vide Notification No. 3/2015-2020 dated
20.04.2015 read with Notification No. 20 dated 07.09.2015 would be followed.
5. Effect of this Public Notice:
The quantity of 8424 MT sugar (raw and/or white sugar) to be
exported to USA under TRQ scheme from 01.10.2021 to
30.09.2022 has been notified.
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(Amit Yadav)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-officio Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/879/AM08/EC (Vol. VIII) /E-20749)