DGFT Trade Notice

F. No. 01/91/180/879/AMO08/Export Cell/Pt Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade 38 36 2k ok

Udyog Bhz.wan, New Delhi Daied 3\ July, 2017

TRADE NOTICE No. | 2 /2018

To

1. Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Author ty (APEDA), New Delhi

2. All EPCs

3. Federation of Indian Export Organisations 4. All Regional Authorities of DGFT

Subject : Allocation of quantity (non-country specific) for export of suga~ to USA under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ). Rate USDA Foreign Agriculture Service has announced the non-country specific Tariff from Quota (TRQ) for refined sugar to 182000 MTRYV (metric tons raw vali le) for exporters all WTO countries for the US fiscal year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018) which includes; (i) 22000 MTRV (1656 MTRV reserved for speciality sugar), the minimum quantity committed by USA under the WTO agreement; and (ii) additional 160,000 MTRV for specialty sugars.

2 For the Fiscal year 2018, all imports of the organic and other speciality sugar are to be administered by US Authorities on a first-come, first served (FCF S) basis in five tranches as detailed below :

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----- Start of picture text -----<br> | Tranche | Quantity(MTRV) | Typeofsugar<br>----- End of picture text -----<br>

|Quantity(MTRV) | Typeofsugar|=|Dateof openin|
|---|---|
|(WTO minimum)||
|produced domesticall||
|produced domesticall||
|produced domesticall||
|produceddomesticall||

MTRV : Metric Tons Raw Value

3. As there is stiff competition among suppliers, the quota of speciality sugar fills immediately. Therefore, Indian supplier (s) are advised to identify a US company with 7_ presence in the US who is supposed to apply to USDA for tariff free quota.

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4. This Trade Notice is issued to bring to the attention of the trade to utilize the opportunity for export of speciality sugar to USA from TRQ quota (non-cour try specific).

5. This issues with the approval ofcompetent authority.

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Copy[to:]

eeOO Joint (Arunoday Goswami) Director General of Foreign Trade Tee No. 23063419 e-mail : arunoday.goswami @nic.in

1. PS to Hon’ble CIM

2. PSO to Commerce Secretary 3. PPS to DGFT 4. PPS to ADG(NKS), DGFT