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USTR Allocates FY 2025 TRQ Amounts for Cane Sugar, Refined Sugar
July 25, 2024 |USDA

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is setting FY 2025 country allocations for imports under tariff-rate quotas for cane sugar and refined sugars. The FY 2025 import TRQ for raw cane sugar was established at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), the minimum amount to which the U.S. is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements (see 2406130053). The USTR now allocates this TRQ among supplying countries and customs areas, as follows: Argentina 46,260; Australia 89,293; Barbados 7,531; Belize 11,834; Bolivia 8,606; Brazil 155,993; Colombia 25,819; Congo (Brazzaville) 7,258; Costa Rica 16,137; Cote d'Ivoire 7,258; Dominican Republic 189,343; Ecuador 11,834; El Salvador 27,971; Eswatini (Swaziland) 17,213; Fiji 9,682; Gabon 7,258; Guatemala 51,639; Guyana 12,910; Haiti 7,258; Honduras 10,758; India 8,606; Jamaica 11,834; Madagascar 7,258; Malawi 10,758; Mauritius 12,910; Mexico 7,258; Mozambique 13,986; Panama 31,199; Papua New Guinea 7,258; Paraguay 7,258; Peru 44,108; Philippines 145,235; South Africa 24,744; St. Kitts & Nevis 7,258; Taiwan 12,910; Thailand 15,061; Trinidad-Tobago 7,531; Uruguay 7,258; Zimbabwe 12,910.

Topics:World Trade Organization (WTO)
Recent CBP NY Rulings
July 25, 2024 by Noah Garfinkel|Customs Rulings

The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:

Trump Says He Welcomes Chinese Investment in US Auto Industry
July 19, 2024 |White House

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, in a long acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention July 18, said Chinese companies are building large automobile factories in Mexico, and that "the United Auto Workers ought to be ashamed for allowing this to happen." He also said their leader "should be fired immediately, and every single autoworker, union and nonunion, should be voting for Donald Trump because we’re going to bring back car manufacturing, and we’re going to bring it back fast."

Topics:USMCA
Rubio Bill Would Impose Tariffs on Chinese Companies' Products, No Matter Country of Origin
July 16, 2024 |Congress

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced a bill that would impose 150% tariffs on electromagnets, permanent magnets, batteries, solar panels, and solar wafers made by entities controlled by China, even if those products were manufactured in other countries. The Critical Mineral Supply Chain Realignment Act of 2024 also would keep hiking tariffs on those goods made in China, to 300% in the second year, 450% in the third year, and 800% after that.