Notification/Circular No.: 12/2026-2027 F. No. 01/91/171/060/AM23/EC/e-33997 dated May 22, 2026
Applicable Act/Rule: Foreign Trade Policy, 2023
Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), in exercise of powers under Paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, has allocated a quantity of 8606 MTRV for export of raw cane sugar to the USA under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) scheme for US Fiscal Year 2026, covering the period October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026.
As per Notification No. 3/2015-20 dated April 20, 2015, export of sugar (HS Code 17010000) to USA and EU under TRQ is ‘Free’, subject to the conditions notified in the ‘Nature of Restrictions’ in the said notification. Certificate of Origin, if required for preferential export of sugar to USA, shall be issued by the Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai, on the recommendation of Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) regarding entity and quantity for which eligible. Other certification requirements, if any, prescribed specifically for the export of sugar to USA are to continue to be followed. The quota will be operated by APEDA, New Delhi, as the implementing agency for export of TRQ items to USA. The reporting requirement as notified vide Notification No. 3/2015-2020 dated April 20, 2015 read with Notification No. 20 dated September 7, 2015 is to be followed.
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