Submission for OMB Review: Sugar Imported for Exports as Refined Sugar, as a Sugar-Containing Product, or Used in Production of Certain Polyhydric Alcohols
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service is seeking OMB approval to continue collecting information under OMB Control Number 0551-0015. This program allows the issuance of import licenses for raw cane sugar that is exempt from the tariff-rate quota (TRQ), provided an equivalent quantity of refined sugar is exported as refined sugar, exported in sugar-containing products, or used to produce certain polyhydric alcohols. The regulation (7 CFR part 1530) requires recordkeeping and quarterly reporting from participants to verify that imported sugar is not diverted into the domestic commercial sugar market, which would undermine U.S. sugar policies and the TRQ system. The collection involves 301 business respondents and results in a total of 309 burden hours. Comments on the information collection are due by April 30, 2026.
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Key Changes
- Comments on the information collection must be submitted by April 30, 2026
- Program governed by 7 CFR part 1530 for raw cane sugar import licenses exempt from TRQ
- Requires equivalent quantity of refined sugar to be exported or used in specific products
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Obligations
What this law requires
Obtain an import license from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) before importing raw cane sugar exempt from the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) under 7 CFR part 1530
Export an equivalent quantity of refined sugar as refined sugar, or as an ingredient in sugar-containing products, or use it in production of certain polyhydric alcohols, in exchange for each quantity of raw cane sugar imported under the license
Maintain records documenting that imported world-priced sugar is exported and not diverted to the domestic commercial sugar market
Submit quarterly reports to the Foreign Agricultural Service verifying compliance with program parameters and export/production obligations
Prohibit diversion of imported sugar into the domestic commercial sugar market in circumvention of the raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota