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QB 20–306 2021 Specialty Sugar Period 2

COMMODITY:

Specialty Sugar provided for in Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note 5

QUOTA PERIOD:

October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021

OPENING DATE:     

Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) for all time zones.

RESTRAINT LEVEL:          

40,000,000 kg

 

THIS QUOTA IS EXPECTED TO OVERSUBSCRIBE AT OPENING MOMENT  

 

The Trade may transmit the quota entry summaries in ACE on October 8, 2020 from 12:00 AM (midnight) local port time until 12:00 PM (noon) Eastern Time (ET) only.  Entry summaries reported early or late (after 12 Noon ET or before 12 Midnight (Local Port Time), will not be processed for the opening; however, early transmissions may be retransmitted within the proper range of time. Please note: For remote filers, the port of entry dictates the time and date of presentation for quota purposes. 

Please immediately report transmission problems to the ACE Client Representative and HQ Quota and Agriculture Branch (QAB).  Notification delays may result in exclusion from the opening.  Entry summaries with transmission issues submitted late will be reviewed and handled by QAB on a case by case basis.

 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: *Supersedes previous instructions

Trade Instructions: Please ensure warehouse entry summaries associated with the withdrawals are not finalized in ACE, if you experience any issues please contact your ABI client representative and notify Headquarters Quota and Agriculture Branch immediately.

CBP Instructions:  CBP Center and Port of Entry personnel should refrain from processing collections with final collection code 092, warehouse withdrawals payment should only be processed using collection code 002. Quota warehouse withdrawal final collection code close out (using collection code 092) with zero duty amount may be processed by CBP, once the warehouse ledger information is submitted by the warehouse proprietor to CBP.

Failure to follow these instruction may cause ACE processing problems and/or cargo release delays.                         

To ensure reporting accuracy prior to establishing the Prorata Percentage, associated entries are held 72 hours.  Once the percentage is calculated for ACE filed entries will receive a UC message indicating the reserved or prorated quantity per reported quota line. 

 

Unique 9903 Harmonized Tariff Schedule Numbers (HTS) have been created and combined to the current tariff numbers, to identify Specialty Sugar Periods. If entry summaries are misclassified, they will not be included in the opening.

Please report as indicated below:

HTS NUMBERS
First Tariff FieldSecond Tariff Field
9903.17.221701.12.1000
9903.17.221701.91.1000
9903.17.221701.99.1015
9903.17.221701.99.1017
9903.17.221702.90.1000
9903.17.222106.90.4400

*NOTE: The USDA Sugar Certificate is required and must be electronically transmitted.

 

HIGH RATE HTS NUMBERS
First Tariff Field      Second Tariff Field
9904.17.081701.12.5000 or
9904.17.091701.91.3000 or
9904.17.101701.99.5010 or
9904.17.111701.99.5025 or
9904.17.121701.99.5050 or
9904.17.131702.90.2000 or
9904.17.142106.90.4600
9904.17.15 

 

Please enter as Entry Type 01 in ACE

 

Questions from the importing community regarding this electronic message should be referred to the local CBP port.  Ports may refer their questions via email to HQQUOTA@cbp.dhs.gov.

 

 

Last Modified: Sep 30, 2020