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Quota Recipients |
1996/97 Quota |
Imports to Date |
Percent of TRQ Used |
Argentina |
12,000 |
12,000 |
100.0% |
Brazil |
80,200 |
43,839 |
54.6% |
Chile |
2,750 |
618 |
22.5% |
European Union |
10,000 |
1,772 |
17.7% |
Guatemala |
8,875 |
2,546 |
28.6% |
Malawi |
12,000 |
12,000 |
100.0% |
Philippines |
3,000 |
282 |
9.4% |
Thailand |
7,000 |
2,465 |
35.2% |
Zimbabwe |
12,000 |
6,148 |
51.2% |
Residual2 |
3,000 |
3,000 |
100.0% |
Total |
150,825 |
84,671 |
56.1% |
1/ U.S. Tariff Schedule line items subject to the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) include flue-cured and light air-cured tobacco, including burley, which are used in themanufacture of cigarettes for consumption in the United States.
2/ A TRQ of 3,000 metric tons is available to all conutries, other than the 9 designated quota recipient countries, and is allocated on a first come/first served basis.
Note: The TRQ is administered on a September 13 -
September 12 trade year.
Source: U.S. Customs Service
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