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Quota Recipients |
1997/98 Quota |
Imports to Date |
Percent of TRQ Used |
Argentina |
12,000 |
10,669 |
88.9% |
Brazil |
80,200 |
23,149 |
28.9% |
Chile |
2,750 |
0 |
0.0% |
European Union |
10,000 |
2,257 |
22.6% |
Guatemala |
9,250 |
850 |
9.2% |
Malawi |
12,000 |
8,100 |
67.5% |
Philippines |
3,000 |
10 |
0.3% |
Thailand |
7,000 |
990 |
14.1% |
Zimbabwe |
12,000 |
1,977 |
16.5% |
Residual2 |
3,000 |
2,951 |
98.4% |
Total |
151,200 |
50,953 |
33.7% |
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
March 1998
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