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Quota Recipients |
1997/98 Quota |
Imports to Date |
Percent of TRQ Used |
Argentina |
12,000 |
11,832 |
98.6% |
Brazil |
80,200 |
24,692 |
30.8% |
Chile |
2,750 |
0 |
0.0% |
European Union |
10,000 |
2,319 |
23.2% |
Guatemala |
9,250 |
1,071 |
11.2% |
Malawi |
12,000 |
9,544 |
79.5% |
Philippines |
3,000 |
10 |
0.3% |
Thailand |
7,000 |
1,133 |
16.2% |
Zimbabwe |
12,000 |
2,129 |
17.7% |
Residual2 |
3,000 |
2,951 |
98.4% |
Total |
151,200 |
55,679 |
36.8% |
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
May 1998
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