United States increases Dominican Republic sugar export quota

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has increased the raw cane sugar export quota for the Dominican Republic to 201,274 metric tons. This represents a 6.3% increase, adding 11,931 metric tons to the country's previous allocation.

The adjustment follows a redistribution of 55,993 metric tons that the United States removed from Brazil's sugar assignment. Of this redistributed volume, the Dominican Republic received 21%, the largest share granted to any single country among the 28 nations involved in the redistribution.

With this new quota, the Dominican Republic's share of the total 1,117,195 metric tons of raw sugar that the U.S. will purchase from foreign suppliers through 2027 will rise from 16.9% to 18%. This increase allows Dominican sugar to enter the U.S. market under preferential tariff conditions.

While the quota sets the maximum allowable volume, final export levels will depend on local production capacity and the availability of sugar from domestic mills after meeting local market needs. The Dominican Sugar Institute (Inazucar) has yet to issue the decree to distribute these new quotas among local sugar mills.