This document summarizes the US market access for organic sugar from 1995 to 2008. It provides details on the tariff rate quotas (TRQs) allocated for organic sugar each year, including the amount and percentage filled for each quota tranche. It also lists the main countries that have supplied specialty sugar imports to the US market from 2001 to 2007.

1. Market Access for Organic
Sugar
USDA Outlook Forum
Sweetener Luncheon
February 22, 2008
Paul Ryberg
Ryberg and Smith, L.L.C.
1054 Thirty-First Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20007
Email: paulryberg@aol.com

2. Organic Sugar Market Access
< 99.5° polarization Raw TRQ
> 99.5° polarization Specialty TRQ
(Specialty certificate
issued by USDA)

3. U.S. Specialty Sugar TRQ
1995-2008
Organic Sugar
TRQ Year First Tranche Comments
Tranche(s)
2007-08 1,656 MT 63,503 MT
2006-07 1,656 53,144
2005-06 1,656 36,920
2004-05 1,656 23,000
2003-04 1,656 19,000
2002-03 1,656 15,000
2001-02 1,656 12,000 TRQ bifurcated into 2 tranches
2000-01 17,656 NA Increased TRQ intended for
1999-2000 14,656 NA organic sugar, but captured
by Caster from Guatemala
1998-99 4,656 NA
1997-98 1,656 NA
1996-97 1,656 NA
1995-96 1,656 NA

4. Opening Proration % of Specialty TRQ Tranches
Quota Year Tranche 1 Tranche 2 Tranche 3 Tranche 4 Tranche 5 Tranche 6
Date Oct. 24, 2007 Nov. 15, 2007 Jan. 30, 2008 May 14, 2008 Aug. 27, 2008
Amount 1,656 MT 22,544 MT 13,653 MT 13,653 MT 13,653 MT
2007-2008
Proration % 16.87649% 85.75867% 72.130952% -- --
Date Oct. 24, 2006 Nov. 7, 2006 Feb. 5, 2007 May 1, 2007 July 24, 2007 Sept. 10, 2007
Amount 1,656 MT 11,690 MT 11,690 MT 16,000 ST 15,296 MT 18,182 MT
2006-2007
Did not fill at
Proration % 16.85% 49.53% 40.077% 79.195% 97.68432%
opening
Date Oct. 26, 2005 Nov. 9, 2005 March 17, 2006 June 7, 2006
Amount 1,656 MT 9,000 MT 9,000 MT 9,000 MT
2005-2006
Did not fill at
Proration % 17.22% 58.14% 56.83%
opening
Date Oct. 26, 2004 Nov. 16, 2004 March 22, 2005 June 7, 2005
Amount 1,656 MT 7,000 MT 7,000 MT 7,000 MT
2004-2005
Proration % 13.845% 18.95% 20.94% 22.4776%
Date Oct. 29, 2003 Nov. 18, 2003 April 19, 2004
Amount 1,656 MT 15,000 MT 2,000 MT
2003-2004
Proration % 26.16% 61.596% 24.96%
Date Oct. 30, 2002 Nov. 19, 2002
Amount 1,656 MT 15,000 MT
2002-2003
Did not fill at
Proration % 14.3%
opening
Date Oct. 30, 2001 Nov. 28, 2001
2001-2002 Amount 1,656 MT 12,000 MT
Proration % 59.095% 59.095%

5. Specialty Sugar Imports by Country of
Origin
In metric tons raw value
Country 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Argentina -0- -0- -0- 887 380 3,004
Brazil 10,325 11,143 16,004 11,417 16,198 30,716
Colombia 200 5,555 3,658 40 0 -0-
Costa Rica -0- -0- 217 371 836 136
Mexico -0- -0- -0- 96 529 -0-
Paraguay 7,843 8,252 19,776 11,738 8,680 27,365
TOTAL 18,368 24,950 39,655 24,549 26,623 61,221
Estimated from “refined imports”