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NewsWhore
08-21-2007, 04:40 PM
The US Trade Representative Office (USTR) has increased the DR's sugar export quota to 185,335 metric tons per year. This came as the USTR designated sugar quotas for 40 countries for the 2008 fiscal year, which begins on 1 October. Listin Diario reports that the DR and Brazil were the countries that received the highest preferential quotas. This means that the DR will be able to export sugar to the US with relatively low tariffs.

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