### Question
How is the term qualified supplying country defined?


### Answer
The term **qualified supplying country** is defined in *7 U.S.C. § 1359kk* as the following:

> one of the following foreign countries that is allowed to export cane sugar to the United States under an agreement or any other country with which the United States has an agreement relating to the importation of cane sugar:


Argentina


Australia


Barbados


Belize


Bolivia


Brazil


Colombia


Republic of the Congo


Costa Rica


Dominican Republic


Ecuador


El Salvador


Fiji


Gabon


Guatemala


Guyana


Haiti


Honduras


India


Cote D'Ivoire, formerly known as the Ivory Coast


Jamaica


Madagascar


Malawi


Mauritius


Mexico


Mozambique


Nicaragua


Panama


Papua New Guinea


Paraguay


Peru


Philippines


St. Kitts and Nevis


South Africa


Swaziland


Taiwan


Thailand


Trinidad-Tobago


Uruguay


Zimbabwe

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1359kk*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 35-AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 > SUBCHAPTER II-LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES > Part B-Marketing Quotas > subpart vii-flexible marketing allotments for sugar**

