The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced country-specific reallocations of the fiscal year (FY) 2017 in-quota quantity of the World Trade Organization (WTO) tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar. TRQs allow countries to export specified quantities of a product to the United States at a relatively low tariff, but…
Washington, DC (July 24, 2017) – Today, the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) welcomed action taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase raw sugar supplies. “We commend Secretary Perdue and his staff at USDA for monitoring the U.S. sugar market situation and taking necessary action to increase raw sugar supplies by 414,000 metric…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced several fiscal year (FY) 2017 sugar program adjustments that are being made in order to ensure an adequate supply of raw sugar in the U.S. market. The actions taken by USDA include: increasing the Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ) for domestic sugar; reassigning beet sugar marketing allotments among…
The July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) increased estimated domestic deliveries 100,000 short tons, raw value (STRV) to 12.455 million STRV for 2016/17. The increase is based on the strong pace of deliveries for food and beverage use reported through May. Food and beverage deliveries are estimated to be 12.300 million STRV for…
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today announced the country-specific and first-come, first-served import allocations for raw cane sugar, refined and specialty sugar, and sugar-containing products under the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for Fiscal Year 2018.
The companies that make America’s cookies, cakes, doughnuts, bread and candy are running out of sugar for their products. That’s why Rick Pasco, president of the Sweetener Users Association, was at USDA headquarters in Washington last week. The message he took to USDA officials: Allow more sugar imports from countries that have plenty to sell…
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross commented: “We have gotten the Mexican side to agree to nearly every request made by U.S. industry to address flaws in the current system and ensure fair treatment of American sugar growers and refiners.” But according to the Sweetener Users Association: “Even tighter controls on the total volume of sugar in…
The Coalition for Sugar Reform, which represents consumer groups and companies that produce food and beverages, estimates U.S. consumers will pay an additional $1 billion a year under the deal. … Asked about the sugar agreement, Hershey Co. spokesman Jeff Beckman referred to a statement from the Sweetener Users Association that it “will further distort…