August 2017 Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook

The August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) raised projected domestic production in 2017/18 by 232,000 short tons, raw value (STRV), based on strong yields forecast in the National Agricultural Statistics Services’ (NASS) Crop Production report released on the same day. Projected supplies are also increased due to a 235,000- STRV increase in projected…

Sweetener Users Call on NAFTA Negotiators to Expand Sugar Trade, Outline Negotiating Objectives

Washington, DC (August 16, 2017) – With the first round of negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) beginning today in Washington, America’s sweetener users urged negotiators to expand, not further restrict, trade in sugar. “On behalf of America’s food and beverage companies that use sugar in the products they make and…