Determination of Trade Surplus in Certain Sugar and Syrup Goods and Sugar-Containing Products of Chile, Morocco, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, and Panama

In accordance with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of its determination of the trade surplus in certain sugar and syrup goods and sugar-containing products of Chile, Morocco, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia and Panama. The level…

December 2017 Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook

The December World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) raised U.S. domestic sugar production projections in 2017/18 by 409,000 short tons, raw value (STRV), to 9.245 million STRV. The increase is due to higher recovery rates reported from beet sugar processors early in the slicing campaign that are expected to continue throughout the year. Cane…