Board Meeting – Conference Call Info – July 2021
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Specialty Sugar TRQ – SUA Letter to Acting Under Secretary Jason Hafemeister & Deputy Under Secretary Gloria Montano Greene (7-6-2021)
Dear Acting Under Secretary Hafemeister and Deputy Under Secretary Montaño Greene: Recently, you have received conflicting letters from sugar market participants discussing potential changes to how the specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) is administered. The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) appreciated the chance to discuss these potential changes with your staff recently and would like to…
Sweetener Users Praise Sugar Reform Legislation (7-27-21)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 27, 2021) – Legislation introduced in Congress yesterday would bring long-overdue reform to federal sugar subsidies, the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) said. “The U.S. sugar program has needed an update for decades,” said SUA President Rick Pasco. “We urge Congress to approve this important legislation.” Read more below
SUA Supply Chain Comments (6-21-2021)
Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on “Supply Chains for the Production of Agricultural Commodities and Food Products.” The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) comprises companies that use sugar and other caloric sweeteners to make foods and beverages, as well as trade associations representing these companies. Sweetener-using segments of the food industry directly employ…
Senators Shaheen-Toomey Letter to USDA (6-15-2021)
We write to urge you to exercise your authority to make adequate supplies of sugar available to the U.S. market. At present, several factors including a severe supply bottleneck in the Gulf region have driven prices to multi-year highs and, if not addressed, will encourage the offshoring of additional food manufacturing capacity. As you may…
Board Meeting – Conference Call Info – June 2021
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SUA Letter to Acting Under Secretary Hafemeister & Deputy Under Secretary Greene (5-18-2021)
The market situation is placing an unnecessary burden on sugar users for 2021/20022, which calls for urgent action by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow additional imports. The May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) indicate a tightening of the 2020/21 sugar balance sheet but very likely understate the tightness in the current…
Board Meeting – Conference Call Info – May 2021
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SUA Letter to Acting Under Secretary Hafemeister & Deputy Under Secretary Greene – Sugar Supplies Issue (4-20-21)
The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) wishes to reiterate our strong recommendation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture act expeditiously to increase supplies of sugar available in the domestic market through an increase in the Export Limit for Mexico, an increase in the raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ), or a combination; and by working with the…
Board Meeting – Conference Call Info – April 2021
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