Soaring prices and sugar shortages have makers of candy canes, peanut brittle and lollipops feeling sour.
Tight sugar supplies are pushing up candy companies’ costs and, in some cases, cutting into production of sweets, executives said. …
Washington, D.C. (July 20, 2023) — The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today released an issue brief explaining that, when domestic sugar supplies are short and import quotas need to be increased, the use of an outdated standard for refined sugar results in imported sugar that fails to meet the needs of consumers and sugar-using companies. The brief offers simple solutions U.S. officials can implement to fix this problem. …
Washington, D.C. (July 14, 2023) — The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for recently increasing the raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) by 125,000 metric tons, raw value (MTRV). In its letter, SUA wrote:
We commend USDA for recognizing that by all reasonable metrics, the domestic market remains inadequately supplied. The TRQ increase is a positive step toward supply adequacy, and we thank the Department for its efforts in this regard. …
Dear Under Secretaries Bonnie and Taylor: Members of the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) appreciate the recent increase in the raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 125,000 metric tons, raw value (MTRV). We commend USDA for recognizing that by all reasonable metrics, the domestic market remains inadequately supplied. The TRQ increase is a positive step toward…
Washington, D.C. (July 10, 2023) — In comments submitted last Friday to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) supported amending the definition of specialty sugar to “[r]equire no further refining, processing, or other preparation prior to consumption, other than incorporation as an ingredient in human food.” …
These comments are submitted on behalf of the Sweetener Users Association (SUA), whose members use sugar and other nutritive sweeteners in manufacturing foods and beverages. Companies in the industries represented by SUA account for some 600,000 jobs in the United States. SUA appreciates the opportunity to provide our views on a request for comments entitled…
Sugar in the U.S. costs nearly twice as much as elsewhere in the world, raising prices for candy, baked goods, ice cream and more. The reason is no mystery. A government farm-subsidy program in effect since the 1930s blocks cheaper imports and controls the price and quantity of sugar in our marketplace. As in the days of Soviet central planning, the program benefits a few at the expense of the many. …
The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today said U.S. sugar policy should encourage additional domestic sugar production and called on the Senate Agriculture Committee to gather accurate data on sugar production costs to ensure there is transparency in determining the support level for sugar. …
Dear Chairwoman Stabenow and Ranking Member Boozman: Members of the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) commend you for the recent hearings on the 2023 farm bill held by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. You and your fellow Senators have gathered valuable information and perspectives that will assist you in the important task of crafting…
Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2023) – The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today released a new white paper describing how U.S. sugar policy encourages imports of sugar-containing products (SCPs) that would otherwise be produced in the United States, leading to the export of good American jobs and fewer sales for American sugar growers and processors. …