Advocacy
Issue Briefs

Smart Sugar Policy Can Reduce Reliance on Disruptive High-Tier Sugar Imports

Regulatory Fixes — not Higher Tariffs — Can Restore Balance in the U.S. Sugar Market

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The Higher Cost of U.S. Sugar as a Result of Government Policy

The Combined Effects of Limits on Domestic Production and Imports Artificially Inflate U.S. Sugar Prices.

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‘Refined’ Sugar Should Actually Be Refined

U.S. Program Administrators Can Update the Standard for Imported Refined Sugar and Ease Shortages for American Consumers and Sugar-Using Companies.

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Legislation

Congressional champions of sugar reform from both sides of the political aisle have introduced bills over the past several years to fix a program that is costing U.S. jobs and driving up consumer prices. Explore those proposals below.

While the U.S. sugar program is the only commodity program not reformed in the last two farm bills — 2014 and 2018 — the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes several policies to update sugar program administration and increase sugar supply. Key provisions include modernizing beet sugar allotments, reallocating tariff-rate quota (TRQ) shortfalls and mandating a study to ensure refined sugar imports don’t require further processing.

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Letters

SUA Letter to USDA Under Secretaries Lindberg and Fordyce Regarding TRQ Reallocation

The Sweetener Users Association submitted the following letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretaries Luke Lindberg and Richard Fordyce, urging USDA to immediately reallocate the fiscal year (FY) 2026 raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) after the July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) incorporated corrections to sugar delivery data that lowered…

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SUA Comments on Proposed Section 301 Tariffs on Brazil

These comments are respectfully submitted in response to the request for information (RFI) published by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in the Federal Register of December 15, 2025. Members of the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) use sugar and other sweeteners in making foods and beverages. Approximately 700,000 Americans are directly…

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Testimony

Testimony by Bill O’Conner, Senior Agriculture Policy Advisor, Sweetener Users Association to the USTR Hearing on Negotiating Objectives Regarding Modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico

The Sweeteners Users Association (SUA) commends the office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for soliciting comments and testimony from the various sectors of the economy on the negotiating objectives for modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico. We welcome the opportunity to testify today…

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