Dept. of Commerce Announces Additional Refined Sugar Imports
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POLITICO Morning Trade: Sweetener Users Urge Changes in Mexico Agreement
SWEETENER USERS URGE CHANGES IN MEXICO AGREEMENT: U.S. food and beverage companies want the Commerce Department to lower key “reference” prices in a sugar trade agreement with Mexico and to revisit the definition of what is considered “refined sugar.” The Sweetener Users Association asked for the changes in comments filed last week with the department, after…
The Hagstrom Report: Court issues stay in Mexico sugar case as users seek changes
The Court of International Trade has issued a stay through Dec. 6 on its decision that a 2017 amended sugar agreement between the United States and Mexico is invalid because the Commerce Department did not release all communication about negotiations in the case. During this time the Commerce Department is taking comments on the suspension…
SUA Letter to Dept. of Commerce Regarding Draft Amendments to U.S.-Mexico Suspension Agreements
Following a decision by the Court of International Trade, the Department of Commerce is presently circulating to interested parties a set of amendments to the 2014 agreements suspending antidumping and countervailing duty investigations with respect to sugar imported from Mexico. A preliminary review of the draft amendments indicates that they are identical in substance to…
SUA Calls on Dept. of Commerce to Improve U.S.-Mexico Sugar Suspension Agreements
A Return to 2014 Sugar Reference Prices Needed to Support U.S. Food and Beverage Manufacturers Washington, D.C. (November 15, 2019) – The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today issued the following statement urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to use a recent Court of International Trade decision vacating 2017 U.S.-Mexico sugar amendments as an opportunity to make…
Board Meeting / Conference Call Info November 2019
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