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 employed in segments of the food and beverage industries that use sugar …
The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) strongly supports the renewal of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for the full 16-year period contemplated in the agreement. The USMCA has resulted in expanded trade value, enhanced supply chains and multiple other benefits for the entire U.S. farm and food sector, including SUA member companies, who utilize sugar and other sweeteners in manufacturing foods and beverages …
We are writing to urge your support for U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO contributes significantly to a strong, safe, and prosperous America …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…