SUA Letter to USDA Under Secretary Wilkes (3-4-2022)

Dear Mr. Under Secretary: The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) strongly supports the use of the newly announced “Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities” program for use by any sugar producer or sugar producer organization that has developed an innovative project that reduces greenhouse gases or sequesters carbon. As a trade association representing companies who buy sugar in…

SUA Comments to Commerce Dept. – Mexico Sugar Export Limit Calculation (12-14-21)

Dear Ms. Gannon: These comments respond to your memorandum of December 8, 2021, with respect to the December calculation of the Export Limit under Section V.B of the Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico, as amended. The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) comprises companies that use sugar in food and beverage manufacturing.…

SUA Letter to Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack – Sugar Supply Issue (9-21-21)

Dear Mr. Secretary: On behalf of the Sweetener Users Association (SUA), I write to respectfully but urgently request that you take action to increase domestic sugar supplies, which remain inadequate in a market characterized by unreasonably high prices, despite some recent policy actions by the Department of Agriculture. While welcome, these actions fell short of…