SUA Letter to AUS Hafemeister & DUS Greene – Early Entry Sugar Supply Issue (8-13-21)

SUA Members

Dear Acting Under Secretary Hafemeister and Deputy Under Secretary Montaño Greene: The August 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates continue to show the need for additional raw sugar supplies in the U.S. market. Compared to last month’s forecasts, the supply of new-crop beet sugar in August and September was reduced by 50,000 short tons,…

SUA Letter to Acting Under Secretary Hafemeister & Deputy Under Secretary Greene (5-18-2021)

SUA Members

The market situation is placing an unnecessary burden on sugar users for 2021/20022, which calls for urgent action by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow additional imports. The May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) indicate a tightening of the 2020/21 sugar balance sheet but very likely understate the tightness in the current…