After more than half a century as a highly regulated sugar policy, with minimum prices and domestic sales’ quotas, the European Union’s Sugar Regime was liberalized from October 1, 2017. From then on, producers would freely decide how much to supply, a large amount of duty-free imports were available and prices were to be determined by supply and demand. “Market forces” would rule. Click here for the full report.
The International Center for Agricultural Competitiveness (ICAC) at Texas Tech hosts and maintains a database of subsidies and trade policy information for public use. The report summarizes the information obtained and housed in the database relating to sugar in key producing, consuming, exporting, and importing countries. Click here for the full report.
Montana sugar farmer Ervin Schlemmer testified before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee to discuss the importance of maintaining current sugar policy in the 2018 Farm Bill.
Do American consumers pay triple the world price for sugar? No.
A U.S. sugar policy that costs taxpayers $0, protects American producers against foreign sugar subsidies, and keeps consumer prices among the lowest in the world should remain in effect in the next Farm Bill, according to a top industry economist.
Compiled by ASA staff using USDA’s Global Agricultural Information Network reports.
Submission from the American Sugar Alliance to the United States International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-325 “The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints: Ninth Update” Washington, D.C. January 30, 2017 Click here to read the report
Dr. Joe Outlaw and Dr. James Richardson, co-directors of Texas A&M’s Agricultural and Food Policy Center.
Professor Alexander J. Triantis Dean, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Testimony by Jack Roney, Director of Economics and Policy Analysis, and Don Phillips, Trade Advisor, ASA
A report for the American Sugar Alliance by Patrick H. Chatenay, President, ProSunergy (UK) Ltd
by SIS Research International This report examined 2014 retail sugar prices in 23 countries, plus Hong Kong.
Testimony by ASA’s Jack Roney House Committee on Agriculture Full Committee Hearing: Review of Agricultural Subsidies in Foreign Countries
by Antoine Meriot, Sugar Expertise LLC The Thai government has been closely involved with the Thai sugar industry for decades…
Why have large candy companies engaged in a multi-million-dollar lobbying effort…
by Patrick H. Chatenay of ProSunergy (UK) Ltd
“The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints: Eighth Update”
“The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints: Eighth Update”
by Professor Alexander J. Triantis
by Professor Alexander J. Triantis
By Patrick H. Chatenay, ProSunergy (UK) Ltd
