A Pennsylvania candy company eager to send profits northward recently sent something else south—jobs. In an effort to save on overheard costs, the company relocated to Mexico. Meanwhile ingredient costs, such as sugar, changed very little, according to a new study to be presented tomorrow at the 26th International Sweetener Symposium...
Lawmakers looking to give developing-country economies a boost in new legislation have found opposition in an unlikely place: from developing countries. Proposals being considered by Congress to offer poor nations duty-free, quota-free (DFQF) access to the U.S. market would end up penalizing poor countries if they covered sugar, the African Coalition for Trade (ACT) explained in a paper released July 16....
While it is almost unheard of for U.S. sugar producers to default on the government operating loans they take out annually and repay with interest, concerns are growing among some sugarcane producers that deflated raw sugar prices this year, combined with elevated input costs, make loan forfeitures a real option this summer.
While it is almost unheard of for U.S. sugar producers to default on the government operating loans they take out annually and repay with interest, concerns are growing among some sugarcane producers that deflated raw sugar prices this year, combined with elevated input costs, make loan forfeitures a real option this summer.
