Commodity and Country Analysis

• Sugar World Markets and Trade
   

FAS Attaché Reports

• Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN)
  • Commodity Reports
  • Exporter Guides – Overview of the country, economy and market.
  • Retail Guides – Overview including products with market potential, channels of distribution.
  • Sector Guides – HRI, etc.
  • Food and Agricultural Import Regulations (FAIRS) – Overview publication.

Data

• United States:
  • Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report
  • Historical Data From the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS)
  • Production, Supply and Demand (World Agricultural Outlook Board)
  • Customs Bulletin Board - Weekly Data for actual arrivals of sugar under the tariff rate quota.
  • International Trade Commission - This database allows you to run reports on U.S. imports and exports by HTS, SITC, and SIC codes for specific time periods.
  • Sugar and Sweeteners Yearbook Tables (links to MS Excel spreadsheets)
  • Sugar Statistical Compendium: Provides historical data (1950-90) on U.S. sugar production and consumption, imports and exports, and prices. Regional and state data are included. Tables are in Lotus 123 (.wk1) spreadsheet files.
• Global:
  • Production, Supply and Distribution: PSDonline
  • World Marketing Years, by Country, for Centrifugal Sugar
  • FAOSTAT Agriculture Data: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization offers information on imports and exports from countries around the world, not necessarily to or from the United States.
     

Price Information
FAS does not provide price information for sugar

• Brazilian sugar and alcohol prices and other information: select "Indicadores de Preco," then ACUCAR for sugar and ALCOOL for ethanol.
• Mexican prices and other sugar information, such as production data.

Mexican Sugar Price, Production and Other Information

• Cana de Azucar
• Zafranet
• CNDSCA

Policy

• Sugar Loan Program
• Tariff-Rate Quotas
• Re-Export Programs
• North American Free Trade Agreement and U.S–Mexico Sugar Relations

Links

• U.S. Sugar Import Program
• Maximum Residue Limits Databases
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Daily Settlement Prices
• Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook - Economic Research Service
• Sugar Beets - National Agricultural Statistics Service
• Global Alliance for Sugar Trade Reform

FAS Export Programs

FAS Foreign Buyers List

Sugar Imports and Re-Exports: USDA administers three U.S. sugar import programs:

• The Sugar-Containing Products Re-Export Program is designed to put U.S. manufacturers of sugar-containing products on a level playing field in the world market.
• The Refined Sugar Re-Export Program is designed to facilitate the use of domestic refining capacity to export refined sugar into the world market.
• The Sugar for the Production of Polyhydric Alcohol Program is established to provide world priced sugar to U.S. manufacturers of polyhydric alcohols.
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Sugar Program
• Sugar Under Tariff-Rate Quotas
• Licensing Applications and Reporting Procedures
• NAFTA Form for Those Not Using the Sugar Re-export Program
• Commodity Status Report for Tariff Rate Quotas

Contacts

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