date:May 13, 2016
pressing for an increase to the quota for raw sugar by the USDA.
GROW LIKE ITS 2008
Many melt houses have set up shop in the United States or expanded operations over the past eight years, aiming to secure feedstock after a tweak to NAFTA trade agreement opened up access to lower-cost sugar from Mexico.
Some can use both estandar or standard sugar from Mexico which is higher quality than raw sugar and refined sugar to produce cane sugar products more efficiently and sometimes at a lower cos