date:Mar 21, 2013
n Sugar Alliance (A.S.A.), which represents sugar producers, in its testimony encouraged the I.T.C. to publicly note the positive effect U.S. sugar policy has on the economy, including low sugar prices, 142,000 jobs supported by the industry, expansion in U.S. candy business and recent developments in Europes sugar industry, where production also is restricted.
The I.T.C., in its last several updates, has moved encouragingly toward the A.S.A.s long-held position that U.S. sugar policy and impor