date:Feb 24, 2014
s, the department said in comments accompanying the data.
The U.S.D.A. forecast U.S. 2014-15 sugar production at 8,920,000 tons (beet at a record 5,109,000 tons and cane at 3,811,000 tons), up 2% from 2013-14 but below the record of 8,980,000 tons produced in 2012-13.
Total imports were projected at 3,671,000 tons in 2014-15, up 15% from the current year, with imports from Mexico seen at a record 2,262,000 tons, up 30% from this year, and tariff rate quota (T.R.Q.) imports at 1,009,000 tons, d