date:Feb 24, 2014
own 24%.
(T.R.Q.) shortfall is projected at a high level of 552,000 short tons, raw value, due to strong competition from raw sugar imported from Mexico in an environment of low world raw sugar prices averaging 16.97c per lb, the U.S.D.A. said.
Total U.S. sugar supply was projected at 14,416,000 tons, up 2.5% from 2013-14.
U.S. domestic sugar use in 2014-15 was projected at 11,979,000 tons, down slightly from 2013-14, with food deliveries at 11,559,000 tons, up about 1% from the current year