date:Jun 12, 2014
nd a 60,000-ton cut in Louisiana). Beet sugar production was unchanged from May at 4,750,000 tons.
Projected imports for the year that begins Oct. 1, 2014, were raised 690,000 tons, or 22%, from May at 3,783,000 tons. Tariff rate quote imports were left at the World Trade Organization commitment minimum of 1,262,000 tons. Imports from Mexico were projected at 2,111,000 tons, up 690,000 tons, or 49%, from May and just 13,000 tons shy of the record 2,124,000 tons in 2012-13. Total 2014-15 sugar s