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Sugar border battle heats up
2014-09-11 07:46:30| Sugar Industry News
The long simmering issue of whether the Mexican government is subsidizing sugar exports to the U.S. market reached a boil on Aug. 26 when the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an affirmative preliminary determination in connection with its countervailing duty investigation of imports of sugar from Mexico. The D.O.C. preliminarily determined the financial assistance the Mexican government extends to producers and the Mexican sugar industry constituted subsidies allowing the Mexican sugar industry to compete unfairly in the United States market with U.S. sugar producers.
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