New USDA Sugar Data Raise Suspicions Mexico Deal Is Being Violated
SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. - New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) show large volumes of sugar for direct consumption entering the United States from Mexico, raising questions about whether a portion of it may have been fraudulently declared as raw sugar at the border in order to be imported at a lower price. If that is the case, as some U.S. sugar industry sources suspect, that would be in violation of the suspension agreement reached in December...