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Historically, sugar production was important in the growth of slavery in Louisiana [1] and in the U.S. annexation of Hawaii. [2] The Sugar Association is the trade association for the sugar industry in the United States. Sugar marketing in the U.S. is supported by sugar producers and the producers of sweetened food and beverages.
As of 2019, 3/4 of world sugar production is never traded on the open market. Brazil controls half the global market, paying the most ($2.5 billion per year) in subsidies to its sugar industry. [3] The US sugar system is complex, using price supports, domestic marketing allotments, and tariff-rate quotas. [4]
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In 1968, The Sugar Research Foundation became the World Sugar Research Organisation, Ltd. (WSRO). [3] Both the Sugar Association and WSRO are still active today. Today the organization describes itself as "the scientific voice of the sugar industry" on their website and social media pages. [4]
The U.S. Sugar program is the federal commodity support program that maintains a minimum price for sugar, authorized by the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107–171, Sec. 1401–1403) to cover the 2002-2007 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane.
Domino Sugar Refinery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York is a mixed-use development and former sugar refinery in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York (1882-2004), replaced structures built 1856 and destroyed by a fire.
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