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The United States is among the world's largest sugar producers. Unlike most other producing countries, the United States has large and well-developed industries for sugarcane and sugar beets. Since the mid-1990s, sugarcane and sugar beets have accounted for about 45 percent and 55 percent, respectively, of domestic sugar production. U.S. sugar production expanded from an average of 6.0 million short tons raw value (STRV) in the early 1980s to an average of 8.6 million STRV since 2005/06. The production increases are due to the substantial investment in new processing equipment, adoption of advanced field- and storage-management practices, the use of improved crop varieties, and acreage expansion (as sugar commanded higher prices relative to alternative crops). For more information about the U.S. sugar sector, see Background .

The U.S. sugar program uses price supports, domestic marketing allotments, and tariff-rate quotas to influence the amount of sugar available to the U.S. market. For more information about the U.S. sugar program see Policy .

ERS monitors developments in the sugar market and provides a range of data products and reports covering domestic and international supply, demand, trade, and prices.

Periodic, Scheduled Outputs

Selected ERS Reports Relating to Sugar and Sweeteners

This report provides an overview of the U.S.-Mexico sweetener market and explains how the agreements suspending the U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on sugar imports from Mexico are likely to reshape this market. (SSSM-335-01, August 2016).

Projecting World Raw Sugar Prices World sugar prices have an important effect on the U.S. sugar sector. This report presents a modeling framework for use in projecting world sugar prices, with detailed treatment of the role of Brazil in world sugar and ethanol sectors. (SSSM-317-01,January 2015).

For more publications on Sugar and Sweeteners see Readings.