date:Feb 16, 2013
l programs still in operation, which has driven up the price of U.S. refined sugar currently about 30% higher than on the world market and continues to crease unnecessary instability in the market, stifling American economic grown and job creation, said Larry Graham, president of the National Confectioners Association and chairman of the Coalition for Sugar Reform.
Sugar producers, including sugar beet and cane growers and processors, maintain the sugar program has helped stabilize U.S. sugar