Alliance For Fair Sugar Policy

Advocates for the Modernization of the American Sugar Act

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Thanks to the work of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees during reconciliation in July 2025, we saw the passage of several key policies to improve sugar program administration, increase sugar supply, and support domestic sugar producers.

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Key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill included:

  • Modernize beet sugar allotments to increase the U.S. sugar supply and the efficiency of deliveries by requiring the USDA to prioritize marketing allotments to sugar beet processors with available sugar supplies and reassign allotments by mid-February each year.
  • Reallocate TRQ shortfalls to increase the U.S. sugar supply by ensuring that the U.S. receives agreed-upon sugar levels from trading partners. This requires the USDA to determine which countries would not be able to fill their TRQs for the year and reallocate those quantities to other countries.
  • Close the refined sugar loophole by authorizing rulemaking to help ensure that refined sugar entering the country doesn’t require further processing, thereby increasing the quantity of refined sugar available to manufacturers for immediate use.