As a Commerce Department decision deadline loomed today on import duties on subsidized Mexican sugar, the Sweetener Users Association released a paper Thursday on the economic impact of the antidumping and countervailing duty cases filed in March by U.S. sugar growers against Mexican sugar imports.

The paper criticizes the U.S. sugar program, but the case brought by U.S. growers is about Mexican subsidization of exports.

Negotiations between the Mexican and U.S. governments over a settlement were expected to go on through the weekend and Commerce is expected to make an announcement on Monday.

▪ Sweetener Users Association — Consumers are Paying the Price for the Sugar Producers’ Trade Case vs. Mexico