Sugar
is produced in many countries around the world. In general, farmers raise sugar
beets in regions with temperate climates (for example, the northern United
States, Europe, Ukraine, and Russia) and the sugar beets are processed into
refined sugar. In tropical climates (where most of the world’s sugar is
produced), sugar is obtained from sugarcane. Sugar beets and sugarcane are
bulky commodities with a limited post-harvest shelf life. Consequently, sugar
refineries are located close to areas where sugar beets and sugarcane are
grown. Wholesale Mexican sugarcane
growers receive payment for their cane from sugar mills.
The price is negotiated each year
and is based on a complex formula involving sugar prices and other domestic and
international market conditions. The SE, through the National Market
Information Service (SNIIM), reports sugar prices on a monthly basis delivered
to different cities in Mexico from different mills. At present, fine sanding
sugar and brown sugar suppliers in Mexico is growing and soon it
will grow much in the coming years. Mexico was only slowly
granted access to the US sugar market. Mexico’s sugar consumption also remained
relatively stable until, over the past five years, high world sugar prices
prompted many of Mexico’s food and soft-drink manufacturers to substitute
high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for sugar.

