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Sugar industry
industryThe network of sugarcane and sugarbeet growers, processors, refiners, trade associations, PACs, and individual donors that lobby to protect the US sugar program — a federal price support and import quota system that keeps domestic sugar prices roughly double world market levels.
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Relationships
| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocated for | US Sugar Program (Farm Bill Title I) | The sugar industry is the primary beneficiary and defender of the US Sugar Program in every Farm Bill | |
| Advocated for | 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization - Sugar Provisions | The sugar lobby is fighting to maintain and strengthen sugar provisions in the 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization | |
| advocated_against | Sugar Reform Act (S.832, 118th Congress) | The sugar industry successfully lobbied to defeat the Sugar Reform Act, which would have eliminated price supports | |
| Advocated for | Mexico Sugar Suspension Agreement | The sugar industry pushed for renegotiation of the Mexico suspension agreement to further restrict sugar imports | |
| Instrument of (target) | Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers PAC | Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers PAC supports candidates favorable to the sugar program | |
| Instrument of (target) | Western Sugar Cooperative PAC | Western Sugar Cooperative PAC supports candidates favorable to sugarbeet interests | |
| Instrument of (target) | American Sugar Alliance | American Sugar Alliance is the umbrella lobbying coalition for the US sugar industry | |
| Instrument of (target) | Sweetener Users Association | Sweetener Users Association opposes sugar subsidies as a counterweight within the sugar policy debate | |
| Instrument of (target) | American Sugar Cane League | American Sugar Cane League represents Louisiana sugarcane growers | |
| Coalition with (target) | Florida Crystals (Fanjul Corporation) | Florida Crystals / Fanjul Corporation is the largest US sugarcane refiner and the most politically connected sugar company | |
| Coalition with (target) | U.S. Sugar Corporation | U.S. Sugar Corporation is the second-largest Florida sugar producer and a major Everglades landowner | |
| Coalition with (target) | American Crystal Sugar | American Crystal Sugar is the largest US sugarbeet cooperative | |
| Coalition with (target) | ASR Group (formerly Domino Sugar parent) | ASR Group is the largest sugar refiner in the world, controlled by the Fanjul family | |
| Donated to (target) | Alfonso "Alfy" Fanjul Jr. | Major Democratic-leaning individual donor supporting the sugar program | |
| Donated to (target) | Jose "Pepe" Fanjul | Major Republican-leaning individual donor supporting the sugar program |