By Adriana Barrera
MEXICO CITY, June 2 (Reuters) - Mexico's sugar industry is pushing for the United States to eliminate limits on U.S. imports and is working on a potential anti-dumping case against U.S. fructose should talks on the issue fail, industry representatives said on Tuesday.
Mexico produces cane sugar across half its states and its producers, mill operators and day laborers are politically influential.
National Agricultural Council (CNA) representative Juan Cortina told reporters the U.S. had in recent years applied a measure called "future imports subject to tariffs" that drastically reduced the quota of sugar imports allowed from Mexico.
Sugar was subject to the North American Free Trade Agreement until 2014, when the U.S. became Mexico's main sugar market, but dumping accusations in the U.S. led to strict import caps and minimum prices.
MEXICO CITY, June 2 (Reuters) - Mexico's sugar industry is pushing for the United States to eliminate limits on U.S. imports and is working on a potential anti-dumping case against U.S. fructose should talks on the issue fail, industry representatives said on Tuesday.
Mexico produces cane sugar across half its states and its producers, mill operators and day laborers are politically influential.
National Agricultural Council (CNA) representative Juan Cortina told reporters the U.S. had in recent years applied a measure called "future imports subject to tariffs" that drastically reduced the quota of sugar imports allowed from Mexico.
Sugar was subject to the North American Free Trade Agreement until 2014, when the U.S. became Mexico's main sugar market, but dumping accusations in the U.S. led to strict import caps and minimum prices.
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