US Sugar Refineries Hike Prices as Supplies Tighten

Three U.S. sugar refiners, including Domino Sugar and Imperial Sugar, have this week raised refined sugar prices by up to a third, as supplies tighten and U.S. regulators consider imposing duties on Mexican imports.   United Sugars Corp and American Sugar Refining Group's (ASR) Domino Foods Inc. issued new price lists to customers in letters Tuesday, increasing industrial prices to $37 per hundredweight (cwt), or 37 cents per pound through Sept. 30, 2015.   On the same day,...

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