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Abstract
The relationship between U.S. and world sugar prices, and U.S. import demand for four categories
of sugar-containing products is examined. Results from econometric estimation indicate
that U.S. intervention in the sugar market has helped to increase U.S. imports of some sugarcontaining
products, but that increased disposable income has played a more important role. Although
some developing countries have benefitted from U.S. sugar policy by increasing their exports
of sugar-containing products to the United States, U.S. sugar policy has helped imports from
developed countries proportionately more than those from developing countries as a whole.