The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Sept. 29 set the overall sugar marketing allotment (OAQ) for the fiscal year 2023 (from Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 30, 2023) at 10,646,250 short tons, raw value (STRV) (9,658,116 tonnes). The OAQ is set at 85 of the estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for the 2022-23 crop year of 12,525,000 STRV. Cane sugar producers and beet sugar producers are allocated a portion of the OAQ. Cane sugar producers share is 4,860,013 STRV (45.65 of OAQ) while that for beet sugar producers is 5,786,237 STRV (54.35 of the OAQ). The fiscal year 2023 sugar marketing state allotments and processor allocations are listed in the table.
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