This entry includes establishments primarily engaged in refining purchased raw cane sugar and sugar syrup. Sugar cane is cut and milled into raw cane sugar, then shipped in that form to refiners to be processed into syrup, granulated sugar, powdered sugar
Cane sugar refining is covered in SIC 2062
SIC 2061 covers the Cane Sugar industry except Refining
Cane sugar refining is covered in SIC 2062
Soft drink manufacturers switched to HFCS from liquid cane sugar in the 1980s, striking a severe blow to the sugar industry.
The sugar cane industry is confined by the crop's growing conditions and the logistics of transporting sugar cane
The sugar cane industry is confined by the crop's growing conditions and the logistics of transporting sugar cane.
Manufacturers of beet sugar, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), and artificial sweeteners have all taken a large share of the market away from cane sugar refiners
Sugar cane is the type of grass uses in the sugar industry. It is grown, harvested and then the sugars are extracted and refined.
Per capita consumption of sugar (both beet and cane) plummeted from 1970, when it stood at roughly 102 pounds, to 1980, when it stood at about 60 pounds. By 2002 it had fallen to 45 pounds. This steady drop in consumption led to a reduction in cane sugar
SIC 2062 covers Cane Sugar Refining
why is sugar cane inportant to the caribbean region
U.S. Sugar Corp