International Trade News
February 1, 2024 - International Trade News
Rogers Sugar Announces Ratification of Agreement with Union Representing Striking Workers at Vancouver Sugar Refinery
Rogers Sugar Inc. today announced that unionized workers at its Vancouver refinery have ratified a five-year labour agreement, bringing to an end a strike that began on September 28, 2023....January 26, 2024 - International Trade News
Rogers Sugar Announces Tentative Agreement with Union Representing Striking Workers at Vancouver Sugar Refinery
Rogers Sugar Inc. today announced that it has reached a memorandum of agreement with the Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC) Local 8, the union representing the employees of the Company’s Vancouver refinery....December 13, 2023 - International Trade News
Redpath Sugar Increases Production Capacity to Meet Growing Demand in Canada's Food Manufacturing Industry
Redpath Sugar announces the successful capacity expansion of its Toronto cane sugar refinery as a strategic response to the growth in demand in Canada's thriving food manufacturing sector. Process improvements boost the Toronto Refinery's sugar supply by 65,000 metric tonnes....August 14, 2023 - International Trade News
Rogers Sugar Announces Sugar Production Capacity Expansion Project for Eastern Canada
On August 14, 2023, Rogers Sugar Inc. announced it will increase production capacity of its Lantic sugar refinery in Montreal by approximately 20% (100,000 metric tonnes). Investments support growth in demand for Canada’s high quality refined sugar by food manufacturers producing sugar-containing food products for the Canadian and export markets....July 20, 2023 - International Trade News
US Sweetener Users Seek Update to Refined Sugar Definition to Ensure Imports are Actually High Quality Sugar for Immediate Food Use
The Sweetener Users Association today released an issue brief explaining that, when domestic sugar supplies are short and import quotas need to be increased, the use of an outdated standard for refined sugar results in imported sugar that fails to meet the needs of consumers and food and beverage companies....April 24, 2023 - International Trade News
New Agreement with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Extends Until 2024
Rogers Sugar Inc. is pleased to announce a two-year agreement with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (“ASBG”) for the supply of sugar beets to its Taber sugar refining plant. The new supply contract covers the 2023 and 2024 crops....November 24, 2022 - International Trade News
Fixing the WTO – the key to a Sustainable Sugar Future
Meeting in London this week, Global Sugar Alliance members called on India to fully comply with its international commitments and urged all countries to redouble efforts to fix the World Trade Organization (WTO)....August 11, 2022 - International Trade News
Rogers Sugar announces plan to expand sugar refining capacity of its Lantic Montreal plant and its related eastern Canada distribution network
On August 11, 2022, Canadian sugar manufacturer Rogers Sugar, announced their intention to proceed with an expansion of their Montreal refining capacity along with an increase of their Toronto distribution centre logistic and rail infrastructures....March 30, 2022 - International Trade News
Canada Border Services Agency Continues Duty Protection on Unfairly Traded US, EU, and UK Sugar
On March 30, 2022, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) issued the notice of the conclusion of its re-investigation concerning dumped sugar from the United States (US), Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom (UK), and subsidized sugar from the European Union (EU)....November 26, 2021 - International Trade News
